Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!dheller From: dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Heller) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush Subject: Re: mush adding commas to addresses Keywords: mush, commas, bug city Message-ID: <14024@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 21 May 89 04:27:52 GMT References: <39@mondo.omni.com> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Dan Heller) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 23 In article <39@mondo.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes: > mush seems to insist on adding commas to the end of addresses, so the > receiving end sees bogus addresses. some general info: RFC822 requires using commas between addresses so as to identify them from other addresses. However, some MTAs such as /bin/mail and other older sys-v and xenix mailers don't like commas between addresses. As a result you should define NO_COMMAS in your config.h file. In this case, your system is a sun so I can't figure why you're having a problem unless you are not using sendmail -- perhaps you're using an OLD version of smail before it became rfc-compatible? > I.e., I get back messages of the form > "joe," -- no such address > Has anyone else seen this problem? If so, what do I do to fix it? I've seen this problem whenever someone is using a non-rfc compatible MTA such as smail 2.0 (or pre-3.0?). If your system is running sendmail, then you have another problem and I'd need more info (but I doubt this to be the case). Dan Heller