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From: raveling@vaxa.isi.edu (Paul Raveling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: HP-UX mailx blows up on RFC822
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Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 11:51:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 24 11:51:05 1987
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	[I tried to answer via email, but got a mailer error of a type
	unknown to me, so will post.  BTW, the mailer error ocurred
	on a VAX running BSD4.3.  In my opinion the "universal" mail
	support on Un*x systems is a pile of dung, no matter which
	breed of Un*x it is.   I sincerely hope someone will flame
	me for this statement and prove there's GOOD mail support
	somewhere.]



In article <159@tic.UUCP> you write:
>Does anyone know why HP-UX mail (equiv SVR2 mail, mailx) blows up when asked
>to reply to mail with an Internet (@) From: line ?
>
>It really blows up, Segmentation Fault (core dumped)!

	I don't have that problem, although it's easy to imagine
	it could occur.  My best guess is there's probably something
	that needs a change in your sendmail.cf file.  I'm using
	a version that I hacked somewhat blindly -- sendmail's
	way of specifying address rewriting rules is atrocious.

	One possibility is the mailer invocation.  The sendmail.cf
	that came with our systems (I believe from HPLabs, at least
	a year ago) caused sendmail to invoke mail with a switch
	that mail didn't honor.

	If possible, get in touch with Peter Marvit (Marvit@hplabs.hp.com).
	He seems to be more adept with mail problems than anyone
	else on HP systems.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@vaxa.isi.edu