Removing ^A^A^A^A from mail
Kevin W. Reed
Each mail message stored on the system has ^A^A^A^A added to the
beginning and end of each message.
I know how to stop it when using MMDF but can't figure out how when
using Sendmail.
All of our other boxes we automatically setup Smail instead, but I
want to play with this server using Sendmail to get more experience
with it so that maybe in the future we will use it instead...
TIA
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Kevin W. Reed
>Kevin W. Reed averred (on Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 08:41:35PM -0700):
>| SCO Unix 5.0.5 server setup to use Sendmail.
>|
>| Each mail message stored on the system has ^A^A^A^A added to the
>| beginning and end of each message.
>|
>| I know how to stop it when using MMDF but can't figure out how when
>| using Sendmail.
>Even under the sendmail regime, isn't there an mmdftailor file?
I had already looked at that... All it contains is...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
;
; @(#) mmdftailor 62.2 97/03/17 SCOINC
; Copyright (c) 1994-1997 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
[snip info stuff]
; Fake mmdftailor file for use with sendmail. This file
; tells the user agents where to look for mail.
;
MLNAME zebra
MLDOMAIN mailbot.com
MDLVRDIR "/usr/spool/mail"
MMBXNAME ""
MMBXPROT 0600
MLCKTYPE advisory
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Its been a long time since I've played with MMDF but I seem to recall
that the mmdftailor file had two variables something like MBPRE and
MBSUFX that were set to the ^A's I am looking for. But the
mmdftailor file that is on this system does not have them defined.
One thing that crosses my mind now is that perhaps those are
"defaults" and unless you add them and change it to be null it will
still send out the ^A's...??
>| All of our other boxes we automatically setup Smail instead, but I
>| want to play with this server using Sendmail to get more experience
>| with it so that maybe in the future we will use it instead...
>When pigs fly....
:-) I can understand that, but on this server which is local to me,
It will give me a chance to learn Sendmail which is something I've
never had the time or system to do it with. There are a lot of
systems out there using it and I need to have a better idea of how it
works, how to control it etc...
I got that shinny new O'Reilly book and am ready to blow up the
box...
Kevin W. Reed
After posting that, I looked up the variables that I seemed to
remember and found them. They were not in the current mmdftailor
file however. So I added them with nulls ""'s and restarted sendmail
again... It worked.... Apparently the SCO version of sendmail
assumes this as a default unless you tell it otherwise....
It is a bit strange to have to configure a mmdf file to make sendmail
work :-)
The two variables are:
MMBXPREF ""
MMBXSUFF ""
I really don't like the way SCO did the Sendmail stuff. Using mkdev
cf is a bit on the weak side was it doesn't really do much of the
sendmail.cf file and in fact if you are playing with the antispam
stuff, it overwrites what you have done.
Has anyone simply replaced sendmail with the most current one and
left the SCO stuff to itself... of course going to that much trouble,
I might just stick with Smail :-)
Jean-Pierre Radley
| SCO Unix 5.0.5 server setup to use Sendmail.
|
| Each mail message stored on the system has ^A^A^A^A added to the
| beginning and end of each message.
|
| I know how to stop it when using MMDF but can't figure out how when
| using Sendmail.
Even under the sendmail regime, isn't there an mmdftailor file?
| All of our other boxes we automatically setup Smail instead, but I
| want to play with this server using Sendmail to get more experience
| with it so that maybe in the future we will use it instead...
When pigs fly....
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Jean-Pierre Radley
| Jean-Pierre Radley <j...@jpr.com> writes:
|
| >Kevin W. Reed averred (on Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 08:41:35PM -0700):
| >| SCO Unix 5.0.5 server setup to use Sendmail.
| >|
| >| Each mail message stored on the system has ^A^A^A^A added to the
| >| beginning and end of each message.
| >|
| >| I know how to stop it when using MMDF but can't figure out how when
| >| using Sendmail.
|
| >Even under the sendmail regime, isn't there an mmdftailor file?
|
|
|
| MLNAME zebra
| MLDOMAIN mailbot.com
| MDLVRDIR "/usr/spool/mail"
| MMBXNAME ""
| MMBXPROT 0600
|
| MLCKTYPE advisory
|
|
| that the mmdftailor file had two variables something like MBPRE and
| MBSUFX that were set to the ^A's I am looking for. But the
| mmdftailor file that is on this system does not have them defined.
They were never defined by default... Put them in yourself, and I don't
think you have quite the right name for those variables.
| One thing that crosses my mind now is that perhaps those are
| "defaults" and unless you add them and change it to be null it will
| still send out the ^A's...??
Correct. SCO stupidly uses the ^A^A^A&^A by default under either mmdf or
sendmail. I yanked 'em out years ago on 3.2v4.2. scomail may not be
happy, but that's not a program I ever invoke.
| I got that shinny new O'Reilly book and am ready to blow up the
| box...
First, you need to be in good physical shape, just to be able to heft the
fucking book...
Bill Vermillion
Kevin W. Reed <kr...@telesys.tnet.com> wrote:
>Found the answer....
...
>It is a bit strange to have to configure a mmdf file to make sendmail
>work :-)
Which then raises the question, "Is this a bug or a feature?".
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Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com
Kevin Lentin
Check the man page anyway. There is probably an mmdftailor seting to remove
the ^A^A^A^A but it's not in your file so the default is applying. That's
assuming the mmdftailor file can help you under sendmail at all.
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K.Le...@cs.monash.edu.au wrote:
> Kevin W. Reed <kr...@telesys.tnet.com> wrote:
> > I had already looked at that... All it contains is...
>
> Check the man page anyway. There is probably an mmdftailor seting to remove
> the ^A^A^A^A but it's not in your file so the default is applying. That's
> assuming the mmdftailor file can help you under sendmail at all.
Check TA105857 - it should be relevant to your situation.
Aris
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