#3168: $sendmail option unconditionally and wrongly uses --
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Reporter: antonio@… | Owner: kevin8t8
Type: defect | Status: assigned
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.19
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Changes (by kevin8t8):
* owner: mutt-dev => kevin8t8
* status: new => assigned
Old description:
> Forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org
>
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>
> The $sendmail option is described as follows:
>
> # Name: sendmail
>
> # Type: path
>
> # Default: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi"
>
> # Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by
> Mutt.
>
> # Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional
>
> # arguments as recipient addresses.
>
> I need to add an "always-bcc" address, so I tried
>
> set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+sp...@madduck.net"
>
> and also
>
> set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+sp...@madduck.net"
>
> It turns out, however, that mutt appends not only additional
> arguments (recipients), but also unconditionally a '--'. In the
> above cases, this yields:
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+sp...@madduck.net -- f...@bar.com
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+sp...@madduck.net -- f...@bar.com
>
> Both are wrong. mutt should probably not append -- if it's already
> contained in $sendmail.
>
> PS: is there a better way to make mutt always BCC another address,
> other than actually using my_hdr, which is simply too brittle?
New description:
Forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org
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The $sendmail option is described as follows:
# Name: sendmail
# Type: path
# Default: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi"
# Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt.
# Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional
# arguments as recipient addresses.
I need to add an "always-bcc" address, so I tried
set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+sp...@madduck.net"
and also
set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+sp...@madduck.net"
It turns out, however, that mutt appends not only additional
arguments (recipients), but also unconditionally a '--'. In the
above cases, this yields:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+sp...@madduck.net -- f...@bar.com
/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+sp...@madduck.net -- f...@bar.com
Both are wrong. mutt should probably not append -- if it's already
contained in $sendmail.
PS: is there a better way to make mutt always BCC another address,
other than actually using my_hdr, which is simply too brittle?
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3168#comment:7>
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