> -----Original Message----- > From: David Roundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 December 2006 22:56 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Kirsten Chevalier > Subject: Re: [darcs-devel] darcs patch: Documentation only - clarify > meaning of --from and --a... > > > Clarified the meaning of --from and --author. I had assumed that these > > options also set the From: address on the email sent by "darcs sent". > > Of course they don't, but it's better to make this clear. Also added my > > name to the list of authors who originally only submitted an email > address > > I haven't checked the code, but I'm pretty sure that --from *does* set the > From address in the mail sent--or at least is intended to, and that that > is > all that it affects.
No, I don't think so. The program used to send email is configurable by the user. I don't know exactly which email clients do and don't allow email to be sent from arbitrary From: addresses, but not all of them do. Furthermore, allowing that is Considered Harmful. Sure, if you're using Unix you probably have sendmail and then you can set the From: to whatever you want (which probably isn't exactly right either, but that's a good enough oversimplification). If you are less fortunate, then the thing that sends email by default is Outlook, and it's probably not configured in a way that allows you to set the From:. And I hate to admit it, but that's probably a good thing. So, in my opinion it would actually just be best to get rid of --from or at least only allow it when sendmail exists, or something. For those of us who are unfortunate, --from just won't work, so it's misleading to have it as an option. Cheers, Kirsten _______________________________________________ darcs-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/darcs-devel
