CCMRG@BOSTONU
Fri, 30 Oct 87 16:42:46 EST
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>>When LISTSERV receives a piece of MAIL in one of its' distribution
>>lists and that piece of mail came from an RSCS and not another MAILER,
>>it appears that LISTSERV tries to "distribute" that file via
>>a "distribute" job.
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> For our understanding, please define "mail" and "file" as you're
>using them here. I'm assuming "mail" means "1) RFC822 content,
>filetype MAIL; or 2) IBM NOTE or PROFS content, filetype NOTE"
>(that's LISTSERV's definition, roughly), and "file" means "a spool
>file" (as opposed to "not MAIL", as LISTSERV uses the term).
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> Spool files don't "come from an RSCS", they come from a user.
>LISTSERV will apply it's "mailness" test to anything sent to a list.
>If it passes (filetype = MAIL or NOTE), then it's sent as mail,
>otherwise the file is sent, intact and unedited, by DISTRIBUTE
>(regardless of the setting of Mail-Via).
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Ok, When listserv receives a file for one of its distribution lists
and sees that file as being mail (in NETDATA format). I do not
get the "cut here" format you are speaking of.
Is this better?
/mrg
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