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From: bob@rel.mi.org (Bob Leffler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Smail (2.5/3.0) for XENIX.
Summary: smail 2.5
Keywords: smail xenix
Message-ID: <10305@rel.mi.org>
Date: 25 Feb 90 12:25:42 GMT
References: <3500NU013809@NDSUVM1> <333@seer>
Organization: Electronic Data Systems, Detroit, MI.
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In article <333@seer>, bll@seer (Brad Lanam) writes:
>     The one problem I have with it is when I send a message to multiple
> off-site users (e.g. mail foo@uunet bar@ucbvax), smail creates a uux
> control file that tells my link to execute the command
> "rmail foo@uunet bar@ucbvax".  Unfortunately, my feed's standard Xenix
> rmail program cannot handle multiple addresses and bombs.  The Xenix
> rmail apparently cannot handle multiple "To:" addresses -- if you want
> to do this you must use the "Cc:" field in the mail message itself.

This isn't a bug.  I don't recall the line in the smail 2.5 defs.h file,
but there is a variable that will force smail to generate a uux command
to each host on the command line.  I don't have smail online at the
moment, or I would supply the exact line.

>     Does anyone know if this is a bug in smail or a bug in the Xenix rmail
> program?

You might try asking your link to install smail, since the functionality
of smail is greater than what comes with the standard Xenix mailer.  I
believe that the current releases of the Xenix mailer allow rmail to
receive multiple addresses.  If I recall, SCO supplies a new rmail with
the Telebit uucico upgrade on SLS.

bob



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