[comp.mail.uucp] elm & smail and failed messages on cc line

kab@adpplz.UUCP (Ken Baker) (03/26/91)

Dear Net News Readers:
	I have experienced a problem that I cannot seem to find the source.
It involves putting a cc on a mail message that is legal yet comes back as
invalid. Below is a sample message with headers:


From kab Mon Mar 25 10:33 PST 1991
>From kab Mon Mar 25 10:33:22 1991
Received: by adphdw20.adpplz.UUCP (smail2.5, ADP Dealer Services)
	id AA28513; 25 Mar 91 10:33:22 PST (Mon)
Date: 25 Mar 91 10:33:22 PST (Mon)
From: MAILER-DAEMON@adpplz.UUCP
Subject: failed mail
To: kab
Message-Id: <9103251033.AA28513@adpplz.UUCP>
Status: RO

=======     command failed      =======

 COMMAND: /bin/lmail 'kab'

======= standard error follows  =======
======= text of message follows =======
>From kab
Subject: Re: your mail
To: mdc@adphdw20
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 91 10:33:21 PST
Cc: kab (Ken Baker)
In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "listen" at Mar 22, 91 6:14 pm
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
Message-Id: <9103251033.AA28509@adpplz.UUCP>
From: kab@adpplz.UUCP (Ken Baker)

> 
> >From adpcol!mdc  Fri Mar 22 18:14:19 1991 remote from adpplz
> Received: by adphdw20.adpplz.UUCP (smail2.5, ADP Dealer Services)
> 	id AA24899; 22 Mar 91 18:14:19 PST (Fri)
> Received: by adpplz.adpplz.UUCP (smail2.5, ADP Dealer Services)
> 	id AA17025; 22 Mar 91 16:13:05 PST (Fri)
> Received: by adpcol.adpplz.UUCP (smail2.5, ADP Dealer Services)
> 	id AA00629; 22 Mar 91 16:00:35 PST (Fri)
> Subject: memory
> To: kab@adpcol.UUCP
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 16:00:33 PST
> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL16]
> Message-Id: <9103221600.AA00622@adpplz.UUCP>
> From: mdc@adpplz.UUCP (Michelle D. Cox)
> 

<    body of message deleted >


-- 
Ken Baker                                       ADP Dealer Services (Plaza R&D)
kab@adpplz.UUCP                  . . .  tektronix!nosun!cvedc!mcspdx!adpplz!kab
Voice: (503) 294-4200 ext. 2528      . . . uunet!apple!motcsd!mcspdx!adpplz!kab


	Anyway on this message I cc'ed myself and got this message back. It
semms to happen irregardless of what version of elm ( either 2.2pl16 or 
2.3pl11 ). I am using smail as the mailer which has old plain mail as lmail.
Any help or ideas as to what is the problem would be greatly appreciated!!

Ken


-- 
Ken Baker                                       ADP Dealer Services (Plaza R&D)
kab@adpplz.UUCP                  . . .  tektronix!nosun!cvedc!mcspdx!adpplz!kab
Voice: (503) 294-4200 ext. 2528      . . . uunet!apple!motcsd!mcspdx!adpplz!kab

luke@modus.sublink.ORG (Luciano Mannucci) (03/26/91)

In article <613@adphdw20.UUCP>, kab@adpplz.UUCP (Ken Baker) writes:
> Dear Net News Readers:
> 	I have experienced a problem that I cannot seem to find the source.
> It involves putting a cc on a mail message that is legal yet comes back as

I'm experiencing the same behaviour on my HP (9000-835SE HP-UX 7.0). My
feeling is that the problem may reside in the local mailer: notice the
command failed.

> invalid. Below is a sample message with headers:
> =======     command failed      =======
> 
>  COMMAND: /bin/lmail 'kab'

A glance at smail's sources made me think that comes from the fact that
/bin/lmail did a nonzero exit. I never investigate closely to figure
why because, at least at my site, the command *is* executed (while
smail pretends the opposite).

luke.
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