severity #368405 minor tags #368405 upstream forwarded #368405 http://sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111 thanks
On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:49:09PM +0100, Frederik Eaton wrote: > For instance consider this piece of the man page: > > -t When Exim is receiving a locally-generated, non-SMTP > message > on its standard input, the -t option causes the recipients > of > the message to be obtained from the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: > header > lines in the message instead of from the command > arguments. > The addresses are extracted before any rewriting takes > place. > > "When Exim is receiving a locally-generated, non-SMTP message on its > standard input...". So which options must I pass to exim, along with > "-t", to get it to "receive a locally-generated non-SMTP message on > its standard input"? None. > Good luck finding the answer in the man page, or > in the specification. The answer seems to be "none" but I don't know > how I was supposed to figure that out, other than by trial and error. Exim is a plug-in replacement for sendmail, which has always behaved this way. > It seems like a pretty typical use case to me, though. I think that > something should be said near the top of the manual page about common > use cases such as this. The most common options options can be put > before the others, which would help a lot, but there should be some > introductory text as well. Agreed. I have forwarded this upstream and apologize for taking so long to react to your report. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]