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From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: *Long* bang paths
Message-ID: <EMV.91Jan2191337@crane.aa.ox.com>
Date: 3 Jan 91 01:13:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To: palkovic@linac.fnal.gov's message of 2 Jan 91 17:46:59 GMT

In article <L1P2F_@linac.fnal.gov> palkovic@linac.fnal.gov (John A. Palkovic) writes:

   I'm running sendmail 5.65a/IDA-1.4.2. How do I truncate long bang
   paths to the rightmost FQDN? Here is what I'm talking about (edited
   slightly):

   Dec 31 12:26:30 linac sendmail[25647]: AA25647: from=yclept!\
	   att!drutx!druwa!user1, size=1496, class=0, received from local
   Dec 31 12:26:33 linac sendmail[25649]: AA25647: to=pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!\
	   zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!evax!utacfd!merch!\
	   cpe!hal6000!trsvax!user2, delay=00:00:05, stat=Sent

Looks like another case of someone inside AT&T (at druwa.att.com)
using Paleolithic[%] news software that uses the Path: header to
construct followups.  You are completely justified to do whatever
torture to this header that is necessary to get it wherever it goes
next.

--Ed
emv@ox.com

[%] Apologies to any Paleoliths.