problems with body and subject with Autoresponders to accompany Virtual Users guide

[shark_tico]

Hello

I followed the guide:

http://www.howtoforge.com/autorespon..._postfix_users

I have some questions:

Do the file email_subject.patch must be created in this directory? (I did it here... is this ok?): /usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/ ?


When I enter this command:
patch -p0 <email-subject.patch (Check the name, in the step before the file name is: email_subject.patch and not: email-subject.patch)

Then i got the following message:
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- Autoresponse.pm 2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
|+++ Autoresponse.pm 2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:


I don't know what file I have to patch.

With this problem, the autoresponder worked, but with gmail a got this subject:
=?us-ascii?Q?subject=

Where subject is the text I putted at DB.

With Hotmail the subjects looks fine

With Hotmail and Gmail at the body I can see:
?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable

body

Where body is the text I putted at DB.

This mail system is configurate with: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_po..._quota_courier

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[till]

Please create a new file with:

vi /usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/email_subject.patch

containing the following lines:

--- Autoresponse.pm     2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
+++ Autoresponse.pm     2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@
        push(@headers, "Precedence: bulk");

        # Subject
-       push(@headers, "Subject: =?" . (($self->{charset}) ? $self->{charset} : $self->{default_charset}) . "?Q?" . encode_qp($subject) . "?=");
+       #
+       # Fixes the strange subjects that email clients don't understand
+       # (second argument on encode_qp should be "")
+       push(@headers, "Subject: =?" . (($self->{charset}) ? $self->{charset} : $self->{default_charset}) . "?Q?" . encode_qp($subject,"") . "?=");


        push(@headers, "MIME-Version: 1.0");

then proceed with the commands:

cd /usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/
patch -p0 <email-subject.patch

[shark_tico]

Hello Till

I did exactly what you post, but when i did:
sudo patch -p0 <email-subject.patch

I got:
-bash: email-subject.patch: No such file or directory

I did with the name: email_subject.patch but I got:
sudo patch -p0 <email_subject.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- Autoresponse.pm 2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
|+++ Autoresponse.pm 2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:

I created the file with copy and paste using vim.

Thanks for your help

[falko]

Originally Posted by shark_tico

I got:
-bash: email-subject.patch: No such file or directory

Are you sure you created the file /usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/email_subject.patch?

What's the output of

updatedb
locate email_subject.patch

?

[shark_tico]

Hello Falko

At: /usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib
I made "ls" and I got:
email_subject.patch email_subject.patch~ Yaa Yaa.pm

(Please look files names: The how-to said:
"patch -p0 <email-subject.patch" but before we made the file with this name:
email_subject.patch *with underscore between email and subject*)

The output of locate email_subject.patch is:
/usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/email_subject.patch


Thanks for your help!

[falko]

Then the correct command is

patch -p0 <email_subject.patch

[Slicer]

I am having issues understanding this as well. While the new command works, I still do not understand what information needs to be provided when I try to run the script.

Here is the output.

can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- Autoresponse.pm 2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
|+++ Autoresponse.pm 2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:

Thanks!!

Slicer

[falko]

Did you run this from the correct directory?

What's the output of

updatedb
locate Autoresponse.pm

?

[todgerme]

Sorry guys about the "-" and the "_" mixup in the guide! Hopefully you're all now sorted with working autoresponders!

Merry Christmas, now for some tv and a large satisfying but ultimately glutonous dinner

[shark_tico]

Hello falko

Thanks for your help

When I made:
sudo patch -p0 <email_subject.patch
I got:


can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- Autoresponse.pm 2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
|+++ Autoresponse.pm 2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
File to patch:

I made:
updatedb
locate Autoresponse.pm

And I got:
/usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/Yaa/Autoresponse.pm

And I was excecuting the patch at:
/usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/

I executed the patch at:
/usr/local/postfix-tools/yaa-0.3/lib/Yaa/

But now I got:
patching file Autoresponse.pm
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
patch: **** malformed patch at line 13:

My File is:

--- Autoresponse.pm 2004-08-19 20:35:28.000000000 +0200
+++ Autoresponse.pm 2005-07-14 13:16:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@
push(@headers, "Precedence: bulk");

# Subject
- push(@headers, "Subject: =?" . (($self->{charset}) ? $self->{charset} : $self->{default_charset}) . "?Q?" . encode_qp($subject) . "?=");
+ #
+ # Fixes the strange subjects that email clients don't understand
+ # (second argument on encode_qp should be "")
+ push(@headers, "Subject: =?" . (($self->{charset}) ? $self->{charset} : $self->{default_charset}) . "?Q?" . encode_qp($subject,"") . "?=");


push(@headers, "MIME-Version: 1.0");

Thanks.