Tue Mar 31 17:48:35 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
New configuration parameters "vacfixed" and "tofake".
The first one prevents any vacation message change through
usage of the VACATION directive, the other one prevents the
faking of a To: header line (for filtering purposes) when
such a line is missing from the message.
New ON command to issue commands on certain days only.
When combined with SELECT, this makes a powerful time-based
rule selection. For instance:
ON (Mon Tue Wed Thu) SELECT (18:30 .. 23:59) BOUNCE ram@home;
would bounce to my home e-mail address the message if received
past 6.30 pm on weekdays (but Fridays) and before midnight.
Two NEW interesting directories under misc/:
. fakesend, showing an implementation of the FAKESEND
command I use to reply to messages bounced to my home
e-mail address while pretending I replied from work.
. getcost: my contribution (with the help of a fellow from HP)
to fighting SPAM with mailagent. This is a temporary solution,
until I come up with a decent SCORE commandi, but it has
helped me tremendously for the past 10 months.
The RFC822 parser now allows no space between address and comment.
I've not checked to see whether this is legal because it does not
hurt and improves robustness anyway.
Allow ~name expansion when specifying alternate rule files, via
the APPLY command.
The SERVER "set" command can now list defined variables when
invoked without any argument.
Allow for missing "host1" in the Received: line parsing, which
attempts to compute the chain of relaying hosts.
The misc/mime/unmime program has evolved: new -x and -X options to
cope with accentuated letters, and removal of ugly ?iso-8859-1?Q
escapes in subject lines that the HP router unfortunately adds
each time there is an accentuated letter in the Subject line!
(and From:, To: lines as well, although that's not frequent enough
for me to tackle yet).
There are 9 new files in the distribution.
. Files changed:
* agent/files/help/release.SH: Fixed typos.
* agent/files/help/set.SH: Without parameters, list all the defined
variables.
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: Added "vacfixed" and "tofake"
configuration parameters.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Added "vacfixed" and "tofake" configuration
parameters. New ON command to issue commands on certain days only.
The SERVER "set" command can now list defined variables. Added an
example of alternate VACATION message selection.
* agent/pl/cmdserv.pl: Changed "set" to dump variables when not given
any argument.
* agent/pl/filter.pl: When "vacfixed" is on, forbid any change of
vacation message. New ON command to process commands on certain days
only.
* agent/pl/include.pl: Typo fix in comment.
* agent/pl/interface.pl: Added hook for the new ON command.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: When "tofake" is turned off, disable faking of
To:. Allow for missing "host1" in the Received: line parsing.
* agent/pl/rfc822.pl: Parser now allows no space between address and
comment.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Allow ~name expansion when specifying alternate
rule files.
* agent/pl/runcmd.pl: Declared the new "ON" command.
* agent/test/actions: Added regression tests for new "ON" command.
* misc/getcost/spamconfig, agent/test/cmd/on.t,
misc/fakesend/mh_profile: Created.
* misc/mime/unmime: New -x and -X options to cope with accentuated
letters. Added removal of ugly ?iso-8859-1?Q escapes in subject.
Mon Sep 15 17:31:05 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Internal changes to the C filter program, mainly for future
extensions I plan to add someday.
Mail messages in the queue are now *locked* before being processed,
thereby avoiding duplicate processing in some weird race conditions.
The 'mailagent -q' command now reports locked messages with a '*'.
Fixed typo in -r usage summary.
New -t and -f options for BEGIN and NOP:
BEGIN -f only occurs if the last command status is false.
BEGIN -t only occurs if the last command status is true.
NOP -f forces a false command status (i.e. a failure).
NOP -t forces a true command status (i.e. a success).
As a consequence NOP now returns a status or propagates the existing
one.
All command options should now be output in bold in the man page.
Documented _CALLOUT_ working state for callout queue triggers.
Annotation was not performed for value "0". The use of an
if $value;
instead of
if defined $value;
was the cause.
The $lastcmd variabe is now global from analyze_mail() for BACK
processing. It was otherwise impossible to have success/failure
conditions propagate outside of the BACK execution environment.
Improved Received: line parsing logic.
Indication of relaying hosts (RELAYED log) now selectively emitted
only when the first relaying host is apparently not related to that
of the sended.
Fixed ASSGINED -> ASSIGNED typo in log message
Insert user e-mail address if no address is given for NOTIFY.
Some small fixes in the regression test suite.
PATBOUNCE can now handle bounced output from @SH package commands.
File misc/pbounce/rules now shows how I use PATBOUNCE in my
own ~/.rules.
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/io.c: Factorized code to derive a unique filename.
* agent/filter/lock.c: Added more generic file_lock() and
file_unlock() routines.
* agent/filter/lock.h: New generic file_lock() and file_unlock()
routines.
* agent/filter/misc.c: Cosmetic change.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Changed ordering of include files.
* agent/magent.sh: Call new pmail() routine to process main message.
Fixed typo in -r usage.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: New -t and -f options for BEGIN and NOP.
All command options should now be output in bold. Documented
_CALLOUT_ working state for callout queue.
* agent/pl/acs_rqst.pl: Code factorized within acs_lock().
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Don't blindly chop command error message,
remove trailing \n. Annotation was not performed for value "0".
* agent/pl/analyze.pl: $lastcmd now global from analyze_mail() for
BACK processing. Indication of relaying hosts now selectively
emitted.
* agent/pl/filter.pl: Fixed ASSGINED -> ASSIGNED typo in log message.
Implemented new -t and -f flags for BEGIN and NOP. Insert user
e-mail address if no address for NOTIFY.
* agent/pl/listqueue.pl: Now clearly spot locked files in queue with
a '*'.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: Improved Received: line parsing logic.
* agent/pl/pqueue.pl: Messages in the queue are now locked before
processing. New pmail() routine to factorize locking/processing code.
* agent/pl/runcmd.pl: NOP now returns a status. Added -t and -f
switches for BEGIN and NOP. $lastcmd now global from analyze_mail().
* agent/test/cmd/split.t: Fixed overzealous unlinks.
* agent/test/option/c.t: Uses an empty file instead of /dev/null.
* agent/test/pl/mail.pl: Forgot to unlink mail.lock in cp_mail().
