Re: [Exim] Exim setup done and it works ok, but...

On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 02:58:17PM -0000, michael@??? wrote:
> > I can see one advantage to chatty error messages - most people switch
> > off and stop reading as soon as they realise a message was generated
> > by a computer. Chatty error messages might help your chances of actually
> > getting people to read them.
> I see quite a few responses to mailer-daemon as it is. Usually people
> just reply to mailer-daemon, quoting the entire bounce. Sometimes they
> write "stop writing those things to me", they ask "who are you" and
> lately someone asked if mailer-daemon was male or female. A couple
> mails further, said user got unpolite to mailer-daemon, because there
> was no response. Quite funny.

You've given me a wonderful idea. Next time I setup a mailserver, the mail
admin account will be called mail-mistress, or similar. I want to see if I
can get exim asked out on a date.

> If bounces had a more personal text, I am afraid more people would act
> that way.

You're probably right.