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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:14:27 -0700
From:      Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com>
To:        Daniel Bond <db@danielbond.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?
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On Jun 20, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Daniel Bond wrote:
> I like Kurt's approach

Well the goal is to allow either approach to work.  Kurt is arguing  
against this patch because it doesn't work for him...

> having a mailfilter/script-pipe which could
> remove dynamic variables like timestamps etc, and checksum it against
> against a "empty" template to see if its deletable.
> This also verifies that mail-delivery is working, and machine is  
> not dead.

But thats where the logic fails.  Show me a mailfilter that will  
observe the lack of a message?

Nobody who is against this patch is making logical arguments...

Yes, I agree in theory.  If you have scripts that output a lot of  
data every time and you need to look for anomolies, then a mailfilter/ 
pipe approach makes a lot of sense.  But that doesn't mean that this  
patch is a bad idea.

-- 
Jo Rhett
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