On 28/05/14 14:16, Harry Putnam wrote: > Running jessie > > Trying to use heirloom mailx to test various exim4 settings and It > works, but there is something in it that bugs me. Makes me think I'm > doing something wrong. > > Here is a typical example > > mailx -v re...@location.com > Subject: what ever > ble > bleh > . > <ENTER> > > And away it goes and outputs the smtp conversation ending in the > message > > [...] > > LOG: MAIN > Completed > > But then I never get the prompt back. > > The cmdline is live... that is, if I type a cmd it will be executed > and then I get the prompt back. > > Or I can hit Enter, or ^c to get the prompt back. > > But shouldn't I get the prompt back when the process > completes.. without having to do anything extra? > > Or am I just not using it correctly from the gate? > >
I'm not currently using heirloom mailx, or exim, so testing it is a bit hard - but are you getting the prompt _before_ the debug output? I suspect it might put itself into the background, which will give you the prompt, then the background process spits out the SMTP session. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53854a25.8040...@walnut.gen.nz
