Re: [Exim] Re: trusted user problem --- Got it!!!!

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marilyn Davis
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: trusted user problem --- Got it!!!!
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Marilyn Davis wrote:

> Here's the answer! eVote's message started with a blank line so the
> headers weren't seen, I guess.


Yes. Exim expects to see an RFC 822 message on its input. An empty line
terminates the header section.

> Sendmail accepted the leading '\n' -- for better or worse. But I'll
> bet you're glad to know the difference.


Sigh. Anybody know if this Sendmail behaviour is documented anywhere?
Does it apply to SMTP messages as well?

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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