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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: Auto incorporation
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.142042.1464@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 19 Nov 90 14:20:42 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.031954.25670@scion.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: Northern Illinois University
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In article <1990Nov19.031954.25670@scion.CS.ORST.EDU> gatesl@sackett.ucs.orst.edu writes:
>
>	I am currently trying to figure out why autoincorporation
>isn't working on a couple of machines which have 6.7 installed.  I am
>baffled, because it works fine on another machine.  The .forward
>and .maildelivery files are the same, but the mail bounces back with the
>error:
>
>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>sh: /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal.-user.gatesl: not found
>554 | /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user gatesl... unknown mailer error 1
>
>	If anyone knows what might be the problem, I would appreciate
>help.

  In .forward, you must quote the command:
"| /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -usr gatesl"

 On some systems you can get away without quoting, because the set up does
not substitute '.' for blank when parsing.  But since you are using
special characters, quoting is the only reliable approach.

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  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science               <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
  Northern Illinois Univ.
  DeKalb, IL 60115.                                  +1-815-753-6940