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From: eric%ucbarpa@UCB-VAX.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: rmail/sendmail (BSD4.2)  problem.
Message-ID: <13303@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Sep-84 18:47:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13303
Posted: Sat Sep  8 18:47:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 04:56:04 EDT
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From:  Eric Allman <eric%ucbarpa@UCB-VAX.ARPA>

In the initial 4.2 release there was a bug in /bin/mail that caused
incoming UUCP mail to be discarded, although /bin/mail returned a
zero ("ok") exit status (this caused sendmail to falsely assume that
the mail had been successfully delivered).  The command "what /bin/mail"
will verify this -- if mail.c is version 4.18, you have the problem.

The fix is:


Sep  8 15:41 1984  SCCS/s.mail.c: -r4.18 vs. -r4.19 Page 1


449,453c449,457
< 			if (strcmp(my_name, "root") &&
< 			    strcmp(my_name, "daemon") &&
< 			    strcmp(my_name, "network")) {
< 				usage();
< 				done();
---
> 			if (strcmp(my_name, "root") == 0 ||
> 			    strcmp(my_name, "daemon") == 0 ||
> 			    strcmp(my_name, "network") == 0 ||
> 			    strcmp(my_name, "uucp")) {
> 				gaver++;
> 				strcpy(truename, argv[1]);
> 				fgets(line, LSIZE, stdin);
> 				if (strncmp("From", line, 4) == 0)
> 					line[0] = '\0';
455,459d458
< 			gaver++;
< 			strcpy(truename, argv[1]);
< 			fgets(line, LSIZE, stdin);
< 			if (strcmpn("From", line, 4) == 0)
< 				line[0] = '\0';
494c493
< 		if (strcmpn("From", line, 4) == 0)
---
> 		if (strncmp("From", line, 4) == 0)

THIS FIX IS CRITICAL!!!!  Do not fail to install it.

Later 4.2 tapes (I'm not sure the relevant serial number) have the fix).

eric allman