Re: lynx-dev sendmail and lynx 2.8.3rel.1

[Fiber McGee]

The message below from Carsten Mueller
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> Doug Kaufman wrote:
> > > >I just downloaded lynx 2.8.3 rel1 and noticed that sending mails via
> > > >sendmail doesn't work.
> > > >I returned to lynx 2.8.2 rel1 and sendmail works fine.
> > > >I use sendmail/NT 1.0.0.6 by Nigel Ellis
> > > >and my lynx.cfg contains:
> > > >SYSTEM_MAIL:sendmail -f address@hidden -h dabakus.de -r
> > > >egon.netz00.de -m RSMTP
> >
> > Your mail implies that you are on either Windows9x or WindowsNT.
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> I'm on NT4.
>
> > It
> > sounds like you downloaded a Windows binary. If so, which of the
> > available binaries did you download?
>
> http://www.jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/ly283rel.zip
>
> > Mail handling is different in
> > different binaries. I suspect that you have one compiled after blat
> > became the default mailer. Try invoking lynx as "lynx -help" and see
> > if there is an option "-noblat". If so, invoke lynx as "lynx -noblat".
> > That ought to make sendmail the default again.
>
> I found this option and it works fine. My sendmail is working again :-)
>
> Thank You!
>
> MfG
> MdC
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