[comp.mail.mush] eh? help with reply address mangling

sbw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Steve Wampler) (10/09/90)

I'm having trouble with mush 7.1.1 mangling some addresses and
was hoping for suggestions on what I might have set up incorrectly.
In the list of mail messages, there is (for example), a mail message
with the display (curses mode):

  11  U  foobar%saab.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET Oct 3 13:57 (42/1536)  Junk

attempting to reply to this message gives the return address:

	RELAY.CS.NET!saa!foobar

which, of course, bounces miserably.  I know the header the address
is coming from is:

>From: Foobar Sam <foobar%saab.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET>

Any ideas what I've got set up incorrectly?
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	Steve Wampler
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	{sbw@naucse.cse.nau.edu}

argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) (10/11/90)

In article <2648@naucse.cse.nau.edu> sbw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Steve Wampler) writes:
> In the list of mail messages, there is (for example), a mail message
> with the display (curses mode):
> 
>   11  U  foobar%saab.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET Oct 3 13:57 (42/1536)  Junk

> attempting to reply to this message gives the return address:
> 
> 	RELAY.CS.NET!saa!foobar
does it really chop off the 'b' from saab?

>   I know the header the address
> is coming from is:
> 
> >From: Foobar Sam <foobar%saab.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET>

It looks as tho your reply_to_hdr isn't set up to read from the From: line.
It could be that another header is supplying the info.  For example, the From_
line or the Return-Path: header is notorious for being incorrect.  to get
the header you want (From: in this case), you should:
     set reply_to_hdr = From

The question is, what is its value when you're having this problem?
--
dan
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