* misc/pbounce/patbounce.pl: Also handle bounced output from @SH
package.
Thu Feb 20 12:55:50 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Regenerated Configure for getopt() and dup2() checking.
Updated copyright notice to include year 1997.
New groupsafe, execskip and lockwarn variables. See the manual
page entries for a description. Roughly speaking, they
resepectively control group-writable secure checks, exec-safe
secure checks and locking warnings when too much time is spent
waiting for a lock.
New -o switch for the C filter to redirect output directly from
the .forward in case shell redirection is not available there...
See the man page for details.
The C filter now prefer open(O_APPEND) to fopen("a") for stdio
append bugs (reported on SUN platforms).
Made it explicit in the man page that /pattern/i is legal to
perform a case-insensitive match, as in Perl.
Made mailagent 'perl -cw' clean and fixed a couple of typos.
Improved Received: header parsing to avoid warnings.
The 'unmime -e' un-escape was overzealous for uuencoded parts...
Made unmime die if an error occurs to prevent feedback from
occurring in mailagent.
. Files changed:
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: New groupsafe, execskip and lockwarn
variables.
* agent/filter/Jmakefile: Added getopt.c and dup2.c files.
* agent/filter/getopt.c, agent/filter/dup2.c: Created.
* agent/filter/io.c: New io_redirect() routine to handle the -o
switch.
* agent/filter/io.h: Declared io_redirect().
* agent/filter/logfile.c: Prefer open(O_APPEND) to fopen("a") for
stdio append bugs.
* agent/filter/main.c: Now uses getopt() to parse command line
switches. New -o switch to redirect output.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Skip group-writable and exec-safe checks if
told to.
* agent/magent.sh: Used $* variable for no purpose.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Documents new execsafe, groupsafe and
lockwarn variables. The C filter can now redirect output via -o.
Made it explicit that /pattern/i is legal.
* agent/pl/acs_rqst.pl: Now supports the lockwarn variable.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Made 'perl -cw' clean and fixed a couple of
typos.
* agent/pl/callout.pl: Ensure %Header and $wmode are localized in the
main package.
* agent/pl/cmdserv.pl: Made 'perl -cw' clean.
* agent/pl/context.pl: Removed the 'do' workaround for perl5.001.
* agent/pl/hook.pl: Used $wmode and $loglvl from the wrong package.
* agent/pl/install.pl: Missed a '$' in front of a variable in
create().
* agent/pl/interface.pl: Made use of local $lastcmd instead of main's.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: Improved Received: header parsing.
* agent/pl/secure.pl: Now honours groupsafe and execsafe
configuration variables.
* agent/pl/stats.pl: Typo fixes and print() call cleanup to avoid
run-time warnings.
* agent/test/basic/config.t: Avoid exec-safe checks and
group-writable directories.
* misc/mime/unmime: The -e un-escape was overzealous for uuencoded
parts... Made the filter die if an error occurs to prevent feedback.
Fri Jan 31 19:11:21 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Filter also trap fatal SIGSEGV and SIGBUS signals in C filter.
Forgot one more get_confval vs get_confstr translation in filter.
This caused dreadful core dumps, a sure sign being the regression
test suite mysteriously failing...
Esacape metacharacter '{' in regexps for perl5.003_20. This
subversion has been really nitty picky on un-escaped '{'
without a '}' counterpart. Further subversions have backed-out
this strict checking however, but the deed is done and I have
escaped all the culprits!
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/main.c: Also trap fatal SIGSEGV and SIGBUS signals.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Forgot one more get_confval vs get_confstr
translation.
* agent/pl/stats.pl, agent/pl/lexical.pl, agent/pl/rules.pl,
agent/pl/analyze.pl: Esacape metacharacter '{' in regexps for
perl5.003_20.
Wed Jan 8 09:43:56 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Must use get_confstr() to get at the execsafe variable.
Otherwise, the string value is converted into an integer (0)
and the following strcasecmp() core dumps.
It did not happen on my HP-UX machine because dereferencing
NULL is not a segfault unless some special compiler flag
is given!!
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/parser.c: Must use get_confstr() to get at the
execsafe variable.
Tue Jan 7 19:42:56 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
New execsafe configuration variable to disable extended exec()
checks when OFF.
Regenerated agent/filter/Makefile.SH with newer jmake.
The "no change" optimization was overzealous in package, when
dealing with 'badaddress' requests (via the new patbounce action).
Allow for @SH help to be understood, whatever the case.
Slight mis-parsing of user names with '-' in them could cause
'package' to not send correct closest addresses.
Now pre-extend memory in mailagent for large messages to avoid
many realloc() from stealing all the core! Patch contributed
by Thomas Richter <richter@chemie.fu-berlin.de>. Thanks!
Enhanced Received: lines parsing to be less strict on the
first line (inserted locally).
Strip out trailing > on addresses, since matching is greedy.
Patbounce would fail when dealing with <addr@somewhere> since
the pattern used was matching the trailing '>'.
. Files changed:
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: New execsafe configuration variable.
* agent/filter/main.c: Don't use my_exit() when printing version
number.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Don't perform extended exec() checks when
execsafe is OFF.
* agent/filter/parser.h: New get_confstr() and get_confstr_opt().
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Documented new execsafe configuration
variable.
* agent/package.SH: The "no change" optimization was overzealous.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Allow for @SH help to be understood, whatever
the case.
* agent/pl/addr.pl: Slight mis-parsing of user names with '-' in them.
* agent/pl/emergency.pl: Now pre-extend memory by using existing
message size.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: Now pre-extend memory by using existing message
size. Enhanced Received: lines parsing.
* agent/pl/read_conf.pl: New execsafe variable defaults to OFF when
missing.
* agent/pl/secure.pl: Now only perform extended exec() checks iff
execsafe is ON.
* agent/test/basic/config.t: Force execsafe to OFF when running tests.
* misc/pbounce/patbounce.pl: Strip out trailing > on addresses, since
matching is greedy.
Thu Dec 26 11:52:50 MET 1996 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Filter now includes <unistd.h> for R_OK and defines fallbacks
in case those constants are missing.
Declared strsave() in case it's not done in <string.h>.
