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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: rmail and brain-dead mail systems .. patch enclosed
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Will someone please add this patch to bin/rmail/rmail.c.

Some of us have to deal with mail from brain-dead gateways (notably MS-mail)
that produce "From " lines without an address .. e.g. ..

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 .. this throws rmail into a spin :-(

The patch recommended by Eric Allman is ..

*** rmail.c~	Mon Mar 20 01:06:12 1995
--- rmail.c	Tue May 16 03:26:57 1995
***************
*** 211,216 ****
--- 211,218 ----
  		/* Save off from user's address; the last one wins. */
  		for (p = addrp; *p && !isspace(*p); ++p);
  		*p = '\0';
+ 		if (*addrp == '\0')
+ 			addrp = "<>";
  		if (from_user != NULL)
  			free(from_user);
  		if ((from_user = strdup(addrp)) == NULL)