Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:07:35 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Matthew Fuller <fullermd@linkfast.net> Cc: keichii@bsdconspiracy.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Manual Set Message-ID: <20000523000734.E36986@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000522211909.Q660@linkfast.net>; from fullermd@linkfast.net on Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:19:09PM -0500 References: <20000521121409.F3710@cichlids.cichlids.com> <200005212117.RAA06099@rac10.wam.umd.edu> <20000522112045.B10249@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000522201819.B56718@peorth.iteration.net> <20000522211909.Q660@linkfast.net>
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On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:19:09PM -0500, Matthew Fuller wrote: > On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 08:18:19PM -0500, a little birdie told me > that Michael C. Wu remarked > > > > I do not understand why we cannot have a friendly yet professional > > sounding "auto-reply" message. For the average user, it is much > > easier for them to understand the above mail than reading the > > Sendmail bounce message. Professional sounding is all good, but > > not at the price of clearity and easy-of-use. In this case, > > can you write a message that is more concise, clear, and yet > > still friendly to the average OE/Eudora/Outlook/Messenger-email-user? > > Hi, this is FOO-SMTPD. > You're so damn stupid you can't even type an address right, and you > expect me to deal with it? > > <etc> I would really like it if, say... When you open the returned mail, an animated paper clip appears from nowhere and demands that you start clicking in dialog boxes it starts to cheerily shout at you. Then it pulls all addresses from your address book that are similar to the one that bounced and sends the mail again to each and everyone of those addresses. That would be helpful. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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