home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky comp.unix.sys5.r4:504 comp.mail.misc:3692
- Path: sparky!uunet!ukma!wupost!uwm.edu!ogicse!clark!ade
- From: ade@clark.edu (Adrian Miranda)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Email header problems on SVR4.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.074815.15655@clark.edu>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 07:48:15 GMT
- Article-I.D.: clark.1992Nov14.074815.15655
- Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa. USA
- Lines: 27
-
- I am having some problems with mail on ESIX SVR4.0.4. After some
- effort, I was able to get things running by setting up the
- /etc/mail/mailcnfg and /etc/mail/mailsurr files. The problem is,
- although mail is delivered correctly, the headers are often messed up.
- What seems to be happening is that sometimes, the "From " header at
- the top of the message is not recognized as a header, and a ">" is
- inserted in front of it. Then a new "From " header is added to the
- top of the message. The original "From " header and all following
- headers now become a part of the body of the message, making for a
- pretty messy looking message.
-
- Anyone have any idea what is going on? It does not seem to happen all
- the time, just sometimes. I get the impression that /bin/rmail is the
- one messing things up, but I really haven't the vaguest idea. For
- instance, if a message comes in via smtp or uucp, and is delivered
- locally, it is messed up. But if it comes in via uucp, and goes out
- via uucp, it's fine. If it comes in via uucp, and goes out via smtp,
- it is screwed up. Or something like that....
-
- If anyone could tell me how to fix this, I would greatly appreciate
- it. I have looked at the SVR4 Manuals, but they don't seem to go into
- much detail about the mailer, and I can't find anything that relates
- to this problem. I suspect there's an easy solution, but I sure
- haven't been able to find it.
-
- Adrian Miranda
- ade@clark.edu
-