On Slackware 14.2 testing mailx I find that the -r option is not
supported by smtpctl (synbolic link as sendmail).
The -r option is a deprecated version of the -f option that still works
with sendmail 8.15.2
In order not to have to change mailx, I created the attached patch for
OpenSMTPD.
This patch might be useful for Debian and other Linux distributions
where mailx uses the -r option.
Richard Narron
--- smtpd/enqueue.c.orig 2016-05-12 09:56:04.000000000 -0700
+++ smtpd/enqueue.c 2016-07-02 15:08:28.415419080 -0700
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
save_argv = argv;
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv,
- "A:B:b:E::e:F:f:iJ::L:mN:o:p:qR:StvV:x")) != -1) {
+ "A:B:b:E::e:F:f:iJ::L:mN:o:p:qr:R:StvV:x")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'f':
fake_from = optarg;
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@
case 'N':
msg.dsn_notify = optarg;
break;
+ case 'r': /* old obsolete option used by mailx */
+ fake_from = optarg;
+ break;
case 'R':
msg.dsn_ret = optarg;
break;
--- smtpd/sendmail.8.orig 2016-05-12 09:56:04.000000000 -0700
+++ smtpd/sendmail.8 2016-07-02 15:21:35.607406471 -0700
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
.Op Fl tv
.Op Fl F Ar name
.Op Fl f Ar from
+.Op Fl r Ar from
.Ar to ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@
Set the sender's full name.
.It Fl f Ar from
Set the sender's address.
+.It Fl r Ar from
+A deprecated option to set the sender's address.
.It Fl t
Read the message's To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields for recipients.
The Bcc: field will be deleted before sending.
