> > > servo:~ 0$ echo foo | /usr/bin/mail -s test > > > jroll...@finestructure.net input in flex scanner failed > > > > I also have this problem. It's breaking system scripts that rely on > > /usr/bin/mail, e.g. cron-apt. > > > > I also confirm that running /usr/bin/mailx instead avoids the problem. > > This is weird. I can't produce this at all, running a more or less up to > date sid system. > > Executing exactly the command above (changing the email address, of > course) does send email as expected. A quick grep in the sourcecode > reveals that the problem might be coming from the configuration parser. > Can you post your /etc/mail.rc or ~/.mail.rc files?
Here's /etc/mail.rc, with comments removed. I have no .mail.rc. set prompt="& " set indentprefix="> " set screen=20 set askcc set dot set save appenddeadletter set hold retain from to subject cc reply-to date Thanks, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
