10 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRe: [courier-users] Wierd Error Message
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Jim GiffordJul 26, 2004 6:33 pm 
Anand BuddhdevJul 26, 2004 6:55 pm 
Jim GiffordJul 26, 2004 8:31 pm 
Anand BuddhdevJul 27, 2004 2:48 am 
Jim GiffordJul 27, 2004 8:03 am 
Anand BuddhdevJul 27, 2004 8:48 am 
Gordon MessmerJul 27, 2004 10:46 am 
dgom...@eyecarenow.comJul 27, 2004 1:12 pm 
Arturo "Buanzo" BusleimanJul 28, 2004 5:34 pm 
Julian MehnleJul 28, 2004 6:06 pm 
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Subject:Re: [courier-users] Wierd Error MessageActions...
From:Anand Buddhdev (ana@celtelplus.com)
Date:Jul 27, 2004 2:48:26 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Jim Gifford wrote:

Classic mistake. You're running a shell script from your dot-courier file, and you're using the SENDER environment variable without quoting it. When you get a rogue email message with a quote in the sender address, the shell sees the lone quote in the sender address, and gets confused because there's no matching end quote. Make sure you sorround the SENDER variable with quotes, for example:

"$SENDER" instead of just $SENDER

No .courier in use, only .mailfilter for moving messages into the proper folders.

But the error message is clearly from a shell. Does your .mailfilter contain any instructions which call an external program? It would help if you can post your .mailfilter too.