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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: rmail patch ..
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 18:27:57 +1100 (EST)
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Could someone please propagate this patch into -stable (it's already in
-current and has been for months) .. it fixes what would otherwise bug the
hell out of people (me :-() who have to deal with broken UUCP sites.

It's already included in sendmail 8.7.5 distribution as recently adopted.

*** 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)