I remember back in '00 when Benjamin Bradley wrote:
> now I've thought for years that people claiming to get mail from the
> mailer demon returnung their mail, unsent, were either silly or
> ignorant. after all, aren't all *nix servers run by daemons
> (day-mons) anyway? the http daemon, the ftp daemon, etc.
> Now on friday someone told me that daemon is how the english spell demon,
> the little scary guys (or if you use bsd, the cute scary guy) resembling a
> devil. Can someone please set me straight? the httpd,ircd,ftpd, etc are
> all daemons (day-mons) right? and the mailer daemon is just another daemon
> (day-mon) right? not a programmer with a funny bone?
> Thank you.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/daemon.html
and
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/demon.html
might help..
Either pronounciation is considered correct (day-mon or dee-mon).
I personally prefer the latter (to conform with things like the
Brittish archaeology) And yes, you usually get mail from the
mailer-daemon when things bounce.
Matt
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