> I tested the following commands. In all cases, the mail arrives, but > the header reads "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]". Nowhere does the > comment "Comment" appear. > > echo message body | msmtp --auto-from=off [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > echo message body | msmtp --auto-from=off [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f 'Comment > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' > echo message body | msmtp --auto-from=off [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f '[EMAIL > PROTECTED] (Comment)' > > They generate the following logfile entries. > > Jun 21 03:00:12 host=mail.internode.on.net tls=off auth=off [EMAIL > PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailsize=13 exitcode=EX_OK > Jun 21 03:00:14 host=mail.internode.on.net tls=off auth=off from=Comment > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailsize=13 exitcode=EX_OK > Jun 21 03:00:15 host=mail.internode.on.net tls=off auth=off [EMAIL > PROTECTED] (Comment) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailsize=13 exitcode=EX_OK > > Also find attached an mbox containing the three emails as they appear > at the receiving end. AFAICT, msmtp is stripping the comments, and > IMO it shouldn't.
The -f option only sets the *envelope* from address, i.e. the address that is sent in the MAIL FROM command. Therefore it should be a mail address without additional information or comments. The From: header is completely independet of that; you cannot set it with -f. If a mail does not have a From: header, most MTAs will generate one using the envelope from address and the name of the user, but that is a different thing. Msmtp never generates a From: header; if you want one, you have to generate one yourself or let the MTA (that msmtp sends the mail to) do it. One could argue that msmtp should generate a From: header if it is missing, using the envelope from address and possibly the information of the -F option (if present), but I'm not sure if that is the right thing to do. Maybe that's better left to the real MTA. Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
