On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Tony Finch wrote:
> Philip: perhaps Exim's command-line options should be adjusted for better
> compatibility.
There has always been a problem here because there never was any
standard interface to the MTA. Sendmail does what it likes, and
everybody else has to try to keep up. This is a pity, not least because
Sendmail's option style is ancient and confusing.
> It looks like sendmail's -p option is spelt -oMr by Exim.
In fact, assuming it means "set the protocol", it is spelt "-oMr " (note
the space). I really don't like options whose arguments run on, though I
have implemented some for Exim for compatibility (e.g. -f). I cannot in
fact do -p totally compatibly, because Exim already has the options -ps
and -pd, so you could not use it to set a protocol value of "s" or "d".
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