scotts@qsp.COM (Scott Simpers) (05/18/91)
We just set up local pseudo-newsgroup which gets the responses from a mailing list. It works fine usually, but with certain lines the From: line was being mangled. Sample correct line: From: scotts@qsp.com (Scott Simpers) Sample incorrect line: From: uunet!osf.org!daniel@qsp.com Corrected incorrect line: From: uunet!osf.org!daniel I finally discovered the problem: recmail uses the -f flag of inews to give it the From: line. Inews treats this as a 'forged name', with the real name being the daemon running the process. Well, there is a place in inews code that says "if the forged name doesn't have a space, (, @, or < in it, add the local domain to it." My first question to the world is What is the reason for this? I was able to get around it by adding ! to the list of characters it looks for (note that all the bad addresses are uucp). Is this OK, or am I going to foul something else up? All comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Scott Simpers Quality Software Products voice: (213)410-0303 5711 W Slauson Avenue Suite 240 fax: (213)410-0124 Culver City, CA 90230 ...uunet!qsp!scotts