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Article #3016Re: wanted: mail user agent that verifies local addresses before sending
From: Dan_Jacobson
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 21:03
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 21:03
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>>>>> On 15 Apr 91 05:10:34 GMT, mp@andante.att.com (Mark Plotnick) said: Mark> I've been asked to look into modifying /usr/ucb/Mail, or providing a Mark> replacement for it, so that when a user is sending a message it Mark> verifies that each destination address is valid before passing the Mark> message on to the mailer. If any destination addresses are invalid it Mark> prompts the user to re-enter them. Sort of like the 'msg' mailer that Mark> some sites run (ran?). Mark> We'd prefer a mail program that could interface to /usr/lib/sendmail. How 'bout one that interfaces with /bin/mail or /bin/rmail, that way it will work on all machines. Mark> The request comes from a user here who's tired of the effort it takes Mark> to detect and resend messages that are bounced back to him because he Mark> mistyped a user name. I've told him that it would be difficult to Mark> verify remote addresses in real-time, so it's OK with him if only local Mark> users, system-wide aliases, and aliases in a user's .mailrc file are Mark> verified. Suggestions welcome. I'm using GNU Emacs' mail-mode with William_J_Carpenter@ATT.COM's recently posted (to gnu.emacs.sources, Apr 5 1991) feedmail.el emacs-lisp add-on. [GNU Emacs can emulate vi of course, by the way]. Among other features, for [local addresses of course] that fail, a "*Outgoing Email Errors*" window pops up, with e.g., "dfgasgdfafdsg... User unknown" style messages in it... you just go back to the "*mail*" buffer and fix the addresses... and resend. You can preview your alias expansions too if you wish, etc. Mark> Mark Plotnick Mark> allegra!mp, mp@allegra.att.com -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708 979 6364
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: wanted: mail user agent that verifies local addresses before sending Message-ID: <DANJ1.91Apr17160336@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Date: 17 Apr 91 21:03:57 GMT References: <51080@andante.att.com> Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: mp@andante.att.com's message of 15 Apr 91 05:10:34 GMT