Re: mail problem

From: Bob.Kelley@BRINKSINC.COM
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 14:45:12 EDT


thanks for the smile Bill!

Bobby Kelley
Sr. AIX/UNIX Administrator

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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
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
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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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