Mailing list admin, please read this!
Christopher Faylor
cgf@cygnus.com
Sun Sep 6 21:38:00 GMT 1998
On Mon, Sep 07, 1998 at 06:26:51AM +0200, Alexander Kriegisch wrote:
>Hi Christopher and others!
>
>I post this message to the list because I know the reason for the error,
>but not the cure, as I am not familiar with the use of majordomo.
>
>> I have no idea how to "fix" this with majordomo. I'm not convinced
>> that this is actually an error with the mailing list as much as an
>> error in your mail software.
>
>Here is an extract from RFC 822. It contains the core rules for building
>a compliant message:
>
>--- snip ---
>field = field-name ":" [ field-body ] CRLF
>fields = dates ; Creation time,
> source ; author id & one
> 1*destination ; address required
> *optional-field ; others optional
>message = fields *( CRLF *text ) ; Everything after
> ; first null line
> ; is message body
>--- snap ---
>
>"Everything after first null line is message body" - see? The null line
>definitely has to be there, which means your mail composer creates -
>well, sorry - trash (from the point of view of a RFC-compliant mail
>reader).
There is obviously a blank line following the mail header. If there
wasn't then no one would be able to read mail from the mailing list.
We're using a standard sendmail package which understands this
requirement.
Majordomo is adding a couple of lines at the end of the message. Unless
I'm missing something, that's what the "problem" is. This was a mime
error, as I recall, which is a completely different thing.
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