imtsft@imt3b2.UUCP (IMT) (10/22/87)
Patch #10 changed the sequence of attempts to exec various mail programs in control.c. This change places /usr/bin/mailx BEFORE /bin/mail. This has the effect (on AT&T SV machines) of ignoring the prebuilt headers that are put out on the news admin mail messages. The reason? Because mailx adds a blank line before what he thinks is the message body. In this case, it is the entire message, including the headers so carefully constructed by inews. The solution is obvious. Move it back down the list where it belongs and let the mail be handled correctly so we can see the subject lines without reading the messages. Besides, why pay for the overhead of mailx when he is just going to call the real mail delivery agent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ name : IMT (Group Administrator) email : ...(ccicpg|peregrine)!imt3b2!imtsft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- --- Paul Czarnik ---