Fixed an incredible typo while declaring progpath[]. What's
almost incredible is that my compiler never spotted this one,
and that the program ran fine with a critical mis-declaration.
Added undocumented 'badaddress' request for PATBOUNCE support
in the package command.
New misc/pbounce directory, containing the PATBOUNCE plug-in.
This command can be used to automatically remove from the
users distribution list all the addresses that bounce. You
cannot imagine how many bounces I've got whith my last patch
issue. Sure they were deleted, but it's pointless to send
big messages to people that cannot receive them.
Five new files (PATBOUNCE command).
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/io.c: Include <unistd.h> for R_OK and define
fallbacks. Declared strsave() in case it's not done in <string.h>.
Fixed an incredible typo while declaring progpath[].
* agent/filter/parser.c: Include <unistd.h> for X_OK and define
fallbacks.
* agent/package.SH: Added undocumented 'badaddress' request for
PATBOUNCE.
* misc/pbounce/patbounce.pl: Created.
Tue Dec 24 16:34:55 MET 1996 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
This patch is my Christmas gift to you all, agent-users. I took
some time to collect, apply, checkin and put together all the
changes I have been making for more than a year (since last patch).
I hope this will not introduce any problems and it will probably
be the last set of patches (modulo possible emergency bug fixes
following this patch set) before the mailagent-4.0 rewrite, which
will be runnable only by perl5. I don't think I broke perl4
compatibility at this point, though I don't know for sure, as I've
been using perl version 5 for a long time now.
Okay. Here is the list of changes:
Important grammatical fix in the Artistic License
(thanks Tom Christiansen).
Configure regenerated with newer metaconfig and updated
my e-mail address
Filter now read incoming messages in a pool, instead of one big
chunk. This avoids many realloc() that could get exponentially
big with large messages.
Attempt to locate mailagent and perl from the C filter, and
croak if we cannot find them anywhere in the configured PATH.
Mailagent and filter now perform basic security checks on
exec()ed programs. This includes server commands and all the
programs launched via RUN and friends.
Filter will log onto stderr if logfile not opened correctly.
Use more portable real uid/gid setting, i.e. select one
of the setuid() and setruid() routine, as appropriate.
The _ character was not correctly parsed in variables, which
could lead to problem when using $ substitution on them.
Rule file path is now absolute, so rule caching can be safe,
even when the same basename is used from two distinct directories.
This was specially tricky when the '-r rulefile' option was used!
Changed queue processing/sleeping logic for better interactivity,
as discussed on the agent-users list, and following an interesting
e-mail exchange between Randal L. Schwartz and myself.
Maildist commands and friends now silently discard hostile
return addresses.
Added command forwarding support, which allows a package maintainer
to auto-forward mailagent Command messages to some third party,
when maintainance of a package is transferred.
New Relayed: and Envelope: pseudo header computations. The Relayed:
header is a list of all the mail gateways, as gathered from the
Received: lines, whilst Envelope refers to the message envelope
address (first From line).
Documented the %-H biffing macro with more details.
Don't use expanded manpath in .so directives. I used to do so,
but it lead to problems on some platforms. Since that was more
than a year ago, maybe all the vendors fixed this, hence we
revert to the initial settings...
All power-sensitive actions from the server can now be logged
separately to a file (powerlog in ~/.mailagent).
Launch sendmail only when the server session is done to avoid
timeouts on the down side of the pipe!
Don't dataload the emergency routine to avoid malloc problems
(since we're probably in a signal handler) and log signal trapping
even when invoked manually.
Now correctly initializes @cc to be the Cc: field in for mail hooks.
Also added @relayed, $lines and $length variables.
Protect all un-escaped @ in patterns, for perl5.
Processing of MH profile is now case-insensitive, by popular
request.
Allow '-' in package names, distributed through mailagent.
Default for locksafe is now OFF.
Fixed some regression tests for perl5 or fast CPUs and added new
tests for Relayed processing.
Added the misc/mime subdirectory, containing a set of rules and
a perl program to un-MIME all those nasty little messages carrying
MIME attributes where they shouldn't or needn't...
Four new files, if I trust the MANIFEST :-)
. Files changed:
* agent/files/setup.cf: Can now say that a file is expected under
some directory. Applied that to mailbox, which is a file expected
under maildrop.
* agent/filter/environ.c: New get_env() routine, plus typo fixes.
Make sure new environment lines are smaller than MAX_STRING.
* agent/filter/environ.h: Declared get_env().
* agent/filter/io.c: Message is now read in a pool, instead of one
big chunk. Attempt to locate mailagent and perl. Perform basic
security checks on exec()ed programs.
* agent/filter/logfile.c: Log onto stderr if logfile not opened
correctly.
* agent/filter/main.c: Use more portable real uid/gid setting.
* agent/filter/misc.c: New my_exit() to allow exit code tracing for
debugging.
* agent/filter/msg.c: Call my_exit() instead of exit().
* agent/filter/parser.c: Enhanced security checks performed on files.
The _ character was not correctly parsed in variables.
* agent/filter/parser.h: Declared exec_secure().
* agent/magent.sh: Rule file path is now absolute, so caching can be
safe. Changed queue processing/sleeping logic for better
interactivity. New stat constants, and updated usage line.
* agent/mailpatch.SH, agent/maildist.SH: Silently discard hostile
addresses. Added command forwarding support.
* agent/mailhelp.SH: Silently discard hostile addresses.
* agent/maillist.SH: Silently discard hostile addresses. Knows about
command forwarding.
* agent/man/edusers.SH: Examples are now shown in constant-width font
if possible.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Examples are now shown in constant-width
font if possible. Big emphasis about security issues, for RUN
commands & filter. New Relayed: pseudo header computations.
Documented the %-H biffing macro with more details. Updated my
e-mail address.
* agent/man/mailpatch.SH, agent/man/maildist.SH,
agent/man/maillist.SH: Don't use expanded manpath in .so directives.
* agent/man/mailhelp.SH: Documented command forwarding.
* agent/man/package.SH: Examples are now shown in constant-width font
if possible. Mentions command forwarding.
* agent/package.SH: Added command forwarding support.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Now reads 'help' as 'mailhelp' in command
messages. Locate and perform security checks on launched executables.
