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- From: tron@Veritas.COM (Ronald S. Karr)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: Smail3: HELO <local.host> wrong? (was: Re: BSMTP instead of rmail)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.200608.27386@Veritas.COM>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 20:06:08 GMT
- References: <1992Aug10.170257.8019@twg.com>
- Organization: VERITAS Software
- Lines: 18
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- In article <1992Aug10.170257.8019@twg.com> david@twg.com (David Herron) writes:
- >>The Smail3 script batchsmtp (used to
- >>send batched smtp scripts) is doing this:
- >> echo "HELO <$LOCALHOST>"
- >>But when you use uusmtp (not batched), the <> are missing.
- >>
- >>What's the reason for this inconsistency?
- >
- >Why is the <>'ing there in the first place? BSMTP is supposed to be a
- >form of SMTP modified for use in a store-and-forward network. It is
- >supposed to take one half of a normal SMTP conversation, bundle it up,
- >and send it across a store-and-forward network.
-
- Its just there because I was a typed it in wrong. Why does anybody ever
- make mistakes?
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