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. -- Barbara Graham Internet: bgraham@mitre.org The MITRE Corporation USENET: linus!mbunix!bgrm Bedford, MA 01730 (617) 271-2376