>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Hazel <ph10@???> writes:
Philip> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Andrew V. Kovalev wrote:
>> Can I change default behaviour of exim on reception of non-smtp
>> message so that -dropcr option would be active?
Philip> Only by patching the code.
I think it should be an option.
>> There are MUAs that for some unknown reason add CRs to message
>> lines. In my case it is Knews. It calls /usr/lib/sendmail -t and it
>> can't be changed without recompiling (I guess I should start
>> searching for sources now)..
Philip> Oh, today's programmers... In the Good Old Days we thought
Philip> nothing of patching binaries in extreme cases. You could
Philip> search the binary for the string "/usr/lib/sendmail -t" and
Philip> change it to something else to allow you to insert a wrapper
Philip> between Knews and Exim.
And how about Solaris/CDE mailtool? There is no way to make it use
something else than /usr/lib/sendmail. No patch available...
Did anyone try to replace /usr/lib/sendmail with a wrapper? Does the
-dropcr have any impact on non-buggy programs?
Best regards,
Karsten.
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