On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Brown wrote:
> is it at all possible to change this message:
>
> "This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).
>
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
> recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:"
Chapter 39 "Customizing error and warning messages".
> to something a tad more human? (a request from the powers that be...)
But Exim is not human. If you change the message to "Hi, I'm your local
friendly Exim mail server. Sorry about this, but there was a problem
delivering your message..." you will get confused users replying to it,
assuming they are corresponding with a human. In fact, we find we get
responses even to the default message, which tries to point out that it
is coming from an automaton. Messages like "Sorry, I misyped the
address. I hope I didn't waste too much of your time." Yes, really!
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
