Re: diagnosing smail

1998-03-02 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:08:26 EST, Daniel Martin wrote: > > My interpretation is that smail only makes use of the from_field > > variable if incoming mail has no "From:" or "Sender:" fields already; > > further, if there is a From: field already, then smail

Re: diagnosing smail

1998-02-28 Thread john
David Stern writes: > I wonder what chance there is that MH is causing this turmoil (I switched > back to MH from nmh, but at the higher hamm level.) For these sorts of experiments I find it best to just use the 'mail' command. This eliminates any confusion about who is doing what to which header

Re: diagnosing smail

1998-02-28 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:08:26 EST, Daniel Martin wrote: > My interpretation is that smail only makes use of the from_field > variable if incoming mail has no "From:" or "Sender:" fields already; > further, if there is a From: field already, then smail inserts a > "Sender:" field using the from_field

Re: diagnosing smail (2)

1998-02-27 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Jean Pierre LeJacq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not sure on this one. "From: " is always required. The others are > optional. For example, pine will prompt the user if "Return-path: " > is defined in the message if they would prefer to use that instead of > "From: ". You're confusing "Return-

Re: diagnosing smail

1998-02-27 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > Hi, > > I'm trying to beat smail down with a stick, am having a little trouble > (actually more than a little). Would somebody *PLease* translate into > English this brief /etc/smail/config snippet and answer three questions? > > from_field="From: \

Re: diagnosing smail (2)

1998-02-27 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: > This is a slightly shorter version of some questions I asked earlier > regarding smail configuration. I've read all the smail docs available > and there is no definitive smail resource, so I'd really appreciate it > if someone would *PLease* take a few

diagnosing smail (2)

1998-02-27 Thread David Stern
Hi, This is a slightly shorter version of some questions I asked earlier regarding smail configuration. I've read all the smail docs available and there is no definitive smail resource, so I'd really appreciate it if someone would *PLease* take a few moments to reply. 1.) How can I find out w

diagnosing smail

1998-02-27 Thread David Stern
Hi, I'm trying to beat smail down with a stick, am having a little trouble (actually more than a little). Would somebody *PLease* translate into English this brief /etc/smail/config snippet and answer three questions? from_field="From: \ ${if def:ident_sender\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]