Re: mail problem

From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 14:34:26 EDT


No offense intended, but do you guys try these commands before you post
them?

> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Barry Finkel wrote:
>
> So, you *MIGHT* be able to use
>
> mail -s "test" "augusta china"@test.com </home/augusta/1.txt

> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Ross Alexander wrote:
> Have you tried
>
> mail -s "test" "<augusta china@test.com>" </home/augusta/1.txt
>
> The <>'s *SHOULD* keep sendmail from treating the embedded blank as a
separator.

A quick test proves that neither of these work (at least not on AIX 4.3.3)

I'm all for new ways to do things, but please, try before you post.

Bill Thompson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Alexander" <ralexan9@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: mail problem

> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Barry Finkel wrote:
>
> > So, you MIGHT be able to use
> >
> > mail -s "test" "augusta china"@test.com </home/augusta/1.txt
> >
>
> Have you tried
>
> mail -s "test" "<augusta china@test.com>" </home/augusta/1.txt
>
> The <>'s should keep sendmail from treating the embedded blank as a
separator.
>
> regards,
> Ross
>
> --
> Ross Alexander
> (780) 975 3505 cell / (780) 433 6725 home
> ralexan9@telusplanet.net



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