I'm making some changes to the default confirm_request.txt template, and would appreciate your comments if you have any.
My draft in-progress is attached below. I'll explain the changes from the current template, and why I'm considering making them. The template's first line is now: ``This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (TMDA).'' to clearly indicate that this is a machine generated response. This is something recommended in Keith Moore's IETF draft on auto responses, and nearly all delivery status reports contain something similar. That particular sentence was borrowed from Exim's auto responses. "%(subject)s" was removed from the body of the template. I don't feel it's necessary given that the original is attached below, and is extremely difficult to handle correctly when the Subject field is RFC 2047 encoded. Please ask if you want more details; I plan to write up a FAQ entry on this issue, as I anticipate users asking about it. I'm also going to recommend that existing users remove "%(subject)s" if they are using it in their customized templates. Instead of ``because your address was not recognized'', I'm now using ``because the address <%(envelope_sender)s> has not been verified''. I felt the former was too vague and may be confusing to someone who thought that they were whitelisted. Listing the specific address that didn't match should hopefully be more clear. I removed the trailer which included TMDA version and URL information. I thought it took up too much valuable space, and since `TMDA' is now mentioned at the top of the template, it shouldn't be hard for an interested party to locate by Googling or whatever. Thanks.
From.US-ASCII: "%(FULLNAME)s" <%(recipient_address)s> Subject.US-ASCII: Please confirm your message Reply-To.US-ASCII: %(confirm_accept_address)s BodyCharset: US-ASCII This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (TMDA). Your message attached below is being held because the address <%(envelope_sender)s> has not been verified. To release your message for delivery, please send 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.
