On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Bruce Rodger wrote:
> I've been seeing the following problem with Exim (0.54 #2). Look at the
> >From and return-path lines in the following extract from one of our users
> mailboxes. Many MUAs (eg elm) report a "corrupt folder" and exit...
> The problem only occurs on error reports....
I knew this was what Exim did on error reports, but this is the first
report I've had that any MUA didn't like it. Pine, for example, is quite
happy.
The format of the "From" line is nowhere (as far as I know) defined;
I've had to guess. What follows the word "from" is the envelope sender
of the message. For error reports, this address is empty, hence what you
see.
Can you tell me whether a line of the form
>From <> Fri Aug 30 15:27:50 1996
is acceptable to Elm? I'll try it with Pine and see if it is happy. If
so, perhaps I should change Exim to do that.
Philip
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