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Article #2792Re: Using Sendmail "Oi" configuration option
From: King Ables
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 15:07
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 15:07
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From article <15805@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, by wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu:
>
> It seems, then, that the best thing for us to do is to add an "Oi" line
> to our Sendmail configuration file. However, before I go ahead and do
> this, I would like to double-check with the net readership in order to
> find out whether there are any hidden problems with doing this. For
> instance, will "Oi" mess up the "period is EOT" behavior of Berkeley
> "mail"? (Or is this done by separate logic in Berkeley "mail" itself?)
It's been my experience that many mailers that connect to me depend
on being able to end their messages with a .<CR> line. In fact, don't
most SMTP listeners instruct you to end with a .<CR> after the DATA
command? I don't think I'd want to use Oi...
-king
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!pp!catwoman!ables From: ables@catwoman.ACA.MCC.COM (King Ables) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Using Sendmail "Oi" configuration option Message-ID: <25@catwoman.ACA.MCC.COM> Date: 8 Sep 88 15:07:15 GMT References: <15805@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 17