At 01:45 AM 12/3/01 +0100, you wrote: >this is an old problem I run into several times and found also plenty >of postings at googles, but this time I really want to know, who the >evil is ;) > >If I get a mail and pass it through procmail/formail to add an x-loop-header >and then pass to deliver, deliver fails with an error: "Message >contains invalid header" > >The reason is that formail (and not procmail !) - that always tries to >fix the mail to be standardconform - adds one From-line at the >beginning of the mail in a format deliver doesnt seem to like: > >example: cat /tmp/mail | formail -a"X-Loop3: "server.goldfisch.at"
and this will fix the problem: :0 fhw |formail -I 'From ' >the input: >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])\\ > by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215 >... > >becomes to: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 3 01:29:04 2001 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])\\ > by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215 >... > > >While this is no current problem, cause I can use the -f switch of >formail to prevent it from doing so or use the tail-command to remove >this line again, I am worried about it, cause maybe one day a mail >will pass by with the same format formails wants to make and deliver >will fail ... > >who is wrong in this case ? formail or deliver ? > >thnx, >peter > >ps: the proper solution at the moment will be to let formail add this >suspicious first line in any case and remove it with tail later. While >this is some unwanted overhead one should be on the save side doing so >.. > > > >pps: well, the whole mail I tested is: > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from server2.local (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) > by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fATL5vOx015215 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100 >Received: (from pilsl@localhost) > by server2.local (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id fATL5v58015212 > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100 >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:57 +0100 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: halllo >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline >User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i >X-Loop3: server.ihf-hr.org > > >kdlavsklvsksvdfkvs >teste test test test > > > > >-- >mag. peter pilsl > >phone: +43 676 3574035 >fax : +43 676 3546512 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >sms : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >pgp-key available
