Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 21:41:44 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> Cc: brian@awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/mail filters in 2.2.5 Message-ID: <199711162141.VAA29224@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 16 Nov 1997 06:46:03 PST." <199711161446.GAA24588@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > > > BIGFOOT.DALTEK.NET^M #blocked. contact postmaster > > > > > > first, that "^M" is it in the file? > > > is so please delete it. > > > after deleting the "^M" > > > cd /etc/mail; make install > > > > Hmm, the domains.txt I got with the ``make'' had 'em in, so I figured > > they were meant to be :-I > > ahh.....did you use DOS! > "^M" is teh DOS extra end-of-line character. > DOS uses both <cr> and <lf> to indicate and end-of-line. > Unix uses only one, the Mac uses the other. Funny this. I did the ``make'' from a FreeBSD box. Perhaps ftp://ftp.gulf.net/pub/docs/domains.txt really has got nasty ^Ms at the end of the lines :-| AFAIK, fetch *never* does ascii (^M) translations (this is correct IMHO). Oh well, they're gone now :-) Thanks again. [.....] > jmb -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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