Footers

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 05:36, David Hooton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > Sent: Monday, 16 February 2004 9:08 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Footers
> >
> > Please see MailScanner.conf:
> >
> > # If this is "no", then (as far as possible) messages which have already
> > # been processed by another MailScanner server will not have the clean
> > # signature added to the message. This prevents messages getting many
> > # copies of the signature as they flow through your site.
> > # This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> > Sign Messages Already Processed = no
> >
> > It relies on the "Mail Header" setting being the same across all your
> > MailScanner servers.
>
> Hi Julian,
>
> We do have that set as you've described. Below is an example of a user
> sending to another user on the same server (Mail Header setting obviously
> not an issue).
>
> > > ========================================================================
> > >  Dave's Test Footer
> > > ====================================================================
> > > ====
> >
> >
> > ========================================================================
> >  Dave's Test Footer
> > ======================================================================
> > ==
>
>
> ========================================================================
>  Dave's Test Footer
> ========================================================================
>
> I've asked about this before and was given the suggestion you've just given
> me, user comments backed off for a while so I forgot it was still an issue
> for them :)  They have just started harassing me again!
>
> Any other hints?
>
> Regards,
>
> David Hooton

Well, I'm sure you realize that MailScanner is acting properly in this
situation.  Each response from a user is really a different message -
even though the folks responding failed to trim off the footer.

The old footer indicating that the message was scanned (that's what the
footer is for) is no longer valid, once a user modifies the message in
any way.

Your best bet is to modify the footer so that it is recognized as
something to be thrown away during a response.  One standard that some
MUA's use is to have the throw-away footer formed like this:

--
Daves Footer

Good Luck - Jon Carnes