Found it - the browser was a windows client and were adding ^M's to the
ends of lines.
When I had "created" the file using vi I hadn't realised that a file
already existed so what I did was edit a file with a single ^M in it,
hence why it seemed the problem was happening in that case as well.
Using the -b switch on vi did the trick.
Sorry to bother you with such a stupid OT question :o)
Regards
Ryan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-admin@???
> [mailto:exim-users-admin@exim.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Cartwright
> Sent: 23 April 2002 17:06
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: [Exim] Additional newline characters in file expansion
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Having sorted my problem with the (69) errors I am testing my vacation
> director/filter.
> I seem to be getting an additional \n character for every one in the
> users vacation message file.
>
> The files were being created with perl from a web form
> (textarea field)
> and I thought it was that at first but if I create a new message file
> using vi I get the same problem. I have tested using a few
> email clients
> and with the exception of good old "mail" I get these extra linefeeds.
>
> I am guessing this will end up being something other than an exim
> problem but any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ryan Cartwright - IT Manager
> ryan@???
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