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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: *Long* bang paths
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Date: 3 Jan 91 04:25:40 GMT
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palkovic@linac.fnal.gov writes:
   So did I. It failed coming out of the starting gate:

   linac% sendmail -bt -Ctest.cf
   test.cf: line 692: invalid rewrite line "R*.*!*@*            1.2!3
     lose @-portion"

Duh..."it works for me."

At a guess, and only that, did you perchance cut-and-paste my .cf
lines into your own, probably from an xterm where tabs displayed as
spaces were getting pasted in as just spaces?  If you don't have tabs
separating "R$*.$*!$*@$*" from "$1.$2!$3," sendmail will likely get
quite upset, possibly like this.