Re: [cobalt-users] mailrouting problem

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jens Kristian Søgaard wrote:

> > Note in the email I sent you, since I was using telnet, I couldn't
> > correct errors in my email as I went, so it may be hard to understand
> 
> Hmm, the backspace key does work in my telnet :-) (but you can't
> correct past a newline though)

Telnet isn't the limiting factor; I was writing directly to the sendmail
on the receiving machine.  It's sendmail, that usually doesn't work
interactively, and therefore doesn't understand the backspace.  I'm
sorry I wasn't more clear.

> It's a lot faster to use host:
> 
> $ host -t mx web.lu
> web.lu mail is handled (pri=10) by web.lu
> web.lu mail is handled (pri=20) by relay.web.lu

To each his own.

> Remember to enter a few headers (like From, To or Subject) otherwise
> some mailreaders will not show the message.

Okay, but I didn't have a problem.

> Remember that the "." should be the first character on the line (and
> the only character on the line). This is used to mark the end of the
> message.
> 
> The reason it could appear to be otherwise in Jeff's email is
> ofcourse, that his message were also transferred through email. Then
> it's customary to change that . into something else (normally two
> dots, but it can also be done by putting a space before the dot).

I wrote my post in Netscape, which inserted the space before the "."
itself to prevent the premature end of the post.

> To make it clear, I just sent this email to make sure that everyone
> remembered that the dot has to be the first character on the
> line. Otherwise you will be stuck in that data-prompt :-)

Good for you <smile>.  I didn't even think of it.

Jeff
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