* agent/pl/analyze.pl: Forgot to return 0 at the end of
special_user().
* agent/pl/biff.pl: Long header lines are now trimmed to 79 chars max.
* agent/pl/cmdserv.pl: All power-sensitive actions can now be logged
separately. Launch sendmail only when session is done to avoid
timeouts. Perform security checks on all server commands.
* agent/pl/emergency.pl: Don't dataload the emergency routine to
avoid malloc problems. Now log the signal trapping even when invoked
manually.
* agent/pl/filter.pl: Added initial logging of the SELECT command.
* agent/pl/forward.pl, misc/mime/unmime: Created.
* agent/pl/hook.pl: Perform security checks on hook programs.
* agent/pl/install.pl: New prefix() routine.
* agent/pl/locate.pl: New locate_program() routine.
* agent/pl/mailhook.pl: Correctly initializes @cc to be the Cc:
field. Added @relayed and $lines, $length.
* agent/pl/matching.pl: New Envelope and Relayed selectors. Protect
all un-escaped @ in patterns, for perl5.
* agent/pl/mh.pl: Processing of MH profile is now case-insensitive.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: New relay_list() routine to parse Received
lines. Now creates two pseudo headers: Envelope and Relayed.
* agent/pl/unpack.pl, agent/pl/plsave.pl: Allow '-' in package names.
* agent/pl/queue_mail.pl: Add as many trailing 'x' as necessary for
unique queue file.
* agent/pl/read_conf.pl: Default for locksafe is now OFF.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Forgot to unlock rulecache on errors. Don't
dataload hashkey(), used as a sort routine.
* agent/pl/secure.pl: Extended security checks and created
exec_secure().
* agent/test/basic/config.t: Added locksafe, set to OFF.
* agent/test/basic/mailagent.t: Ensure we quote upper path properly,
in case @ is there!.
* agent/test/cmd/umask.t: Fixed test for perl5.
* agent/test/filter/list.t: Added new tests for Relayed processing.
* agent/test/filter/pattern.t: Added Relayed to the list of returned
headers.
* agent/test/option/I.t: Fixed test for fast CPUs.
* agent/test/rules: Added test cases for new Relayed selector.
Fri Sep 15 16:17:30 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
The email address listed in the README was wrong.
Folder compression can now deal with various compressors.
You may now compress folders using gzip if you want, or
any other performant compression tool. This is configured
via a compressors file listing the available compression tools,
which are referred to by tags. You may choose the default tag
to be used when compression a new folder. See the man page...
Thanks to Kevin Johnson <kjj@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com> for
contributing this code.
Now escapes shell metacharacters for popen() on FORWARD and BOUNCE.
This bug was reported by Larry W. Virden.
It is now possible to force a strict locking procedure on
folders by setting locksafe to ON. Mailagent will not attempt
to deliver to a folder when it cannot grab the lock after
the amount of retries you have configured. Alternatively,
if you do both .lock and flock() locking, you can set locksafe
to PARTIAL to let it go if at least one lock has been taken.
Feature suggested by Larry W. Virden.
New locksafe, compspecs and comptag config variables.
Mailagent will now warn if it has been configured to do flock()
but can't actually perform the operation because the system
call is missing.
Likewise, it will now make a note in the log when delivering to an
unlocked folder, provided you have allowed it.
Many typo fixes in the mailagent manual page, another contribution
from Larry W. Virden.
The &main'internet_info routine now assumes local user when facing
a single login in the address. Otherwise, %A, %I and %O macros
would not expand properly. Another set of thanks to Larry W. Virden
for reporting this bug.
One new file (compressors) installed in mailagent's private lib.
. Files changed:
* agent/files/Jmakefile: New compressors file installed in the
private library.
* agent/files/compressors: Created.
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: Added locksafe, compspecs and comptag
config variables. New "folder compression" section.
* agent/files/setup.cf: Maildrop now defaults to the configured value
at first install. New compspecs optional file in configuration.
* agent/magent.sh: Rewrote mbox_lock routine to deal with new
locksafe variable. Will now warn if configured to do flock() but
can't actually. Can now be configured to do safe or allow partial
mbox locking.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Folder compression can now deal with
various compressors. Added locksafe, compspecs and comptag config
variables. Many typo fixes.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Now escapes shell metacharacters for popen()
on FORWARD and BOUNCE. Will now make a note when delivering to an
unlocked folder. Saving will fail if mbox_lock returns an undefined
value.
* agent/pl/compress.pl: Can now handle compression with various
compressors. (code contributed by Kevin Johnson
<kjj@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com>).
* agent/pl/read_conf.pl: Added suitable defaults for compspec,
comptag and locksafe.
* agent/pl/rfc822.pl: Internet_info now assumes local user when
facing a single login.
Thu Aug 31 18:35:41 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Fixed a nasty hole in the error recovery C filter program.
Thanks to Rosina Bignall <bigna@leopard.cs.byu.edu> for
having spotted it out.
When facing an incorrect configuration causing the C filter
to exit on a fatal error, the emergency saving routine was
unable to save the message since it had not been read at
that point. So we explicitely read the message now if it
has not been done yet at that point!
Following that fix, I have also arranged for the C filter
output into .bak to be prefixed with the filter pid number,
so that we can figure out where the message came from.
Lastly, if the emergency saving is impossible, the message
will be dumped on stdout. This was done in the shell filter,
but not in the C filter. Hopefully, something catches the
output from filter, if you set up your .forward according
to the documentation.
Internal C filter changes:
. new routine write_fd() to write mail onto an opened file
. write_file() now relies on new write_fd() to do its main job
. read_stdin() was made a once routine
. emergency_save() now attempts to read mail if not done already
. emergency_save() will dump message on stdout as a fall back
. now uses say() to print messages onto stderr
. all messages on stderr now also include the filter pid
. fatal() now prefixes its supplied reason with FATAL
Forced numeric value when reading the Length header or mailagent
could print an empty string instead of '0' when fed with an
empty mail message (such as /dev/null).
Escaped various dollars to avoid shell substitution in the
mailagent.SH manual page. For those worried about that,
mailagent-4.0 will probably have its documentation PODified,
so this will become useless, hopefully.
