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vax 7.3P: mhmail doesn't accept a subject beginning with "-"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman rnewman@bbn.com)
Wed Jan 29 17:47:06 1992

To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 92 17:46:51 EST
From: Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com <rnewman@Athena.MIT.EDU>

System name:		e40-008-11
Type and version:	CVAXSTAR 7.3P (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type:		SM

What were you trying to do?
	mhmail -s "-i help isn't logging" sethf

What's wrong:
	It complains: 
	mhmail: missing argument to -s

What should have happened:
	It should have accepted the quoted string as a Subject:.  
	It works fine if the first character in the string isn't "-".

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
	None that I know of.

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