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Old 10-31-2011
sendmail long text
This is regarding sendmail.
Code:
cat test.msg | sendmail -t

In test msg I have the following.
Code:
To: test@mymail.com
Subject: Test
Long text beings ...

Now when I receive the email in Outlook I get an "!" inserted usually at position 990 and repeated mostly after every 990 chars or 65 chars.
Using Linux on Redhat; on Solaris using mailx this was fine. Using sendmail in order to send html content emails. "!" occurs irrespective of html or text content.
Any ideas,
Thanks


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# 2  
Old 10-31-2011
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Originally Posted by roadway
This is regarding sendmail.
Code:
cat test.msg | sendmail -t

In test msg I have the following.
Code:
To: test@mymail.com
Subject: Test
Long text beings ...

Now when I receive the email in Outlook I get an "!" inserted usually at position 990 and repeated mostly after every 990 chars or 65 chars.
Using Linux on Redhat; on Solaris using mailx this was fine. Using sendmail in order to send html content emails. "!" occurs irrespective of html or text content.
Any ideas,
Thanks


Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Video tutorial on how to use code tags in The UNIX and Linux Forums.
does this case different?
Code:
# sendmail -t<test.msg

# 3  
Old 10-31-2011
Found that sendmail has a limit for allowed text length; it will insert an exclamation mark if no linebreak has been encountered. To fix need to insert a linebreak.
google search: sendmail exclamation mark
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