Re: [vps-mail] how did this get through?

[Scott Wiersdorf <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:17:39PM -0500, Chris Edwards wrote:
> > > All the logging will go into the file specified by LOGFILE (usually
> > > var/log/procmail or something like that). If you see that file, clear
> > > it out (cp -pf /dev/null ~/var/log/procmail.log or whatever the file
> > > is called), and then bounce your mail message through. Then send a
> > > copy of that logfile to this list so we can look at it.
> 
> btw,  how do you bounce an email message?

Bouncing preserves nearly all the headers as they came in; some
mailers will add a "X-Resent" header or two.

In mutt, the 'b' key will bounce a message. Pine and elm also have
bounce or resend features.

Older versions of Eudora have a "redirect" button that is the same
thing; I can't remember if newer versions support it. I've never used
Outlook or its variants, so I can't say for sure whether it is even
supported there. I think Pegasus mail has a bounce button too.

"Forward" options in most mailers essentially create a new message and
then paste part of the old message inside it, effectively obliterating
all the really useful headers.

Scott
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