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From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail'
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The following reply was made to PR conf/62230; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
To: JJB <Barbish3@adelphia.net>
Cc: bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail' command is used.
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:48:25 +0000

 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:39:08PM -0500, JJB wrote:
 > I disagree with you on this.
 > 
 > Log-in-vain purpose in life is to interrogate attempts from
 > the external interface, not the localhost internal functions,
 > which this clearly is what is happening.
 
 That's simply not true.
 
 $ grep vain /etc/defaults/rc.conf
 log_in_vain="0"                 # >=1 to log connects to ports w/o listeners.
 
 > If you think this is such an trivial annoyance bug that it's
 > does not warrant attention, then just come out and say so,
 > and not beat around the bush with work around solutions in an
 > poor effort to conceal your reluctance to perform system
 > maintenance activities.
 
 It's not that I don't think it's a bug that warrants attention; I don't
 think it's a bug at all.
 
 Thanks also for your diatribe.  I don't agree with any of that either.
 
 Ceri
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