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Article #2029Re: repl address formatting
From: roberts
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 22:51
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 22:51
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In article <9003091633.AA03189@intrepid.itstd.sri.com>, davy@ITSTD.SRI.COM writes: > > Repl has this obnoxious feature. On very long addresses, it formats the > return address with a person's name on the first line, and the address > on the second line. For example: > > To: Colin Walls > <ctw%sun.central-services.umist.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK> > cc: UNIX-SW-REQUEST > <@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:UNIX-SW-REQUEST@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil> > > Unfortunately, post then chokes on this complaining that the address > loses and it's not delivered to anyone. I assume it's because there's > no legal address on the first line. Sounds like a bug in post to me. Both of those addresses are legal folded 822 addresses. My version of bsd Mail handles such things just fine. IMHO, Repl is doing the right thing. It's obviously attempting to fold long addresses in the most asthetic (and least dangerous) place. I'd fix post if I were you. - Robert Stephens
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sgi!roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com From: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com (roberts) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: repl address formatting Message-ID: <53293@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 12 Mar 90 22:51:15 GMT References: <9003091633.AA03189@intrepid.itstd.sri.com> Sender: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 22