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From: marten@tpki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail stdout on ESIX V.3.2
Keywords: sfgets
Message-ID: <4170@tpki.toppoint.de>
Date: 31 May 91 12:50:47 GMT
References: <370@fallst.UUCP>
Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V., Kiel, BRD
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tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:

>In some cases, this message--which I presume to be a normal message
>that should not be being sent to stdout--results in bizarre stuff.
>For example, when you attempt to reply via e-mail to a netnews
>posting from within 'nn' your reply is *returned* as being a failed
>message; it is also saved in dead.letter;  nevertheless it *DOES*
>get mailed out to the addressee!  A mite confusing.

>Has anyone fixed this?  Is smail3 the answer?  Thanks.

I had the same problem -- one can fix it by changing the aux-Shell of nn.
search there for the call of sendmail and redirect the output to /dev/null.
aux thinks, that EVERY output off sendmail is caused by an error.....

To fix this problem with the elm, one has to change the sources of elm.
Redirect the output of sendmail to /dev/null....

 Marten
 

Marten Feldtmann	marten@tpki.toppoint.de
2300 Kiel		...!unido!tpki!marten