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From: stuart@bms-at.UUCP (Stuart D. Gathman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: smail "front end" query
Message-ID: <536@bms-at.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 14:13:43 EST
Article-I.D.: bms-at.536
Posted: Fri Oct 30 14:13:43 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 07:09:52 EST
References: <838@seradg.Dayton.NCR.COM> <1828@killer.UUCP>
Organization: Business Management Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Lines: 14
Keywords: smail mailx Subject etc
Summary: Just one catch

In article <1828@killer.UUCP>, billw@killer.UUCP (Bill Wisner) writes:

> See, if I remember right (probably not) the SCO mailer lets /bin/rmail do all
> of its delivery. Putting smail in its place will allow you to retain the
> full smail functionality (domain addresses, etc.) while using mail to actually
> compose your messages.

Unfortunately, SCO mail screens addresses for garbage characters
(e.g. '@' & '.') before passing mail to /bin/rmail.  As I say on
many occasions, "Gee, they sure went to a lot of trouble to make
it not work!"
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Stuart D. Gathman	<stuart@bms-at.uucp>
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