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Re: Malformed mail headers -- missing linefeeds?



On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:15:10PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 03:58:05PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> ...
> 
> | Yes.  I thought it was just a glitch with yahoo groups, though.
> | Here's a sample:
> | 
> | List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:zope-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com>
> | Date: 26 Apr 2002 10:58:41 -0000From: zope@yahoogroups.com
> | To: zope@yahoogroups.com
> | Subject: [zope] Digest Number 2807
> | Reply-To: zope@egroups.com
> | From: sentto-1241949-2807-1019818721-rossboylan=stanfordalumni.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com
> | 
> | Hmm... that's two From: fields.
> 
> Nope, only one.  The "first" From: field is just part of the data part
> of your (now malformed) Date: field.

Well, two attempted From: fields, with much different content.
> 
> The "second" one is inserted by exim (using the envelope sender for
> data) when it delivers a message if no From: header exists.
> 
> | I just noticed this on a couple of mails from this group because they
> | didn't get dumped in the proper box automatically.
> 
> Use $h_List-Post: to identify list mail.  It's much more reliable.

Thanks.
> 
> | Most of my mail looks fines.
> | 
> | I use 
> | earthlink -> fetchmail -> exim -> local script -> mutt mbox
> | 
> | I am on woody and have not upgraded for a few days.  So perhaps it's
> | earthlink. 
> 
> Do you have spamassassin in the picture at all?
> 
Nope.
> -D
> 


On Ben's point: most of my mail seems to be fine.  So I don't think
it's a consistent earthlink problem, if it's an earthlink problem at
all.


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