On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:28:27AM +0000, Roy Badami wrote: > I've been thinking about the wording of the confirmation request > template, and I'm concerned that it might not be clear to a
i think each person should do up their own confirm. most people who
see it will know you to some degree. for instance, most people know i'm
odd, so my template reflects that. it's obvious that it's not from *me*
exactly, but it's also obvious that i'm responsible for it. i really
think personalising the template message goes a long way towards getting
the confirms to work. anyway, for what it's worth this is mine and i
have yet to see an issue with it.
kevin
From: %(recipient_address)s
Subject: Please confirm your message
Greetings,
This is the sentry program for Kevin Lyda's electronic mailbox. You can
tell I'm not Kevin because I know how to use capital letters. In spite
of this ability, I am unable to read so I can only decide to pass on
email messages from addresses that I know.
Your recent email with the subject:
"%(subject)s"
is being held because it didn't come from an address I recognise. I will
not pass it on to Kevin to read unless you follow the instructions below.
Once you follow those instructions you will never receive an email
from me again. He might scan through my list of held messages but if
you know Kevin, you know he's sometimes kind of forgetful about things
like that. Besides at this point he has a lot of faith in me. I'm a
very happy and proud little Python program, so I am.
Ahem. Sorry. Now, the instructions on how to reach Kevin.
If your message was an unsolicited message attempting to sell Kevin
some product or advertise one scam or another, then DO NOT reply to
this message. If you do reply and he has some free time on his hands,
He'll find out who and where you are and send you his review of your
email and an invoice for EUR 1,000 for his services. Plus he'll probably
try to patch me in some unpleasant way so *please* don't reply if you're
one of those people.
However, if you're a friend, work colleague, correspondent or relative
of Kevin's sending him mail for the first time (or the first time from a
new account) then *please* release your message for delivery by sending
an empty message to the following address or use your mailer's "Reply"
feature.
%(confirm_accept_address)s
This confirmation verifies that your message is legitimate and not
junk-mail. Your mail will then immediately be released for him to read.
Cheers!
TMDA/%(TMDA_VERSION)s %(TMDA_HOMEPAGE)s
--- Enclosed is a copy of your message.
%(original_message)s
kevin
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