x version of /bin/mail.
That program expects the -r command-line argument to specify the sender??™s
name. Setting the F=r delivery agent flag correctly causes mail to be seen as being
from the sender (-r sender), but mistakenly using the F=f delivery agent flag
invokes /bin/mail with -f sender instead. This fails because the SunOS 4.x version
of /bin/mail expects the -f command-line argument to mean that it should
interactively read mail from the mailbox named sender.
??? Th eF=C delivery agent flag can cause problems when it is specified for delivery
agents for which the @domain form of address is inappropriate. This delivery
agent flag should be avoided for DECnet and the local delivery agents. Note
that LMTP-aware local delivery agents that can handle domain addresses can
use this delivery agent flag.
??? A common problem withSysV versions of /bin/mail is their annoying habit of
prefixing a ???From ??? line to the beginning of each message, even if one is already
there. This confuses users because it makes their mail appear to come from uucp
or daemon instead of the real sender. The problem stems from the fact that the
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SysV /bin/mail lacks a -r command-line argument (or its equivalent) to indicate
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