On 1999-01-22 13:37:41 -0500, Dan Resler wrote:

> Received: by liberty.mas.vcu.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03)
>           id AA23301; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:37:41 -0500

> I understand that the - command line option is to signal the end of
> the options list; my question is, what potential catastrophes await me
> if it's not there?

You could get funny effects in case e-mail addresses begin with a
dash.

> Plus, why did I get this error? I assume it's just because I've got an
> older version of sendmail ... correct? (how do I find out what version
> of sendmail I'm running? There doesn't seem to be any command line
> options to make it tell me, plus verbose mode doesn't blurt it out.)

Look above.  It's indeed _very_ old, you should replace it by  a new
one.

tlr
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