Would a line w/ "-- " (dash-dash-space) before the signature and disclaimer
cause the command scanner to cease parsing the commands? It's supposed to be
an introduction to the signature, and most other things ignore everything
below it....
--
.~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation
/V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW
/( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905
^^-^^ -----
"In theory, theory and practice are the same, but
in practice, theory and practice are different."
On 12/18/07 8:57 AM, "David Boyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Why do I get the attached response when I attempt to withdraw from the
>> list server?
>
> Either your mail tool, the widget that inserts the disclaimer, or the
> mail gateway that transfers your messages to the Internet doesn't
> properly insert or manage line end characters -- most common problem is
> assuming that inserting a LF without a CR is acceptable universally (it
> works on ASCII system, which VM.MARIST.EDU is not). The line of dots
> that separates your message from the disclaimer is getting appended to
> the end of the SIGNOFF command, which is causing it to be invalid.
>
> I'd suspect that it's the gadget that puts the disclaimer in,
> personally, but dunno.
>
> You can force it to ignore the rest of the message by putting:
>
> //EOJ
>
> at the end of the valid commands to the list server software, and it
> will stop processing the message at that point.
>
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