SCHAFER@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Richard A. Schafer) (01/12/90)
On Thu, 11 Jan 90 16:14:56 EST Ben Chi said: >Following is an as-yet unread item in my UNREAD NOTEBOOK: >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Received: by ALBNYVM1 (Mailer R2.05) id 1239; Thu, 11 Jan 90 16:11:09 EST >Date: Thursday, 01/11/90 16:11:08 EST >From: "Ben Chi" <BEC@ALBNYVM1.BITNET> >Subject: Test. >To: "B.E.C." <bec@uacsc2.albany.edu> >X-Acknowledge-To: "Ben Chi" <BEC@ALBNYVM1.BITNET> > >A test. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >When I read this item, the acknowledgement goes to <BEC@ALBNYVM1.BITNET >(no closing ">"), which causes MAILER to burp. Any ideas about what's >wrong? > >The original mail was NOT generated by MAIL, but rather punched directly >to MAILER, which had no problem delivering it. No BSMTP envelope, however. >The same thing happens if the recipient address is BITNET rather than IP. I stared at this for a while, then finally realized what the problem is: you're not generating that X-Acknowledge-To header from Mail, but some other process! Mail does *not* put *anything* on the line except the address, i.e., there's no name phrase. Fix whatever code you have generating the X-Acknowledge-To to only put <userid@node>, and the problem will be fixed. Richard