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/io.c: New routine write_fd() to write mail onto an
opened file. write_file() now relies on new write_fd() to do its
main job. read_stdin() was made a once routine. emergency_save()
now attempts to read mail if not done already. emergency_save() will
dump message on stdout as a fall back.
* agent/filter/main.c: Now uses say() to print messages onto stderr.
* agent/filter/msg.c: New routine say() to print messages onto
stderr. All messages on stderr now also include the filter pid.
Fatal() now prefixes its supplied reason with FATAL.
* agent/filter/msg.h: Added declaration for new say() routine.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Now uses say() to print messages on stderr.
* agent/magent.sh: Forced numeric value when reading the Length
header.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Escaped various dollars to avoid shell
substitution, grrr...
Mon Aug 7 19:24:41 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Forgot to return value in agent_lockfile(). Since the returned
value is grabbed from whatever there is on the C stack at that
point, you may get into trouble or go through this unharmed
(which is what happened for me!).
. Files changed:
* agent/filter/io.c: Forgot to return value in agent_lockfile().
Mon Aug 7 18:46:14 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Regenerated Configure with metaconfig 3.0 PL58.
Updated my e-mail address in various manual patches, since it
still pointed to my previous workplace.
Signal that perl5.001m is known to work with that version of
mailagent.
Added support for locking on filesystems with short filenames.
On flexible filesystems, locking is done with the standard
.lock extension. On others, it is done by appending a '!'.
Updating of .mh_sequences also knows about this limitation
when constructing the new file.
Avoid forking of a new mailagent if one is sitting in background.
This is a trial fix for a seldom problem, which should not
impact anyone. If you run many Command mail processing, this
might improve things a little bit, on the occasion...
Now remove mailagent's lock as soon as possible before exiting,
to limit possible race conditions due to the above optimization.
Note that a race condition did exist in previous versions, although
it was very unlikely to occur in real life!
New biffing configuration variables and new biffing features:
It is now possible to remove leading comments in the body
to only present new material, and also to perform a compaction
on the body to present more of it in a limited space, sacrifying
the original indentation of the message.
New BIFF filtering command to dynamically configure biffing.
Code fixes in the C filter:
. Removed useless local variable declaration in C code.
. Exported check_lock() for external mailagent lock checks in io.c
. Commented and re-organized fatal code for emergency saving
Forgot to define phostname, needed for NFS-secure locks in
two mailagent utilities.
Fixed syntax error when restoring previous option values.
This should prevent the usual set of .bak errors that
occurred only when perl5 was used. **NOTE**: This was fixed
by an unofficial patch on the agent-users list. If you
applied that patch, don't forget to restore the original
file(s) before applying this official patch!
Skip possible spaces before trailing command ';' terminator.
This avoids syntax errors or problems when writing things
like:
SOME_COMMAND "argument" ;
i.e. when there are spaces after the final argument.
New BIFF and BEEP regression testing
One new file.
. Files changed:
* agent/man/package.SH, agent/man/mailhelp.SH, agent/man/edusers.SH,
FAQ: Updated my e-mail address.
* agent/test/basic/filter.t, agent/test/option/s.t,
agent/test/basic/mailagent.t, agent/edusers.SH, agent/test/TEST,
agent/test/pl/init.pl: Added support for locking on filesystems with
short filenames.
* agent/files/filter.sh: Avoid forking of a new mailagent if one is
sitting in background.
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: New biffing configuration variables.
* agent/filter/environ.c, agent/filter/parser.c: Removed useless
local variable declaration.
* agent/filter/io.c: Avoid forking of a new mailagent if one is
sitting in background. Added support for locking on filesystems with
short filenames.
* agent/filter/lock.c: Exported check_lock() for external mailagent
lock checks in io.c. Added support for locking on filesystems with
short filenames.
* agent/filter/lock.h: Exported check_lock() for external mailagent
lock checks in io.c.
* agent/filter/msg.c: Commented and re-organized fatal code for
emergency saving.
* agent/magent.sh: Now remove mailagent's lock as soon as possible
before exiting. Added support for locking on filesystems with short
filenames.
* agent/maillist.SH: Forgot to define phostname, needed for
NFS-secure locks.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: New biffing features and configuration
variables. New BIFF filtering command to dynamically configure
biffing.
* agent/man/mailpatch.SH, agent/man/maildist.SH,
agent/man/maillist.SH: Use mansrcexp on the .so line to get full
expanded path.
* agent/package.SH: Added support for locking on filesystems with
short filenames. Forgot to define phostname, needed for NFS-secure
locks.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Now use env::biff instead of cf:biff for
dynamic configuration. Added protection around &interface::reset
calls for perl5.
* agent/pl/biff.pl: Added support for biffing regression testing.
New biffing features for compact biff messages and trimming.
* agent/pl/cmdserv.pl: Fixed symbol table lookups for perl5 support.
* agent/pl/context.pl: Fixed parsing bug in perl5.001.
* agent/pl/filter.pl, agent/pl/runcmd.pl: New BIFF command.
* agent/pl/interface.pl: New BIFF command interface routine for PERL
hooks. Fixed symbol table lookups for perl5 support.
* agent/pl/mh.pl: Now beware of filesystems with limited filename
lengths.
* agent/pl/options.pl: Fixed syntax error when restoring previous
option values.
* agent/pl/read_conf.pl: Added comment explaining why mailboxes are
locked with a .lock.
* agent/pl/rulenv.pl: New support for biff and biffmsg variable
environment. Fixed environment setup code.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Skip possible spaces before trailing command ';'
terminator.
* agent/test/actions: New BIFF regression testing.
* agent/test/cmd/beep.t: Added regression testing for BEEP.
* agent/test/cmd/biff.t: Created.
* agent/test/pl/logfile.pl: Simplified matching by removing spurious
eval.
Tue Mar 21 14:08:38 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
. Description:
Regenerated Configure to reflect my email address change. I moved
from ACRI to HP, and my email is now: <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>.
The "critical" nature of this patch is due to that mere fix.
Configure can now handle HP-UX broken WIFEXITED() macros. Indeed,
on HP-UX, WIFEXITED(status) tries to cast the 'union wait status'
into an int, which fails miserably. The new metaconfig symbol
USE_WIFSTAT is now being used to avoid that.
