I asked whether procmail, specifically procmail invoked with
the -f- flag, might be incorrectly re-writing From_ headers
under certain circumstances, or whether I should do battle with
Netcom/Mindspring/Earthlink system management (or search my procmailrc)
to find what is causing a problem. Philip responded to my questioning
thus:
I would test it by pulling the -f- flag from your .forward file then
sending yourself a similar message.
So I did.
I ran a few tests, and they point to -f- being the culprit. Procmail
version info:
~/> procmail -v
[No write since last change]
procmail v3.13.1 1999/04/05, Copyright (c) 1999, Stephen R. van den Berg
<srb(_at_)cuci(_dot_)nl>
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Locking strategies: dotlocking, flock()
Default rcfile: $HOME/.procmailrc
Your system mailbox: /var/spool/mail/rik
The test .procmailrc:
SHELL=/bin/ksh
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
:0
$DEFAULT
The test input
telnet netcom4.netcom.com 25
HELO rik
MAIL FROM: <"AB CD"@netcom.com>
RCPT TO: rik
DATA
Subject: varies by test
.
The .forward for test 1
"|TZ=EST5EDT; export TZ && exec /usr/local/nuglops/bin/procmail -t
MODE=prod || exit 75"
The result for test 1
From "AB CD"@netcom.com Tue Sep 28 18:24:56 1999
Return-Path: <"AB CD"@netcom.com>
Received: from rik (rik(_at_)netcom4(_dot_)netcom(_dot_)com
[199.183.9.104])
by netcom4.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) with
SMTP id SAA16928
for rik; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:24:29 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:24:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: "AB CD"@netcom.com
Message-Id:
<199909290124(_dot_)SAA16928(_at_)netcom4(_dot_)netcom(_dot_)com>
Subject: basic pm, no f opt
To: rik
Status: RO
The .forward for test 2
"|TZ=EST5EDT; export TZ && exec /usr/local/nuglops/bin/procmail -tf-
MODE=prod || exit 75"
The result for test 2
From "AB Tue Sep 28 21:27:52 1999
Return-Path: <"AB CD"@netcom.com>
Received: from rik (rik(_at_)netcom4(_dot_)netcom(_dot_)com
[199.183.9.104])
by netcom4.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) with
SMTP id SAA17445
for rik; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:27:32 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:27:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: "AB CD"@netcom.com
Message-Id:
<199909290127(_dot_)SAA17445(_at_)netcom4(_dot_)netcom(_dot_)com>
Subject: f option, basic pm
To: rik
A test with no .forward gives a correct (like test 1, above) result. The
only differences are that the From_ line has the server's TZ setting, and
not mine, and that there is only one space 'twixt the name and date:
From "AB CD"@netcom.com Tue Sep 28 18:10:34 1999
Return-Path: <"AB CD"@netcom.com>
--
Rik Kabel Old enough to be an adult
rik(_at_)netcom(_dot_)com