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Article #831mail 'From:' field has @@
From: Peter Seidl
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:21
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:21
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Hi, I have received some complaints/comments from some outside NeXT users who say that when they try to reply to my mail messages using the 'reply' function they can't do it because my 'From:' field has @@ in the address name instead of a single @. Do any of you Next/unix gurus have an idea how to debug the problem? I am also using a next computer. Enclosed below are excerpts from two messages bringing my attention to the problem. Thanks, Peter Seidl =============================================================== Date: Wed, 27 May 92 18:26:13 PDT From: pfkeb@kaon.slac.stanford.edu (Paul Kunz) Subject: I'm starting to use Hippo. To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov X-Envelope-To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov Your From: field looks like this... From: seidl@@ (Peter Seidl) You need to work on your mail setup. =============================================================== and another example: Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:04:05 EDT From: silbar@whistler.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar) To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown Peter -- your return path is botched. Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT From: Mailer-Agent (NeXT Mail Agent) Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown To: silbar ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 421 Host @ not found for mailer ether. 550 seidl@@ (Peter Seidl)... Host unknown ----- Unsent message follows ----- Return-Path: <silbar> Received: by whistler.lanl.gov.lanl.gov (NeXT-1.0 (From Sendmail 5.52)/NeXT-2.0) id AA07962; Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT From: silbar (Dick Silbar) Message-Id: <9208282059.AA07962@ whistler.lanl.gov.lanl.gov > Errors-To: "| sndplay /Users/silbar/Sounds/whistler.snd", \silbar Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.63) To: seidl@@ (Peter Seidl) Subject: Re: Interface builder =========================================================== -- Peter Seidl Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720 seidl@next1.lbl.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!overload.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!news From: seidl@next1.lbl.gov (Peter Seidl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mail 'From:' field has @@ Date: 31 Aug 1992 19:21:45 GMT Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA Lines: 81 Distribution: world Message-ID: <17trg9INN42e@overload.lbl.gov> Reply-To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: next1.lbl.gov Keywords: mail