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From: mariou@ut-emx.UUCP (mariou barr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Undesirable Mail
Message-ID: <9620@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 89 22:43:22 GMT
References: <9379@ut-emx.UUCP> <810030@hpsemc.HP.COM> <9541@ut-emx.UUCP> <187@v7fs1.UUCP>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <187@v7fs1.UUCP>, mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
> In article <9541@ut-emx.UUCP> mariou@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