Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!amdahl!pacbell!pbhyf!rob From: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Elm 2.2 doesn't like my mail headers Message-ID: <5084@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Date: 21 Apr 89 12:39:21 GMT References: <3184@orca.WV.TEK.COM> Reply-To: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) Distribution: usa Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 33 In article <3184@orca.WV.TEK.COM> jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles) writes: +Greetings, + I just compiled the latest version of elm here. It's for a BSD 4.2 + based system with sendmail/SMTP as the primary transport agent. + Elm doesn't like the headers of the mail in /usr/spool/mail/username. Can you tell us what you mean by "doesn't like the headers"? What does elm do/say that it shouldn't or not do/say that it should? If the message truly begins this way in your mailbox: +>Received: by quark.WV.TEK.COM (5.17/6.24) +> id AA01215; Fri, 14 Apr 89 08:33:11 PDT +>Received: by orca.WV.TEK.COM (5.51/7.0) +> id AA21737; Fri, 14 Apr 89 08:25:10 PDT +>Received: by tektronix.TEK.COM (5.51/7.0) +> id AA23714; Fri, 14 Apr 89 08:24:29 PDT +>Message-Id: <8904141507.AA23714@tektronix.TEK.COM> +>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 89 7:00:01 PDT +>From: +>To: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.com +>Subject: goes here the problem is that there is no "From " line. The very first line of a message must be of the form "From [address] [date]". The mail transport agent is supposed to take care of that. Without that line as the first line in the mailbox, elm will report that it is corrupted. Without that line as the first line of each message, elm will not recognize it as the beginning of a separate message. -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell UNIX/C Reusable Code Library Email: ...![backbone]!pacbell!pbhyf!rob OR rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM Office: (415) 823-2417 Room 4E850O San Ramon Valley Administrative Center Residence: (415) 827-4301 R Bar JB, Concord, California