I know that it shouldn't be there in the first place, but on reading the
exim manual, I was inclined to believe that it would ignore an initial
From_ line, possibly trying to set the envelope sender (if allowed).
However, I have found today (by playing with mh's dist) that it treats
the entire message as body, bar the initial From_ line! Naturally, what
happens is that the message gets bounced. Here's a sample:
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-- using template mhl.format --
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 16:43:20 BST
To: dom@???
From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@???>
Subject: Mail failure - no recipient addresses
Return-path: <>
Envelope-to: dom@???
Delivery-date: Sat, 10 May 1997 16:43:21 +0100
A message that you sent contained no recipient addresses, and so no
delivery could be attempted.
------ This is a copy of your message, including all the headers. ------
Received: from dom by myrddin.demon.co.uk with local id 0wQEIq-0000AG-00; Sat,
10 May 1997 16:43:20 +0100
Message-Id: <E0wQEIq-0000AG-00.qmail@???>
From: Dominic Mitchell <dom@???>
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 16:43:20 +0100
>From root@??? Fri May 02 02: 02:06 1997
Return-path: <root@???>
Envelope-to: root@???
Delivery-date: Fri, 2 May 1997 02:02:06 +0100
Received: from root by myrddin.demon.co.uk with local id 0wN6hf-00007t-00; Fri,
2 May 1997 02:00:03 +0100
Subject: myrddin daily run output
Message-Id: <E0wN6hf-00007t-00.qmail@???>
From: Charlie Root <root@???>
To: root@???
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 02:00:03 +0100
Resent-To: dom
Resent-Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 16:43:20 +0100
Resent-From: Dominic Mitchell <dom>
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Could somebody enlighten me as to what's going pear shaped here?
Of course, if procmail didn't insist on putting those bloody lines
there in the first place I wouldn't be in this mess, but there you
are.
Cheers,
-Dom
