jeske@src.dec.com (Steve Jeske) (06/24/91)
I'm not a mail wizard, I don't read this group, so I hope it is an appropriate one to ask this question to. We're running Ultrix (3.1 or 4.x). I'm not sure what program looks at my .forward, (is it sendmail?) but it doesn't matter, my question is am I allowed to have a comment line in my .forward, perhaps started by a # sharp/pound/octothorpe sign, have it be ignored somehow? Thanks. --Steve jeske@src.dec.com ...!decwrl!jeske
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (06/24/91)
In article <1991Jun23.220420.2718@src.dec.com> jeske@src.dec.com (Steve Jeske) writes: >or 4.x). I'm not sure what program looks at my .forward, (is it >sendmail?) but it doesn't matter, my question is am I allowed to have Yes. It is sendmail. >a comment line in my .forward, perhaps started by a # Comments not allowed in standard version of sendmail. However the address itself could contain a comment as in: "comment" <address> -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940
reich@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (A Minor Diety) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun24.161225.9285@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: |In article <1991Jun23.220420.2718@src.dec.com> jeske@src.dec.com (Steve Jeske) writes: | Comments not allowed in standard version of sendmail. However the address |itself could contain a comment as in: | | "comment" <address> What about: "comment" | <program> Would this also work? -- DDDDDD k | reich@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu D D ` cccc k kk (^8 | Dick C. Reichenbach D D i c kkk | "Humans have a way of showing up when DDDDDD i cccc k kk WAS HERE | you least expect them." - Denise Crosby
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun25.031543.21790@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> reich@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (A Minor Diety) writes: > >What about: > > "comment" | <program> > >Would this also work? I don't believe so. But you could use "comment" <|"program"> -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940
fair@Apple.COM (Erik E. Fair) (06/25/91)
Your best bet is actually to enclose your comment in parens, e.g. user@do.main (hello there, this is a comment), user@dom.ain (and yet more here), etc. Erik E. Fair apple!fair fair@apple.com
a3@rivm39.rivm.nl (Adri Verhoef) (06/25/91)
And what about multiple lines in your .forward file, how are they handled? If just one line is read by sendmail, you could put comments on a separate line. If you want to forward mail to multiple addresses, do you put them all on one line, or can there be a trailing backslash, should they be comma-separated or just white spaced?