Undesirable Mail

mariou barr mariou at ut-emx.UUCP
Fri Jan 20 08:43:22 AEST 1989


In article <187 at v7fs1.UUCP>, mvp at v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
> In article <9541 at ut-emx.UUCP> mariou at ut-emx.UUCP (Mariou Barr) writes:
> 
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..Here are the relevant lines from my .mailrc file, on
> a Sun.  The same thing has worked for me under mailx on SysV.
> 
> 	if r
> 	s uucp uucp-trash
> 	d uucp
> 	endif
> 
> The "if r" around it just prevents me from getting a "You can't save
> messages when in send mode" diagnostic when I am trying to send mail.
> 
> This works like a charm for me.  I kept getting flooded with worthless
> nattering from uucp until I did this.  Now I just glance at uucp-trash
> from time to time to see if uucp had anything useful to say to me
> for a change.


MIKE, MIKE, this works like a charm for me too!  I love it.
Simple but effective. It really works!

Thank you all--

Mariou

P.S. never mind about deleting files that contain a 
 ;
like mari;ou
I figured it out.
Cheers



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