bgrm@mbunix.mitre.org (Graham) (05/29/91)
We run MH 6.7 on a Silicon Graphics 4D/320 with both TCP/IP and SGI's
4DDN DECnet. I'm having problems with the format of the mail header
as it arrives on the VMS host when the message is generated and sent
with the comp/send MH commands. I do not see this problem if the message
is sent using the Berkeley or AT&T mail command, so have concluded
that it must be some glitch in MH. Mail to TCP/IP hosts is just
fine.
When sent using mail, the message arrives on VMS with the correct To:,
From:, and Subject: headers. (True, the To: field only contains one
recipient, but that's reportedly "fixed in the next release.")
However, MH an message arrives on VMS with these headers:
From: HOST::user
To: localuser
Subject:
To: localuser@localhost.domain, 2nd_recip@host.domain
Cc: cc_recipients@host.domain
Subject: test 33
Date: Mon, 27 May 91 15:50:54 EDT
From: Barbara Graham <bgrm>
Then the message goes here...
Note the empty Subject: field. Apparently, the whole heading as it
would appear on the sending SGI host is being included in the
body of the message. This is nice if you want to know who else
received the message, but the lack of a Subject: in the header on VMS
is a little annoying.
Mail sent from MH (version 6.5) on our Ultrix system using DEC's DECnet
to the same VMS host, does not have this problem.
The current options on the SGI are:
options: [ATZ] [ISI] [MHE] [MHRC] [MORE='"/usr/bsd/more"'] [NETWORK]
[RPATHS] [SENDMTS] [SMTP] [SPRINTFTYPE=int] [SOCKETS] [SYS5]
[SYS5DIR] [TYPESIG='void'] [TZNAME] [FOLDPROT='"0700"']
[MSGPROT='"0600"'] [SENDMTS] [SMTP] [SPRINTFTYPE=int]
I've tried lots of other variations, too. :-)
I would really like to hear from anyone who is running MH and 4DDN on
an SGI system, whether you've seen this problem or not. Perhaps
comparing MH configurations could give me some clues.
And, of course, if anybody has any ideas about what is happening here,
I'd appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks.
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