Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Smail 3.X Keywords: smail Message-ID: <7341@ficc.uu.net> Date: 18 Dec 89 18:31:22 GMT References: <18806@cfctech.UUCP> <104@mosh.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 53 In article <104@mosh.UUCP> rolff@mosh.UUCP (Anders Rolff) writes: > The current version of smail is 3.1.18 and I think it will cover > your needs. To get a copy, write to the author tron%tolsoft@uunet.uu.net > (Ron Karr). Note that SMAIL 3.1 has some bugs. Compare the following messages, one sent to a machine running smail 3.1, and one sent to a machine running smail 2.5. The identical message was sent around the loop ficc-sugar-texbell both ways. The original message looked like: | From peter Wed Dec 13 13:11:20 1989 remote from ficc | >From peter Wed Dec 13 13:11:20 | Subject: Screen Doors Sent via texbell, it became: | From sugar!texbell!Postmaster Wed Dec 13 16:16:32 1989 | Received: by sugar.hackercorp.com (smail2.5) | id AA07661; 13 Dec 89 17:07:18 CST (Wed) | Received: by texbell.swbt.com (Smail3.1) | id ; Wed, 13 Dec 89 13:57 CST | Message-Id: | Apparently-From: Postmaster | To: sugar!texbell!ficc!peter texbell!sugar!ficc!peter | Subject: Screen Doors | Date: Wed Dec 13 13:11:20 1989 | Status: RO Sent via sugar, it became: | From texbell!sugar!ficc!peter Wed Dec 13 16:07:27 1989 | Received: by texbell.swbt.com (Smail3.1) | id ; Wed, 13 Dec 89 15:55 CST | Message-Id: | Apparently-From: texbell!sugar!ficc!peter | Received: by sugar.hackercorp.com (smail2.5) | id AA06788; 13 Dec 89 14:13:24 CST (Wed) | To: sugar!texbell!ficc!peter texbell!sugar!ficc!peter | Subject: Screen Doors | Date: Wed Dec 13 13:11:20 1989 | Status: RO Both machines correctly inserted the date, but smail 3.1 lost the From_ line. While this isn't RFC822, it's what Version 2 UUCP generates. It should be handled by smail. You might want to look into sticking with 2.5 for a while, especially if you have some old Xenix or version 7 UNIX sites. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com