#3684: use_envelope_sender not respected
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Reporter: michael.orlitzky | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version:
Keywords: sendmail, use_envelope_from |
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Background: I'd like to switch to a real MTA on my workstations and
laptop. I've chosen Postfix for this, and it allows me to choose an SMTP
server, username, and password all based on the envelope sender of the
message. So it's important that the envelope sender be correct; otherwise,
the message will go through the wrong server and be rejected (at best) or
possibly fail SPF/DKIM somewhere down the line.
Here's what happens if I invoke sendmail directly, using the default value
of the '''sendmail''' option:
{{{
$ /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -f [email protected] [email protected]
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: Envelope sender test.
This will have the correct envelope sender, [email protected].
}}}
In my logs, everything looks great:
{{{
May 01 19:15:29 [postfix/pickup] EA186205CC: uid=1000
from=<[email protected]>
May 01 19:15:29 [postfix/cleanup] EA186205CC: message-
id=<20140501231529.EA186205CC@gantu>
May 01 19:15:29 [postfix/qmgr] EA186205CC: from=<[email protected]>,
size=352, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 01 19:15:30 [postfix/smtp] EA186205CC: to=<[email protected]>,
relay=mail2.viabit.com[65.246.80.16]:587, delay=29,
delays=28/0.08/0.42/0.07, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as
3gKXWQ3gC9z3N1B)
May 01 19:15:30 [postfix/qmgr] EA186205CC: removed
}}}
The correct envelope sender is used, and so the server, user, and password
all get chosen correctly. This is what I'd like to reproduce with Mutt.
In my ''muttrc'', I have '''set use_envelope_from=yes'''. This should
infer the envelope sender from the "From:" address and append it to the
sendmail command with '''-f'''. I'm running the latest hg version,
configured with '''./configure --with-ssl --enable-imap --with-sasl'''.
When I send a message using Mutt ("From: [email protected]"), I get the
following in the logs:
{{{
May 01 19:23:09 [postfix/pickup] 96694205CC: uid=1000 from=<mjo>
May 01 19:23:09 [postfix/cleanup] 96694205CC: message-
id=<20140501232309.GA29921@gantu>
May 01 19:23:09 [postfix/qmgr] 96694205CC: from=<[email protected]>,
size=440, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 01 19:23:10 [postfix/smtp] 96694205CC: to=<[email protected]>,
relay=mail2.viabit.com[65.246.80.16]:587, delay=0.47,
delays=0.08/0.01/0.29/0.08, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (host
mail2.viabit.com[65.246.80.16] said: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>:
Recipient address rejected: Access denied (in reply to RCPT TO command))
}}}
With no envelope sender, my hostname ''gantu.localdomain'' is appended to
my local username, and Postfix doesn't know what to do with that. I see
the same behaviour even if I define an '''envelope_from_address'''. That
fact led me to investigate, by placing debug (log) statements in
''sendlib.c''. It appears as if the envelope sender will only be appended
with '''-f''' if '''option (OPTENVFROM)''' evaluates to '''true''' in
'''mutt_invoke_sendmail'''. But nothing I do changes that value! To
demonstrate, here's my silly patch:
{{{
diff -r 8f62001989cc sendlib.c
--- a/sendlib.c Sat Feb 08 10:24:22 2014 -0800
+++ b/sendlib.c Thu May 01 19:28:26 2014 -0400
@@ -2343,6 +2343,7 @@
char **args = NULL;
size_t argslen = 0, argsmax = 0;
int i;
+ FILE* logfile = NULL;
/* ensure that $sendmail is set to avoid a crash.
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3548 */
if (!s)
@@ -2377,6 +2378,10 @@
if (eightbit && option (OPTUSE8BITMIME))
args = add_option (args, &argslen, &argsmax, "-B8BITMIME");
+ logfile = fopen("muttlog.txt", "a");
+ fprintf(logfile, "optenvfrom: %d\n", (option (OPTENVFROM)));
+ fclose(logfile);
+
if (option (OPTENVFROM))
{
if (EnvFrom)
}}}
Running this with '''use_envelope_from=yes''' and
'''use_envelope_from=no''' both produce the same result:
{{{
$ cat muttlog.txt
optenvfrom: 0
optenvfrom: 0
}}}
I am rather perplexed, but at least that explains why the envelope sender
is not set correctly! I will note that '''use_envelope_from''' is defined
in the ''same'' muttrc as my IMAP server, so I'm fairly sure it's being
read and processed; otherwise, Mutt wouldn't know where to find my inbox.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3684>
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