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From: khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: mush 6.5 bogus error message
Message-ID: <606@parcplace.com>
Date: 18 Sep 89 22:38:52 GMT
Reply-To: khaw@parcplace (Mike Khaw)
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Organization: ParcPlace Systems, Mountain View CA
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This is in mush 6.5 patchlevel 6.  I sent a message to a non-existent
mail alias (i.e., I used an incorrect name for a system mail alias) by
using the following commandline:

	mush -s "censored" st-c++

After I had ostensibly sent the message, I got the following silly
diagnostic:

	Saved unfinished letter in ~/dead.letter

For normal non-existent users, for example "bogeyman", I get:

	bogeyman... User unknown

I talked SMTP directly to our mail server and it gave the correct
"User unknown" diagnostic for "st-c++".  What gives?

Mike Khaw
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