The README now reports that perl 5.0 PL1 does not work with
mailagent, at least on my machine. For those adventurous enough
to try it. Beware!!
Added a Precedence: header to the sample vacation message.
Mailagent does not add that to the header by default, since
it is not mandatory at all. However, it is better to include
one to avoid cascade of automatic replies after a vacation.
Now creates the private library directory before installing,
so that filter can be properly installed.
Now allows spaces between header field name and the ':' delimiter.
Strict RFC-822 does not forbid people from writing things like:
From : ram
To : ram
Subject: test
and therefore mailagent allows them and parses these fields
correctly.
Symbolic directories are now correctly followed. The new
agent/pl/cdir.pl file is now used to derive relative paths
from the symbolic directory location to follow links correctly.
Previous versions were not following relative symbolic links,
hence forcing people to have 'linkdirs: OFF' in their config.
Fixed rename() syntax for perl 4.0 in the cmd/save.t test.
One new file.
. Files changed:
* agent/mailpatch.SH, agent/maildist.SH, agent/maillist.SH,
agent/package.SH, agent/mailhelp.SH, agent/magent.sh,
agent/edusers.SH: Added pl/cdir.pl to the list of appended files.
* agent/filter/Jmakefile: Now creates the private library directory
before installing.
* agent/filter/io.c: Now relies on USE_WIFSTAT to use WIFEXITED() and
friends.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Sample vacation message now contains a
Precedence: header.
* agent/pl/cdir.pl: Created.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: Now allows spaces between header field name and
the ':' delimiter.
* agent/pl/secure.pl: Symbolic directories are now correctly followed.
* agent/test/cmd/save.t: Fixed rename() syntax for perl 4.0.
Thu Feb 16 15:56:50 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
Added new file setup.cf for initial configuration setup, via
the -I switch. That new option greatly simplifies the initial
configuration setup. If you run 'mailagent -I' with an
existing ~/.mailagent, it will be "merged" with the current set
of configuration variables (that is, new variables that were
added after you initially configured mailagent, in subsequent
patches). Your configuration is also checked for, to avoid
nasty surprises at run-time...
Forgot to add interfaces for BEEP and PROTECT, hence making
it impossible to invoke those commands from a perl escape.
Can now fake a missing From: line in header, unless prevented
to do so by the new 'fromfake' config variable. That way, messages
can be saved in MH folders even if the (local) sendmail did not
bother adding a From: header, relying on the leading From envelope
to identify the sender...
Was not properly propagating rule-file variable definitions.
Variables defined in rule files are dynamically scoped, as stated
by the new paragraph in the manual page.
New regression tests:
. added test for the new -I switch
. one more test for SAVE to check new fromfake feature
. added checks for new fromfake config variable
Regenerated Configure and config_h.SH with metaconfig 3.0 PL51.
Three new files.
. Files changed:
* agent/files/Jmakefile: Added new file setup.cf for initial
configuration setup.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Now uses new header_append and header_prepend
routines.
* agent/pl/add_log.pl: New routine stdout_log for -I switch usage.
* agent/test/option/I.t, agent/pl/install.pl: Created.
* agent/pl/interface.pl: Forgot to add interfaces for BEEP and
PROTECT.
* agent/pl/parse.pl: New routines header_prepend and header_append.
Can now fake a missing From: line in header.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Was not properly propagating rule-file variable
definitions.
* agent/pl/sendfile.pl: Indentation fix.
* agent/test/actions: One more test for SAVE to check new fromfake
feature.
* agent/test/cmd/save.t: Added checks for new fromfake config
variable.
Fri Feb 3 19:16:07 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
Detab-ed the FAQ file for easier reading on terminals. I have
resent a new version of it to Nancy for inclusion in her FAQ.
Minor changes in FAQ wording. I added the Star Trek example to
help understanding how filtering with regexps works.
The C filter now avoids closing stdio files when they are not
connected to a tty but rather redirected to a file. Otherwise,
perl warnings and errors could never make it to the ~/.bak file,
or whatever file you are redirecting errors to in ~/.forward.
Mailagent was wrongly biffing when delivering to a mail hook.
Avoid perl core dumps in &perl by localizing @_ on entry.
When using the PERL command, I used to undef the @_ variable
to ensure the perl script would get no garbage from there.
However, Brian Dickson has found out that was a case of
variable suicide, causing core dumps on SUNs. He proposed
using local() to avoid the nasty side effect.
Ensure domain name matches are made after the '@' delimiter
when looking for "close" addresses. It used to think that
addresses like ram@soft.user.acri.fr and ram@soft.user.acri
where equivalent, because the match was not anchored to '@'.
Order of arguments was wrong when calling &spawn, to run
the callout queue. Also, it could loop forever in &run when
flushing the whole queue and the value of first_callout time
was not set right the first time a callout is queued. All
those bugs nailed down thanks to a bug report from
Randal L. Schwartz on agent-users.
Rule parsing could end-up prematurely when facing hook files,
because the parser was testing for an empty string instead
of undefinedness, which would abruptly end the parsing when
facing a blank line in a hook since final \n are chopped off.
Avoid blank printing when the default rule was never applied
in mailagent stastistics summary printing.
Fixed regexp bug that could lead the UMASK test to fail when
the word 'mail' was appearing in the path leading to the
place where mailagent sources are stored! Again, thanks to
Brian Dickson and Eric M. Carroll for reporting it and
nailing it down, at last!
. Files changed:
* FAQ: Detab-ed the FAQ file for easier reading on terminals. Minor
changes in wording and added the Star Trek example.
* agent/filter/io.c: Avoid closing stdio files if not connected to a
tty.
* agent/filter/parser.c: Moved definition of S_IWOTH and S_IWGRP to
the top.
* agent/magent.sh: Also select hot piping on stderr to avoid problems
on fork.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Was wrongly biffing when delivering to a mail
hook. Avoid perl core dumps in &perl by localizing @_ on entry.
* agent/pl/addr.pl: Ensure domain name matches are made after the '@'
delimiter.
* agent/pl/callout.pl: Order of arguments was wrong when calling
&spawn. Could loop forever in &run when flushing the whole queue.
