Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 02:30:29 -0200 (E. South America Daylight Time) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_L=2E_W=2E_Meunier?= <0@pervalidus.net> To: "Pierre A. Humblet" cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Exim: Format error in spool file In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20021221230238.00832360@h00207811519c.ne.client2.attbi.com> Message-ID: References: <3.0.5.32.20021221223233.00836580@h00207811519c.ne.client2.attbi.com> <3.0.5.32.20021221223233.00836580@h00207811519c.ne.client2.attbi.com> <3.0.5.32.20021221230238.00832360@h00207811519c.ne.client2.attbi.com> X-X-Sender: fredlwm@fastmail.fm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by delorie.com id gBM4UxS28483 On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > At 01:58 AM 12/22/2002 -0200, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: > >> 2) Looking at the source code, this error message should include > >> the name of a file. Have you looked at that file? > >> Send it me as an attachment if you don't see anything obvious. > > > >Attached (very small files). > > It looks like your cygwin user name contains spaces. Yes, "Frédéric L W Meunier". I thought I had to add my full name when I installed Windows. I think it's too late to change it without reinstalling. > This confuses exim (and many other Unix programs). I didn't know (or I didn't read "Known bugs" in exim-4.10-2.README). I added 3 "_". > Edit your entry in the /etc/passwd file. Change the first > field to something without spaces. It worked. 2002-12-22 02:19:31 H7I6OG-0001TS-00 <= 0@pervalidus.net H=[127.0.0.1] P=smtp S=258 2002-12-22 02:19:35 H7I6OG-0001TS-00 => test@pervalidus.net R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=redir-mail-telehouse1.gandi.net [62.80.122.198] 2002-12-22 02:19:35 H7I6OG-0001TS-00 Completed Thanks for your port. I can get rid of all bloated Windows MTA. -- 0@pervalidus.{net, {dyndns.}org} -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/