Re: What happened to "From "????

Hal MacArgle
2005-07-06T13:33:46Z

On 07-06, Peter wrote:

Hal:
> > One final query: Can you invoke: env <return> in any of your
> > userspace or even root and tell me what the variable $MAIL reports?
> > For years the "normal" has always been /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME..
> > Will be interesting to see what your working box reports..
>
> MAIL=/var/mail/heisspf

OK another enlightenment.. /var/mail/heisspf will also be
mirrored, exactly, as /var/spool/mail/heisspf... But you are not
using that..

>
> Sorry not to have mentioned all my setup. I am using procmail to filter my
> mail and for MUA I use mainly exmh, then mail>nail and occasionally like now
> sylpheed-claw. Exmh and sylpheed compliment each other both using
> nmh. Therefore no mail ever enters /var/mail/heisspf instead goes straight to
> various mail boxes and for spam to> /dev/null.
>
> Since I used Pine only briefly in the beginning with Linux and then quickly
> switched to exmh with procmail I do not remember having seen From_.
>
> Thanks for pointing out to me that my mail now comes from meridian.ph. This is
> the provider for my broadband connection, however, I have no e-mail account
> with them, therefore, the mail will bounce. I was not aware of this problem.
> Will see how to sort this out.

OK, so you've changed over to the "new" mail schemes all the
way.. All the queries answered with a little more knowledge, for
better or worse, eh?? I may have a rocky road ahead.. <grin>