[10275] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.4H: rmail and sendmail and "no recipients"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hoffmann@MIT.EDU)
Sat Feb 13 11:15:25 1993
From: hoffmann@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: postmaster@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 11:15:18 EST
System name: Paddington
Type and version: KN02ca 7.4H (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Find out what happens when you try to send a message that
has no recipient fields specified (no To, Cc, Bcc). I
used gnuemacs rmail as the mail client for the test.
What's wrong:
The message went into a black hole. /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog
shows the message was "received" by the mailer. There was
no further information.
What should have happened:
First, the mail client should have warned me of the
problem and given me the opportunity to reconsider.
Second, the mailer should have returned the message as
undeliverable.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Log entry from /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog:
Feb 13 10:45:00 Paddington 27405 sendmail: AA27405: message-id=<9302131545.AA27405@Paddington>
Feb 13 10:45:00 Paddington 27405 sendmail: AA27405: from=hoffmann, size=39, class=0
No straggler qf, df, xf, or lf files left in
/usr/spool/mqueue/
