Re: smtp command-line arguments and illegal hostnames

[Guy Middleton <gamiddleton@math.waterloo.edu>]

  From rsalz@osf.org Tue Nov  3 14:55:48 1992
  Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 14:55:21 -0500
  From: rsalz@osf.org
  To: gamiddleton@math, zmailer@cs.toronto.edu
  Subject: Re:  smtp command-line arguments and illegal hostnames
  
  > This patch to smtp.c lets one do "smtp -t host" instead of "smtp host".
  > You need to change scheduler.conf as well.
  Is there a reason why "smtp -- host" would not work?  It's standard getopt.
  
Of course, Rich is right, so the only change necessary is to scheduler.conf:

*** 1.2	1992/11/03 20:03:06
--- scheduler.conf	1992/11/03 20:03:24
***************
*** 46,52 ****
  		interval=10m
  		retries="1"
  		skew=1
! 		command="smtp -sl ${LOGDIR}/smtp $host"
  
  # Connections to the outside shouldn't duplicate effort so we only allow one
  # per destination.
--- 46,52 ----
  		interval=10m
  		retries="1"
  		skew=1
! 		command="smtp -sl ${LOGDIR}/smtp -- $host"
  
  # Connections to the outside shouldn't duplicate effort so we only allow one
  # per destination.
***************
*** 53,59 ****
  smtp/*		maxchannel=8
  		maxhosts=1
  		gangschedule
! 		command="smtp -sl ${LOGDIR}/smtp $host"
  
  # Error messages.  Delivery can be retried at leisure.
  error/*		interval=5m
--- 53,59 ----
  smtp/*		maxchannel=8
  		maxhosts=1
  		gangschedule
! 		command="smtp -sl ${LOGDIR}/smtp -- $host"
  
  # Error messages.  Delivery can be retried at leisure.
  error/*		interval=5m