Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
>
[ snip ]
> > [1] If the first line of the mail body begins with at least one (1)
> > non-whitespace, non-colon (:) character and is followed by a
> > colon (:) and anything else, then *NO* body will be received
> > with the Email !?!? For example:
> >
> > host: Odin
> > date: Fri Oct 26 20:35:13 CDT 2001
> > src : trout
> >
> > This can be alleviated by prepending *all* bodies with a blank
> > line (echo).
>
> The blank lines are *supposed* to be in there already, but I've verified
> they don't actually make it into the message. The problem is with shell
> parsing...I really need to be able to have two input file descriptors open.
> I'll probably need to re-work a big chunk of the mail script to fix this,
> but it will be fixed soon.
Actually, adding (pre-pending) the echo line to your block ({ ... })
works *without* further modifications.
> Also, could you verify the shell you're running?
Your bash.lrp.
> > [3] /var/log/mail.log exists; but, I've not yet seen anything
> > write to it. In order to facilitate debugging Email issues,
> > as well as to keep track of outgoing Email attempts, I suggest
> > adding the following subroutine to /lib/POSIXness/POSIXness.mail:
> >
> > log () {
> > LOG=/var/log/mail.log
> > STR=`date '+%b %d %T'`
> > STR="${STR} ${HOSTNAME} mail[$$]: $user => [$envelopes]: $subject"
> > echo $STR >> $LOG
> > }
> >
> > I suggest calling log prior to that final `exit 0' and the last
> > `done'; but, there maybe a more sane location ;>
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Yes, I should probably add some sort of logging facilities to the mail
> script.
NOTE: Subsequent to this first post, I amended the function above with a
call to logger. Actually, quite a simple addition; but, you may want to
local-ize all of my function variables, since I cannot guarantee
var-name collisions, or lack thereof, from other scripts . . .
> [4] There seems to be a problem with the busybox hostname...I'll fix that
> too.
Should I understand this reference ???
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