Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-20 Thread csmall
Marcus Brinkmann typed: [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Lars Hallberg writes: > > > I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field. > > > > Putting > > > > from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)" > > > > in /etc/smail/c

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-20 Thread csmall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > Lars Hallberg writes: > > I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field. > > Putting > > from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)" > > in /etc/smail/config works for me. With some versions of smail, you cannot do any substitution. I suspect you have a

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-20 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
On Mar 20, Hamish Moffatt wrote > > It is. Due to unclarity wrt ITAR for packages with hooks for crypto, > > such as mutt, the Debian mutt packages resides on debian-non-US sites > > nowadays. I've reported a bug against ftp.debian.org to get the old > > package removed. > > Which is odd, because

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mar 03, 1997 at 01:52:34PM +0100, J.H.M.Dassen wrote: > On Mar 19, Alexander Koch wrote > > So you may see what Mutt is like. But you should be careful. I'd say: > > stick with the Debian- MUTT- Package and you're fine. It's not as news as > > the real MUTT but it _works_ (believe me, it's a bi

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-19 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
On Mar 19, Alexander Koch wrote > So you may see what Mutt is like. But you should be careful. I'd say: > stick with the Debian- MUTT- Package and you're fine. It's not as news as > the real MUTT but it _works_ (believe me, it's a bit tricky to make it It is. Due to unclarity wrt ITAR for package

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-19 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Mar 19, Marcus Brinkmann wrote : Hello! : : I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick about : it, because *EVERY* mail gets this From: field. No! The From: field must be : user dependent, or there is something wrong. But after spending too much : time about too much d

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hello! [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Lars Hallberg writes: > > I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field. > > Putting > > from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)" > > in /etc/smail/config works for me. I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-19 Thread jghasler
Lars Hallberg writes: > I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field. Putting from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)" in /etc/smail/config works for me. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Danci

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-18 Thread Graeme Stewart
"Jonathan A. Buzzard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > now connected via modem. It delivers mail fine *except* the "From:" field= > =2E > > Instead of reading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I get <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Having read Just a thought, but what's your machine's entry in hosts? I have a similar conf

Re: Problem with Smail

1997-03-18 Thread Lars Hallberg
I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field. So, if Your mail app is adding a from: field smail will leave it unchanged. You have to make your mail app add the right from: field (or non att all) to fix it. If You find any other solution, please tell me HTH /Lars In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem with Smail

1997-03-18 Thread Jonathan A. Buzzard
Hi, After using Debian 0.93R6 for some 18 months, I took the opportunity of installing a bigger hard disk in my laptop to install 1.2 from the cover CD of Linux World. There where a few problems on the install, but most of the ones I found seem to have been fixed, and everything is running smoot

Problem with smail 3.2-3 and mutt 0.52 as configured

1997-01-14 Thread David Sewell
I'm running Debian Linux 1.2 with smail 3.2-3, and recently installed the current Mutt mailer package (0.52) to test it out. (Mutt is a mail program similar to Elm but with many new features.) Problem is, out of the box they don't deliver mail properly to local users. With Mutt, if I send email