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From: ramx@TANK.UCHICAGO.EDU ("robert a morris")
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: mail mode reply
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Date: 12 Dec 89 22:58:43 GMT
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In RMail mode of 18.52, the reply command constructs an illegal (?)
address in reply to this From:

     From: ulichney@gauss.enet.dec.com (Bob 508-486-5666 LKG1-2/C13 (Littleton, MA)  12-Dec-1989 1714)

It constructs

      ulichney@gauss.enet.dec.com, 12-Dec-1989, 1714)

which 4.3BSD sendmail rejects with:

	----- Transcript of session follows -----
     554 1714)... Unbalanced ')'
     550 12-Dec-1989... User unknown
     554 ramx... Unbalanced ')'
     554 ulichney@gauss.enet.dec.com... Unbalanced ')'
     554 ulichney@gauss.enet.dec.com... Unbalanced ')'
     >>> DATA
     <<< 554 Unbalanced ')'
     554 ulichney@gauss.enet.dec.com... Service unavailable: Bad file number