Value of first_callout time was not set right the first time. Added
more debugging information.
* agent/pl/lexical.pl: Rule parsing could end-up prematurely when
facing hook files.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Added tracing of alternate rules to help debug
their parsing.
* agent/pl/stats.pl: Avoid blank printing when the default rule was
never applied.
* agent/test/cmd/umask.t: Fixed regexp bug that could lead the test
to fail.
Wed Jan 25 16:44:40 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
Regenerated Configure with metaconfig 3.0 PL48 for install
binary lookup.
Regenerated most Makefile.SH files with jmake 3.0 PL48 to
benefit from the install lookup.
Extended copyright notice to include year 1995.
Mailagent now works with perl 5.0. It has been fully tested on
my DEC OSF/1 3.0 machine and passes all its regression tests.
However, this perl 5.0 is a version patched with early
patches from the perl5-porters list. See the README file for
instructions about how to get those patches.
New option letter 't' for mailagent -s. The 'mailagent -surat'
command will only deliver statistics for the top-level rule file.
Indeed, each time your rule file changes, mailagent normally
starts a new set of statistics on top of older ones.
New commands BEEP and PROTECT. The BEEP command controls the new
%a macro for biffing message, which is expanded into the matching
amount of ^G characters. The PROTECT commands lets you define
file protections for newly created folders.
I also added support for the Msg-Protect MH profile component
when saving into an MH folder, at Eric M. Carroll's request.
However, the new PROTECT command can override the default Msg-Protect
specification from your ~/.mh_profile.
Added support for NFS bug on remote read-only folders. Indeed, SUN's
NFS running on SUN 4.1.2 was allowing a remote write to a read-only
folder lying on my DEC OSF/1 3.0 machine...
Destination address for PROCESS is now parsed correctly, by using
the RFC822 parser instead of a local hacked parsing.
Ported many files to perl 5.0 PL0. This included workarounds for
perl 5.0 bugs, and lots of @ escaping in strings and patterns,
mainly in the regression test suite.
Avoid problems on slow machines in test mode for queue timestamps.
Some slow machines were reported to fail some tests in option/l.
I made sure those will not occur any more by twiddling with the
queue output string in test mode.
UNSEEN mark in log has the home directory stripped via &tilda.
Two new files.
. Files changed:
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: New option letter 't' for mailagent -s.
New commands BEEP and PROTECT. New macro %a for biff messages.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Added support for NFS bug on remote read-only
folders. Destination address for PROCESS is now parsed correctly.
Added support for folder mode change, as defined by PROTECT.
* agent/pl/biff.pl: New macro %a for variable bells, under the
control of BEEP.
* agent/pl/filter.pl: New commands BEEP and PROTECT.
* agent/pl/getdate.pl: Fixed a typo in &yyerror and various code
clean-up. Ported to perl 5.0 PL0.
* agent/pl/lexical.pl: Added automatic @ escape in patterns for perl
5.0.
* agent/pl/listqueue.pl: Avoid problems on slow machines in test mode
for queue timestamps.
* agent/test/cmd/vacation.t, agent/test/cmd/notify.t,
agent/pl/parse.pl, agent/pl/queue_mail.pl, agent/test/misc/compress.t,
, agent/test/cmd/message.t, agent/pl/macros.pl: Ported to perl 5.0
PL0.
* agent/pl/mh.pl: Added support for the Msg-Protect MH profile
component. Allows new PROTECT command to override default
Msg-Protect. UNSEEN mark in log has the home directory stripped via
&tilda.
* agent/pl/mmdf.pl: New routine &chmod for folder permission settting.
* agent/pl/read_conf.pl: Escape all @ in config file for perl 5.0.
* agent/pl/rulenv.pl: New routines &unset and &undef. Added default
values for PROTECT and BEEP. Added logs in case of eval errors for
perl 5.0.
* agent/pl/runcmd.pl: New commands PROTECT and BEEP.
* agent/pl/signals.pl: Put signal handler names into double quotes
for perl 5.0.
* agent/pl/stats.pl: Now supports 't' to track only top-most rule
file stats.
* agent/pl/usrmac.pl: Ported to perl 5.0 PL0. Added eval error
tracking for perl 5.0.
* agent/test/actions: Extended rules for the PROTECT command tests.
* agent/test/basic/config.t: Now sets a default umask in the
configuration.
* agent/test/cmd/protect.t, agent/test/cmd/beep.t: Created.
* agent/test/misc/mh.t: Added checks for Msg-Protect and PROTECT.
Tue Jan 03 19:36:49 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
Upgraded Configure with metaconfig 3.0 PL44
C filter now correctly includes <sys/fcntl.h> as a last option only.
Added a -V option to filter to print out the version and patchlevel.
This is not documented anywhere but in the code. Sorry, but there is
no manual page for filter. This is only for the C filter though, the
shell filter can be "edited" to get its version number.
No longer uses agent/pl/umask.pl. This file is to be removed from
your local copy if you still have it around.
New -u option for ANNOTATE: the annotation will only be performed
if the specified header is not already present in the message.
Fixed example on the shell server command: power checking was too
restrictive by requiring the user to only hold the 'shell' power
where he may hold many others at the same time...
Removed quotes for the argument of SERVER -d to accomodate new option
parsing. Be careful! You must now say SERVER -d cmd1,cmd2 etc.., with
no spaces around the separating commas.
Added a -l switch to VACATION and extended its arguments. When -l
is used, modification are only made within the scope of the rule.
It is also possible to specify an alternate vacation file, and even
change the vacation period, locally or for the remaining of the
parsing...
New section in the man page documenting Rule Environment variables.
Removed old broken umask handling (now a part of rule env). The new
code should work much better and is more generic.
The %=config variables were not properly substituted. They were
probably expanded into spaces instead.
It is no longer possible to get at the vacation variable from
a new user-defined command. You must get at the $env'vacation
variable instead (see the Rule Environment section in the manual
page).
Mailagent no longer tries to read the rule cache when none was
configured from ~/.mailagent...
