Re: [Exim] Exim-3.31 refuses to start. [soleil]

I've just check, and apparently pine uses:

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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Dave C. wrote:

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> You could add an additional exception - record the message-ID of each
> message you send, and look for a "References" (Im not sure if thats the
> exact name of it, also I think there might be two different headers
> used) header which includes a message ID of any message you originally
> sent.. (You could also save Subject line content, and look for a subject
> coming back which contains a subject from a message you wrote)
>
> I've added your magic word to the subject so you get this mail, but (as
> efective as it might be), requiring anyone who wants to mail you to do
> that is still rude, even if you tell them ahead of time.
>
> Personally, I get very little spam in my mailbox anymore, even though my
> email address has been in a WHOIS listing for over five years. Or
> rather, lots of spam TRIES to get to me, most fails.
>
> I have sender-verification enabled, with SMTP callbacks turned on.
>
> I also have a personal filter setup that looks for my personal
> address(es) in To: or Cc: lines. (I have quite a few of them, since I
> fill a variety of roles). It has exceptions for senders in certain
> domains, and for certain mailing lists, and a few other special cases.
> Anything else gets thrown in a junk folder. I would say over 95% of all
> spam that tries to get to me doesnt. Of the stuff that makes it through
> the SMTP callback, at least 90% of it ends up in the junk folder. I've
> nver had any important, legitimate mail end up in the junk folder.
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
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> > * Phil Pennock <Phil.Pennock@???> [20010709 07:40]: writing on the subject 'Re: [Exim] Exim-3.31 refuses to start.'
> > Phil> On 2001-07-08 at 16:39 +0300, Odhiambo Washington gifted us with:
> > Phil> > This might interest some of us.
> > Phil>
> > Phil> Whoever it interests, you're not doing yourself any favours by posting
> > Phil> to a mailing list asking for help when you don't accept email unless
> > Phil> people go out of their way to meet your whims.
> >
> > This is rather OT:
> >
> > I am sorry about this. However, if someone has got a better and painless (not creating enemies out of
> > potential friends) way of dealing with unsolicited Commercial E-mails, I am very much willing to
> > implement that, so that I don't get blacklisted by the good crowd.
> > I'm sure everyone on a couple of mailing lists receive SPAM at some point or another. I don't subcribe
> > to any of those silly Internet biz hoaxes but i still end up getting my SPAM folder full every week. Not
> > that I am trying to justify the annoyance I've caused anyone, including Phil Pennock (_i'm deeply
> > sorry_) but just soliciting better ideas that are better than what I do now.
> >
> > For the time being I'll always put a note in all my postings kindly requesting those who elect to reply
> > to my personal address to simply add the word 'soleil' to the subject line. Sounds like what Hennock
> > calls 'people go out of their way to meet your whims', that I sincerely regret, since I could have taken
> > this initiative initially and I'm sure it couldn't have cost so much agony than it already done.
> >
> >
> > -Wash
> >
> > --
> > Odhiambo Washington
> > Wananchi Online Ltd.,
> > wash@??? 1st Flr Loita Hse.
> > Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street.,
> > Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE.
> >
> > Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and
> > have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
> > -Henry Fielding
> > (contributed by Chris Johnston)
> >
>
>

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