[Logcheck-devel] Bug#472937: logcheck: minor grammar mistake in header.txt

[Jonathan Hitchcock]

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 08:57 -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > /etc/logcheck/header.txt has the phrase "If you wish to no-longer
> > receive it", which is a bit klunky (and, let's be honest, it splits
> > an infinitive).  Also, "no-longer" is not a hyphenated word.
> Hmm, what infinitive?  I think an infinitive is "to XX", but "to wish"
> isn't what's used.

The infinitive is "to receive", which is split by the not-a-real-word
"no-longer":  "to no-longer receive".

> I would phrase it in the positive: "If you wish to stop receiving it"
> or "stop generating it" or "disable it"...  Otherwise "no longer wish"
> is just a lack of a wish, rather than a wish for the inverse.

That's a better idea - I like "If you wish to stop receiving it",
although I'm not sure whether you can stop receiving one particular
email.

Maybe:  "These emails are sent by logcheck.  If you wish to stop
receiving them"  ?