on Thu, Apr 04, 2002, Karl E. Jorgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:39:01AM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: > > [[ snip ]] > > > > Methinks I must implement a filter on my debian-users mail box. > > I tried that. But if they mis-spell unsubscribe, then it doesn't work...
I thought of specifically complaining on that point....
My own procmail rule, part of my lists processing:
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# Unsub requests....
:0
* -1^0
* 2^0 ^Subject:[ ]*$
* 2^0 ^Subject:[ ]*help$
* 2^0 ^Subject:[ ]*(un)*subscribe$
* 1^0 ^From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
* 1^0 ^TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
{
LOG="Administrative request on list mail"
# Reply with a helpful suggestion unless a loop header's been found.
:0c
* !^$MY_XLOOP
* !^X-Been-There:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| ( formail -rtk -i "From: $OFFADDR" -i "$MY_XLOOP" ; \
echo "This is an automatically generated message."; \
echo ; \
echo "You appear to be sending a subscription, unsubscription, or"; \
echo "\"help\" message to a mailing list I'm subscribed to. I am"; \
echo "not the list manager, just another subscriber."; \
echo ; \
echo "For subscription issues, there's often information in the "; \
echo "list mail itself. Check the footer or email headers"; \
echo "(methods for the latter vary by email client), of list mail"; \
echo "(or of the quoted content of this message) and follow the "; \
echo "procedures mentioned here, or contact the listed"; \
echo "administrator."; \
echo ; \
echo "Failing that, try searching for a list management website"; \
echo "for this list via Google (http://www.google.com/) or a"; \
echo "similar search engine."; \
echo ; \
echo "If this still doesn't work, post a detailed description of"; \
echo "your problem and methods attempted to unsubscribe, to the"; \
echo "list."; \
echo ; \
echo "Note that mis-directed administrative mail to mailing lists"; \
echo "is considered an annoyance by many (hence this response),"; \
echo "but I also empathize with those who find themselves deluged"; \
echo "with the spigot that is many high-traffic lists these days."; \
echo ; \
echo "If you're requesting help on a specific topic other than"; \
echo "list subscription/unsubscription, please supply a more"; \
echo "meaningful subject line."; \
echo ; \
echo "Your original message has been discarded."; \
echo ; \
echo "Cheers."; \
echo ; \
echo "-- "; cat $HOME/.signature \
) | $SENDMAIL -oi -t
:0:
$SPAMBOX
}
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