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Date:      Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:49:23 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chuck Rock <carock@epctech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recent FreeBSD upgrade and mail folder messages Don't Delete This Message...
Message-ID:  <20010129194923.D52878@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <004801c08a31$877a1750$1805010a@epconline.net>; from carock@epctech.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:24:49PM -0600
References:  <004801c08a31$877a1750$1805010a@epconline.net>

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On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:24:49PM -0600, Chuck Rock wrote:
> We recently upgraded our FreeBSD 3.2 system to 4.2, and now we are getting
> these stupid "Don't Delete This Message" E-mails in our mail folders.
> 
> I couldn't search the archives as there was a problem on the FreeBSD search
> page, but does anyone know how to turn these off? They are driving me and my
> users nuts.

The pine MUA likes to insert these, as does imap-uw. If your users
touch a mail folder with one of these utilities, it will add the
aforementioned message, which will be hidden when they access it from
within those applications but which will be visible to any other mail
software.

Kris

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