Re: [WebDNA] Sendmail BCC bug still exists
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texte = Noted. We will check this and fix it for 8.1.1- chris> On May 28, 2015, at 21:01, Kenneth Grome
wrote:> > This bug was reported by Diane Blackwell on 31 Oct 2012 but I> could not find any replies to her bug report in the archives, nor> can I recall WSC saying they fixed this problem:> >> Have found a bug with the emailer in WebDNA_6.2.1_x86_64deb. It>> works fine without the BCC line, but when a BCC line is added,>> it sends the email with (oh here they are) random characters in>> the 'to' address, no subject and three repeating lines of code>> from the body.> > This bug still exists in both 8.02 and 8.1 on my latest Ubuntu> 14.04 server.> > I guess there's no sense in my asking for an earlier version of> 8.x to see if it exists on those versions. After all, if this bug> has existed since 6.2.1 then it only makes sense that it still> exists in all versions since.> > However, this is a bizarre situation because I was using 8.1 on> another Ubuntu 14.04 server and it was working perfectly fine with> a bcc field in most of my [sendmail] tags. So it seems that this> is not a problem on all servers.> > I moved the website from that server to a new server last week.> That's when this problem started. I cannot explain why it> suddenly appeared on the new server without ever appearing on the> old server, but now my client wonders if I can fix it -- and right> now my only apparent option is to remove the bcc field from every> [sendmail] context on the new server. Not a desirable task to say> the least ... and not something that should be necessary given the> fact that we are supposed to be able to use any headers we feel> like using in our [sendmail] tags, theoretically without causing> WebDNA's internal code to create such problems!> > It seems like something must be wrong with the internal code that> generates email messages from our email files. This is why I> think we need the C++ programmer of WebDNA to figure out what> might be causing this problem. Maybe he can track it down and> squash this bug some day soon?> > My problem is very much as Diane described it:> > Sendmail mucks up the message when using a bcc field. In my case> it sometimes causes the subject field to be blank while other> times it just screws up the subject text ... and it always seems> to screw up the body of the message, sometimes repeating sections> of text 2-3 times or leaving sections out entirely.> > HELP!!!> > Regards,> Kenneth Grome> WebDNA Solutions> http://www.webdnasolutions.com> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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Noted. We will check this and fix it for 8.1.1- chris> On May 28, 2015, at 21:01, Kenneth Grome wrote:> > This bug was reported by Diane Blackwell on 31 Oct 2012 but I> could not find any replies to her bug report in the archives, nor> can I recall WSC saying they fixed this problem:> >> Have found a bug with the emailer in WebDNA_6.2.1_x86_64deb. It>> works fine without the BCC line, but when a BCC line is added,>> it sends the email with (oh here they are) random characters in>> the 'to' address, no subject and three repeating lines of code>> from the body.> > This bug still exists in both 8.02 and 8.1 on my latest Ubuntu> 14.04 server.> > I guess there's no sense in my asking for an earlier version of> 8.x to see if it exists on those versions. After all, if this bug> has existed since 6.2.1 then it only makes sense that it still> exists in all versions since.> > However, this is a bizarre situation because I was using 8.1 on> another Ubuntu 14.04 server and it was working perfectly fine with> a bcc field in most of my [sendmail] tags. So it seems that this> is not a problem on all servers.> > I moved the website from that server to a new server last week.> That's when this problem started. I cannot explain why it> suddenly appeared on the new server without ever appearing on the> old server, but now my client wonders if I can fix it -- and right> now my only apparent option is to remove the bcc field from every> [sendmail] context on the new server. Not a desirable task to say> the least ... and not something that should be necessary given the> fact that we are supposed to be able to use any headers we feel> like using in our [sendmail] tags, theoretically without causing> WebDNA's internal code to create such problems!> > It seems like something must be wrong with the internal code that> generates email messages from our email files. This is why I> think we need the C++ programmer of WebDNA to figure out what> might be causing this problem. Maybe he can track it down and> squash this bug some day soon?> > My problem is very much as Diane described it:> > Sendmail mucks up the message when using a bcc field. In my case> it sometimes causes the subject field to be blank while other> times it just screws up the subject text ... and it always seems> to screw up the body of the message, sometimes repeating sections> of text 2-3 times or leaving sections out entirely.> > HELP!!!> > Regards,> Kenneth Grome> WebDNA Solutions> http://www.webdnasolutions.com> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Administration> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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