Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!sunic!mosh!rolff
From: rolff@mosh.UUCP (Anders Rolff)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re^4: Smail 3.X
Keywords: smail
Message-ID: <109@mosh.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 89 19:50:48 GMT
References: <18806@cfctech.UUCP> <104@mosh.UUCP> <7341@ficc.uu.net> <106@mosh.UUCP> <7362@ficc.uu.net>
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peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:

>No, I didn't say that. Look at the messages again. Smail 2.5 read my name
>(peter) from the From_ line on ficc, and copied it to the From_ line that
>was on the message sent to texbell. Smail 3.1 ignored the From_ line and
>invented one (From Postmaster...) and put it on the From_ line that it
>sent to sugar.

Hm.. I took a closer look at uucp/smail and found that you're correct.
I'm not certain, for the moment, if the erroneous From_ line comes from smail
or uucp. Check this out:

$ cat test

From foo@bar.se Wed Dec 20 19:13:40 1989
Received: by diana.komunity.se (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.14.4 #14.18)
	id <m0geBkl-0000wFC@diana.komunity.se>; Wed, 20 Dec 89 19:13 CET
Message-Id: <m0geBkl-0000wFC@diana.komunity.se>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 89 19:13 CET
From: rolff (Anders Rolff)
To: rolff
Subject: foo
Status: R

bar

$ rmail rolff <test

In my mailbox:

From bar.se!foo Wed Dec 20 19:54:34 1989
Return-Path: <bar.se!foo>
Received: by diana.komunity.se (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.14.4 #14.18)
	id <m0geCOL-0001rBC@diana.komunity.se>; Wed, 20 Dec 89 19:54 CET
Received: by diana.komunity.se (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.14.4 #14.18)
	id <m0geBkl-0000wFC@diana.komunity.se>; Wed, 20 Dec 89 19:13 CET
Message-Id: <m0geBkl-0000wFC@diana.komunity.se>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 89 19:13 CET
From: rolff (Anders Rolff)
To: rolff
Subject: foo
Status: RO

bar

As you see, rmail works perfectly alright.

--Anders (rolff@komunity.se)