Re: Using ssmtp to send email as a different user (-f doesn't seem to be working)

2005-03-25 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
thomas revell wrote: Apologies if I'm missing something really obvious here, but I can't seem to get ssmtp to use the -f option, to change the address to send from. My situation is like this: From a glance at the code without any real testing, it looks like it changes the From: header

Re: cp and are the same file

2004-12-19 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Anyways, I want to cp to magically see the .exe and copy correctly. Example of error: cp: `/home/jreed/tmp/bmake/bmake' and `/home/jreed/pkg/bin/bmake' are the same file are the same file is the wrong message. This won't be fixed until someone volunteers to

Re: ssl on ssmtp

2004-12-04 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Two general points: (1) Don't e-mail cygwin package maintainers directly; use the mailing list. Some maintainers don't like private e-mail, and it helps to have things in the archive. (2) Read the package README files in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/. On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Reinhold May wrote: I've

Re: cygwin openssh(d) login without password (gold star)

2004-10-13 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Robert R Schneck wrote: But hey... my Jan 2004 gold star seems to have gone missing. Huh? From http://cygwin.com/goldstars/: Robert R. Schneck * (Jan 2004) * (Oct 2004) -- For an attempt to apply a creative solution to a problem A case of

ocaml packaging dependency bug: curses vs. termcap

2004-09-01 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
The recently produced ocaml package assumes that it will be able to find -lcurses when it links programs. I had to download the libncurses-devel package to get the linker working. I expect this should be included among the dependencies. (Perhaps gcc should as well, since the ocaml linker

Re: ocaml packaging dependency bug: curses vs. termcap

2004-09-01 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Robert R Schneck-McConnell wrote: [ocaml linker requires gcc and libncurses-devel] Umm, right. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm a bit uncomfortable, though, with making the ocaml package depend on both libncurses-devel and gcc

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.9-3

2004-08-30 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.9-3. The config-file generator ssmtp-config now uses bash and readline for input, allowing those using cmd to successfully backspace. No other changes. To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web

Re: [ITP] ocaml-3.08.1-1

2004-08-29 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Hi all, I would like to contribute and maintain ocaml http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/distrib.html. +1. +1. Robert

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.9-3

2004-08-27 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Please upload a new version of ssmtp: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-3.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-3-src.tar.bz2 ssmtp-2.60.4-3 can be kept as prev and other old versions deleted. Thanks! Robert

Re: Bug in ssmtp-config, and a general note about configuration interview scripts

2004-08-21 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
John Hardin wrote: Just ran across a bug in ssmtp-config that brings up an issue in build-a-config-file interview scripts in general: If the user makes an error typing in a config setting, and (naturally enough) hits the backspace key to fix it, ssmtp-config (and probably many other similar

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.9-2

2004-07-24 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.9-2. The config-file generator ssmtp-config now also suggests creating a link from /usr/sbin/sendmail to /usr/sbin/ssmtp. Also, ssmtp dies with a helpful error message when the config file doesn't yet exist (instead of just trying to proceed with the

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.9-2

2004-07-23 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Please upload a new version of ssmtp: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-2.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-2-src.tar.bz2 Corinna, this has an ssmtp-config which suggests linking /usr/sbin/sendmail to ssmtp; so go ahead and upload your

Re: Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.9-2

2004-07-23 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 03:42:44PM -0400, Robert R Schneck-McConnell wrote: Please upload a new version of ssmtp: I've downloaded this to sourceware.org. Which of the old ssmtp files should be deleted, if any: -rw-rw-r--1 cyguser cygwin 46738 Feb 18 21:34

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.9-1

2004-06-05 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.9-1. Upstream, there's a new maintainer; along with some minor changes, two format string vulnerabilities were removed. See http://packages.debian.org/testing/mail/ssmtp Meanwhile, I've changed the config file generator (/usr/bin/ssmtp-config). A

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.9-1

2004-06-03 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Please upload a new version of ssmtp: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-1.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/cygwin/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.9-1-src.tar.bz2 ssmtp-2.38.7-4 can now be retired. Thanks! Robert

XEmacs in native window has weird continuation glyph

2004-05-31 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have just started trying the Cygwin-setup package for XEmacs, instead of the XEmacs-setup installation for Cygwin. I run it in a native window, via unset DISPLAY. (Incidentally, the XEmacs-setup version was willing to do a native window with DISPLAY=:0, the apparent rxvt default. But that's

Re: cp, install, and the .exe extension

2004-02-21 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Larry Hall wrote: [on changing the error message when cp can stat but not open a file due to .exe handling] How about a patch instead of a request? ;-) Okay, attached. I've also attached a textutils patch to enact my earlier request that cat foo create foo in the whatever

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.4-3

2004-02-20 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.4-3. This version works correctly when the input includes DOS line endings. (Previously, ssmtp would fail to send the last lines of messages using DOS line endings; and ssmtp -t would harvest recipient addresses from the body.) To update your

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.4-3

2004-02-18 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Please upload a new version of ssmtp: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-3.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-3-src.tar.bz2 (This version handles DOS line endings in the input.) ssmtp-2.38.7-4 should remain the previous version. Thanks! Robert

Re: [ITP] safecat-1.11 Qmail style maildrop utility - New package

2004-02-18 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I vote pro on safecat. Robert

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.4-2

2004-02-03 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.4-2. The only change is to fix a bug with ssmtp-created dates, used in Received: headers and sometimes in Date: headers. To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to

Updated: ssmtp-2.60.4-2

2004-02-03 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.4-2. The only change is to fix a bug with ssmtp-created dates, used in Received: headers and sometimes in Date: headers. To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.4-2

2004-02-01 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Please upload a new version of ssmtp: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/setup.hint http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-2.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-2-src.tar.bz2 This may be your default behavior anyway: I think ssmtp-2.38.7 should remain

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.4-1

2004-01-15 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.4-1. Visible changes are: * bug fixes to ssmtp -t, which now seems to work fine * removal of arbitrary limits on number of recipients and header size To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web

Updated: ssmtp-2.60.4-1

2004-01-15 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.4-1. Visible changes are: * bug fixes to ssmtp -t, which now seems to work fine * removal of arbitrary limits on number of recipients and header size To update your installation, click on the Install Cygwin now link on the http://cygwin.com/ web

Please upload: ssmtp-2.60.4-1

2004-01-14 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Unless there's anything else I need to do, I believe I still need these to be uploaded: http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/setup.hint http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-1.tar.bz2 http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-1-src.tar.bz2 Thanks! Robert

Re: ssmtp-2.60.4-1 (gold star alert)

2004-01-09 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ssmtp-2.60.4-1] I had a look into the package and I found only one minor nit. The package is still using /usr/man instead of /usr/share/man. Everything else looks fine. I fixed that nit and re-did the two tar-balls. So if everything else is good,

ssmtp-2.60.4-1

2004-01-08 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
Awhile ago Corinna Vinschen suggested that someone update and take over maintenance of ssmtp. I hereby propose to do just that. http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/setup.hint http://math.berkeley.edu/~schneck/ssmtp/ssmtp-2.60.4-1.tar.bz2