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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.uucp,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Problem with mail from other system.
Message-ID: <615@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 90 20:44:27 GMT
Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Followup-To: news.admin
Organization: Dynasys:  Consulting for the Future.
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I've got someone trying to get on the net who is running AIX on an
RS/6000.  The mail I receive from him is marked strangely in the "From:"
field.  It looks something like "From: !!root" for example.  It doesn't
put the systemid in the address.  So, when it gets to my system, 
smail 3.whatever keeps putting the mail from him in /usr/spool/smail/input
and it just sits there.  My question is really two pronged.  1)  How can
I correct the problem on the AIX side?  and 2)  How can I get smail to
accept such mail even if not correct?  Thanx for any advice on this.


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      Jesse W. Asher                             Phone: (901)382-1609 
               6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134
                UUCP: {fedeva,chromc,rutgers}!dynasys!jessea
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