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Re: -f"" or -f ""?

Victor.Duchovnimorganstanley.com
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 16:23:16 CDT


On Fri, 2 May 2003, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:

>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -f"" empfaenger < /dev/null
>
> or
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -f "" empfaenger < /dev/null
>
> with the most recent Postfix snapshot, only the second form works, the
> other form gives me an error. Has this changed between Postfix
> versions or did I find a bug?
>

Ralf this is a shell semantics issue, not a Postfix issue. This has come
up before (~1 year ago I think). The shell converts -f"" to -f without the
quotes. Postfix never sees the empty string...

Nothing has changed. -f"" has never worked and will never work.

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        Victor Duchovni
        IT Security,
        Morgan Stanley

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