Re: [WebDNA] Sendmail BCC bug still exists
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texte = I had the same problem in v 6.x, I ended up sending separate emails. I thought that the problem may have been the SMTP I was sending it through. Kind regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au > On 29 May 2015, at 04:01, 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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I had the same problem in v 6.x, I ended up sending separate emails. I thought that the problem may have been the SMTP I was sending it through. Kind regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au > On 29 May 2015, at 04:01, 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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