Added generic option parsing code for easier extensions. As a matter
of fact, the code was simplified internally. Routines implementing
actions now have the leading action name chopped of the $cms string,
as well as possible options. The action routine also directly get
at the resulting argument string, which simplifies processing for
most of the commands... This should not impact performances, and
may in fact degrade them a little since we now make use of eval()
more heavily.
Make sure old utmp list is gone when reloading from /etc/utmp.
Added new tests for ANNOTATE -u and VACATION -l.
Removed agent/pl/umask.pl from distribution, as stated before.
Three new files, including an FAQ document, an exerpt of the
"Filtering Mail FAQ" posting from Nancy McGough.
. Files changed:
* FAQ, agent/pl/rulenv.pl, agent/pl/options.pl: Created.
* agent/pl/umask.pl: Removed from the distribution.
* agent/filter/lock.c: Now correctly includes <sys/fcntl.h> as a last
option only.
* agent/filter/main.c: Added a -V option to print out the version and
patchlevel.
* agent/magent.sh: New library files pl/rulenv.pl and pl/options.pl
included. No longer uses pl/umask.pl.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: New -u option for ANNOTATE documented.
Fixed example on the shell server command (power checking). Removed
quotes for SERVER -d to accomodate new option parsing. Added a -l
switch to VACATION and extended its arguments. New section
documenting Rule Environment variables.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Removed a here-doc string to workaround a bug
in perl 4.0 PL36. Simplified action codes to use new opt'sw_xxx
option vars. &execute_command no longer sleeps before resuming
parent process.
* agent/pl/analyze.pl: Now makes use of rule environment vars from
the env package. Removed old broken umask handling (now a part of
rule env).
* agent/pl/eval.pl: Simplified hash table initialization -- code
still unused.
* agent/pl/filter.pl: Commands now get a string with the command name
chopped off. Modified &alter_execution to accomodate new option
parsing.
* agent/pl/hook.pl: Routine &perl now calls &main'perl directly to do
its job. No longer pre-extend variable when reading top 128 bytes.
* agent/pl/macros.pl: The %=config variables were not properly
substituted.
* agent/pl/newcmd.pl: It is no longer possible to get at the vacation
variable.
* agent/pl/rules.pl: Don't try to read the rule cache when none was
configured.
* agent/pl/runcmd.pl: Added generic option parsing code for easier
extensions. Chops off the action name and options before calling
handler.
* agent/pl/utmp/utmp_pl.sh: Make sure old utmp list is gone when
reloading from /etc/utmp.
* agent/test/actions: Added new tests for ANNOTATE -u and VACATION -l.
* agent/test/basic/config.t: Temporary directory is now local, don't
clobber /tmp.
* agent/test/cmd/annotate.t: Added tests for new -u option.
* agent/test/cmd/vacation.t: Added tests for new -l option and
extended parameters.
* misc/shell/shell: Power checking was not correctly performed (was
too restrictive).
* misc/unkit/unkit.pl: Now uses cf'email for the notification
address. Fixed a typo in sv_kfrom variable spelling.
Mon Oct 31 12:20:39 MET 1994 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
File magent.sh now replaces magent.SH to avoid auto-extraction
by Configure. Indeed, magent.sh relies on the presence of the
agent/pl/utmp.pl file, which is not available at Configure
time, usually. Since Configure only extacts .SH files automagically,
this is a way to ensure the file will be built according to make
rules, i.e. only once agent/pl/utmp.pl has been created will we
attempt to run /bin/sh magent.sh.
. Files changed:
* agent/Jmakefile: File magent.sh now replaces magent.SH to avoid
auto-extraction.
Sat Oct 29 19:35:00 MET 1994 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
. Description:
The shell filter now behaves more like the C filter. It will
print roughly the same messages in the log under normal conditions,
which includes QUEUED-like messages that did not appear before.
[I don't normally use the shell filter on my machine but I did test
it for a while to make sure it was not broken. That's why I decided
to make its output similar to the C filter to avoid surprises
when glancing at the log file].
Added built-in biffing support, by popular demand. Actually, no,
it is to please my officemate who wrote a set of scripts to achieve
the same thing, only to see that they were failing when he was not
logged in. It's really straightforward to set up and to configure.
Please refer to the new MAIL BIFFING section on the manual page
for details.
Notifications sent by the package command are now directed to the
user specified on the command, not to the return address since it
is not an error, and the two might differ.
Internet numbers in message IDs are now allowed. If you don't use
UNIQUE nor RECORD commands, then you don't care about that
anyway.
Added support for local (internal) macro overriding, which is used
by the biffing mechanism to override macros like %f or %D. It is
possible for the overrider to let the user get to the standard
macro set by providing:
: \02!
at the end of the string passed to ¯o'overload. This will allow
%:f to be taken as the "standard" %f macro. Note that this is an
internal feature and is not documented in the manual page. I'm merely
mentionning it here in case you wish to use that in your own commands.
Updated Configure with metaconfig 3.0 PL43, merely to fix a vicious
'tr' bug when attempting to translate case to/from lower to upper on
machines with a non-ascii character set. This was reported to me by
Andreas Sahlbach <a.sahlbach@tu-bs.de>.
From now on, the ChangeLog file will record changes made to the
distribution. The text you are reading now is also part of the
ChangeLog file, as well as the list of changed files, with their
RCS logs. That should help users track modifications better.
8 new files in the distribution, for utmp.pl support and biffing.
. Files changed:
* agent/Jmakefile: Directory pl added to subdirs and depend lists.
* agent/files/filter.sh: Made it behave more like the C filter.
* agent/files/mailagent.cf: Six new configuration variables for
biffing support.
* agent/magent.SH: Added built-in biffing support.
* agent/man/mailagent.SH: Documents the six new config variables for
biffing. New section dedicated to built-in mail biffing.
* agent/package.SH: Notifications now sent to the user, not the
return address.
* agent/pl/utmp/Jmakefile, agent/pl/Jmakefile, agent/pl/biff.pl,
agent/pl/utmp/utmp_ph.c, agent/pl/utmp/utmp_pl.sh: Created.
* agent/pl/actions.pl: Added biffing support in &save.
* agent/pl/history.pl: Now supports internet numbers in message IDs.
* agent/pl/macros.pl: Now uses ^B! characters in macro substitution
for %. Added support for local (internal) macro overriding.