On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Jeff Schreiber wrote:
> >I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure
> >it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . .
>
> Personally I think it's cool.
i agree. just cut and paste the line into an xterm window or console.
what could be simpler?
i think that it would be better like this, though:
echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
it's simpler and easier to read (pipes don't confuse newbies anywhere near
as much as < redirection of stdin). also serves as an example to teach
newbies something about pipes and the Unix Way Of Doing Things. :-)
do all MTAs provide a /usr/sbin/sendmail clone? i think they do. if so,
then it should call sendmail rather than mail to ensure that the From
address is properly masqueraded by the MTA. so that makes it:
echo unsubscribe | /usr/sbin/sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
craig
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