[9218] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.3P: sendmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Sun Apr 19 17:47:51 1992
From: mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU, postmaster@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 17:47:38 EDT
System name: steve-dallas
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.3P (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: apa16
What were you trying to do?
Send a mail message with a group construct in the "To:" field.
What's wrong:
sendmail.cf performs spurious rewriting of group constructs.
Header lines containing group constructs are not handled properly when
mail is sent using the "comp" program, or the emacs "mail" function
(C-x m). The problem apparently occurs even if the relevant header
line arrives intact at the mailhub.
Using "comp",
To: Some People:;
Bcc: sipb0@athena.mit.edu
Subject: a test message
--------
This is a test.
the following messages came back to sipb0's pobox:
Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04687; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:08 -0400
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA24752; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:05 EDT
From: sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU
Received: by steve-dallas.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA23982; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:03 -0400
Message-Id: <9204192032.AA23982@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
To: ;@somepeople.MIT.EDU
Subject: a test message
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:01 EDT
This is a test.
Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04693; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:13 -0400
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA24754; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:05 EDT
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:05 EDT
From: MAILER-DAEMON@Athena.MIT.EDU (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
Message-Id: <9204192032.AA24754@Athena.MIT.EDU>
To: <sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 <;@somepeople>... Host unknown
----- Unsent message follows -----
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA24752; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:05 EDT
From: sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU
Received: by steve-dallas.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA23982; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:03 -0400
Message-Id: <9204192032.AA23982@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
To: ;@somepeople.MIT.EDU
Subject: a test message
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:32:01 EDT
This is a test.
Sending an analogous message using the emacs "mail" function, the
messages in sipb0's pobox were:
Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04785; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:43 -0400
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA24883; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:40 EDT
From: sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU
Received: by steve-dallas.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA24008; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
Message-Id: <9204192037.AA24008@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
To: Some.People:;@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: another test message
This is another test.
Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04790; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:49 -0400
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA24887; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:43 EDT
Received: by steve-dallas.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA24010; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Returned mail: User unknown
Message-Id: <9204192037.AA24010@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
To: sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU
----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>> RCPT To:<Some People:;>
<<< 550 <Some People:;>... User unknown: No such file or directory
550 Some People:;... User unknown
----- Unsent message follows -----
Received: by steve-dallas.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA24008; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:37:38 -0400
From: <sipb0>
Message-Id: <9204192037.AA24008@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
To: Some People:;
Subject: another test message
This is another test.
Using telnet, i.e.,
% telnet athena 25
helo steve-dallas.mit.edu
mail from:<sipb0@athena.mit.edu>
rcpt to:<sipb0@athena.mit.edu>
data
From: sipb0@athena.mit.edu
To: Some People:;
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1992 16:46:23 -0400
Subject: yet another test
This is yet another test.
.
quit
the one message in sipb0's pobox was:
Received: from ATHENA.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA04975; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:47:02 -0400
Received: from STEVE-DALLAS.MIT.EDU by Athena.MIT.EDU with SMTP
id AA25107; Sun, 19 Apr 92 16:46:01 EDT
Message-Id: <9204192046.AA25107@Athena.MIT.EDU>
From: sipb0@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: Some.People:;@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1992 16:46:23 -0400
Subject: yet another test
This is yet another test.
What should have happened:
sendmail should not convert legal RFC 822 header lines into
illegal ones. The line
To: Some People:;
should not be altered, and there should be no attempt to
interpret it as specifying any recipient mailboxes.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
sendmail(8), comp(1), emacs(1), RFC 822
