Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 01:13:22 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Forcing send-pr to use -f switch to sendmail? Message-ID: <20020821221321.GB942@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020821165204.A17335@selvirjin.alltel.net> References: <20020821165204.A17335@selvirjin.alltel.net>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2002-08-21 16:52 +0000, C. A. Daelhousen wrote: > So how do I force send-pr to send mail properly? If I cut'n'paste the > bounced mail and send it with mutt, then the headers won't include the > X-send-pr-version or X-GNATS-Notify headers. Is that a problem? > > In case it's important: > mailwrapper is from 4.6.2-R > exim 3.36 and mutt 1.2.5.1i are from 4.6-R ports Two possible answers off the top of my head: a) Envelope address masquerading. I've always configured my Sendmail to masquerade the envelope address to one that does exist. This can cause problems with offline mail, that doesn't have an envelope and is supposed to be delivered locally. If the MTA can't resolve the "automagic envelope" that masquerading uses, there is a possibility of mail queueing up until you connect to the network, to be delivered when the envelope address is verified with DNS. b) Using send-pr to edit & mutt to post When you exit send-pr, if you abort, it saves a copy of the report in /tmp and tells you the filename. Fire up mutt, and start posting a new message to FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org but do not post it. Exit the editor and hit 'E' (edit with full headers). At the second editor invocation delete everything from the buffer and insert the contents of the /tmp file that send-pr has prepared. Post... --=20 keramida@FreeBSD.org -=3D=3D- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Aug 21 22:08:19 EEST 2002 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9ZBCB1g+UGjGGA7YRArN4AJ4xBb4LtupZS4dEUAm8QF0LHUswJQCfejox nMnvEzicJpabkH4g7u+g74k= =DCRK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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