Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.4bsd:1132 comp.mail.headers:437 comp.sys.sequent:109 comp.unix.wizards:13398 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!gatech!emory!arnold From: arnold@emory.uucp (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC}) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.mail.headers,comp.sys.sequent,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: BSD 4.2 Mail not RFC822-compliant? Keywords: bsd mail rfc822 Message-ID: <3502@emory.uucp> Date: 12 Dec 88 17:34:18 GMT References: <555@unocss.UUCP> Reply-To: arnold@emory.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC}) Organization: Emory University Lines: 32 In article <555@unocss.UUCP> fritz@unocss.UUCP (Tim Russell) writes: >From fritz Thu Dec 8 19:16:19 1988 >Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1988 19:15:50 CST >From: Tim Russell >To: fritz >Subject: Test message. >Message-Id: >Status: R > >This is a test message to demonstrate. > >& reply >To: unl:fritz@edu fritz@unocss.unl.edu >Subject: Re: Test message. The problem is that the To: address does not have an "@dom.ain" part. For reasons I was not able to pin down, both the To: and the From: address need to be either fully domain'ed or non-domain'ed ("fritz") but having mixtures produces this problem. /usr/ucb/Mail very badly needs an overhaul; the AT&T folks basically have already done it, and called the result mailx. It is interesting to note that Sun's /usr/ucb/Mail is actually mailx. The way I fixed things was to have my sendmail always put a domain, even on mail from users on the same machine to each other. Mail was just too hard to fix. Sigh. -- Arnold Robbins -- Emory University Computing Center DOMAIN: arnold@unix.cc.emory.edu UUCP: { decvax, gatech, skeeve }!emory!arnold BITNET: arnold@emoryu1 PHONE: +1 404 727-7636 FAX: +1 404 727-2599