this is an old problem I run into several times and found also plenty
of postings at googles, but this time I really want to know, who the
evil is ;)
If I get a mail and pass it through procmail/formail to add an x-loop-header
and then pass to deliver, deliver fails with an error: "Message
contains invalid header"
The reason is that formail (and not procmail !) - that always tries to
fix the mail to be standardconform - adds one From-line at the
beginning of the mail in a format deliver doesnt seem to like:
example: cat /tmp/mail | formail -a"X-Loop3: "server.goldfisch.at"
the input:
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])\\
by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215
...
becomes to:
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 3 01:29:04 2001
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])\\
by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215
...
While this is no current problem, cause I can use the -f switch of
formail to prevent it from doing so or use the tail-command to remove
this line again, I am worried about it, cause maybe one day a mail
will pass by with the same format formails wants to make and deliver
will fail ...
who is wrong in this case ? formail or deliver ?
thnx,
peter
ps: the proper solution at the moment will be to let formail add this
suspicious first line in any case and remove it with tail later. While
this is some unwanted overhead one should be on the save side doing so
..
pps: well, the whole mail I tested is:
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215
for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100
Received: (from pilsl@localhost)
by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id fATL5v58015212
for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: halllo
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i
X-Loop3: server.ihf-hr.org
kdlavsklvsksvdfkvs
teste test test test
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mag. peter pilsl
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