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From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Problems with MMDF and UUCP mail
Message-ID: <1990Sep12.122549.21039@robobar.co.uk>
Date: 12 Sep 90 12:25:49 GMT
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In article <7921@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:

>> the headers aren't correct.  First of all, the From_ line lists the
>> mail as from user "mmdf" instead of the user that actually sent the
>> mail.

> Usually I see this as coming from "uucp" and usually it only happens
> on System V machines.  I never bothered to understand why it happens,
> if only because I usually run MMDF on BSD machines.  But then it works
> fine on my Unix PC at home soooo...

I understood the original posting to mean that the From_ line on the
RECEIVING machine (by implication _not_ running MMDF) to be wrong in
being just "mmdf" and thought it was to do with the fact that the
current UUCP channel does not invoke uux with the -aremote.domain!remote-user,
(at least at update #43 it doesn't -- VERY sad -- I'm going to have to add it
before I switch to MMDF) Was that understanding wrong ?

BTW is the mmdf2@relay.cs.net list active ?  I haven't seen _any_ messages since
I asked for a list expansion address to be added a couple of weeks ago ...

I *do* wish that MMDF workers would discuss their work openly in a USENET
group, and am always grateful for the artcles on MMDF from DSH.  Is there
a hysterical reason why MMDF *isn't* discussed on USENET ?  Where would
be a good place to ask questions about it ?  (I have a few burning ones :-)
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