mgetty 1.1.14 / curious mails from fax subsystem

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Hi,

On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 05:41:28PM +0200, Bjoern Buerger wrote:
> Since I updated the Linux-Kernel to 2.0.35, the
> sendfax - messages after sending a fax look like this:
[..]
> Your fax has been sent successfully at: \c

Nothing to do with upgrading the kernel.  More with upgrading mgetty
without setting "ECHO=..." properly in mgetty's Makefile.

> What are these \n \c ... ?

Escape sequences.  (I'm not really sure about the "From:" header, but I
assume that it's related).

gert
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