+2001-07-06 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
+
+ * mail/sendmail.el (mail-specify-envelope-from): Doc fix.
+ (mail-envelope-from): New user option.
+ (sendmail-send-it): Use it.
+
2001-07-06 Vinicius Jose Latorre <vinicius@cpqd.com.br>
* ps-print.el: Use locale dependant date to print date in header. Doc
;;;###autoload
(defcustom mail-specify-envelope-from nil
"*If non-nil, specify the envelope-from address when sending mail.
-The value used to specify it is whatever is found in `user-mail-address'.
+The value used to specify it is whatever is found in
+`mail-envelope-from', with `user-mail-address' as fallback.
On most systems, specifying the envelope-from address
is a privileged operation."
:type 'boolean
:group 'sendmail)
+(defcustom mail-envelope-from nil
+ "*If non-nil, designate the envelope-from address when sending mail.
+If this is nil while `mail-specify-envelope-from' is non-nil, the
+content of `user-mail-address' is used."
+ :version "21.1"
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'sendmail)
+
;;;###autoload
(defcustom mail-self-blind nil "\
*Non-nil means insert BCC to self in messages to be sent.
(mailbuf (current-buffer))
(program (if (boundp 'sendmail-program)
sendmail-program
- "/usr/lib/sendmail"))
- (originator user-mail-address))
+ "/usr/lib/sendmail")))
(unwind-protect
(save-excursion
(set-buffer tembuf)
(append (list (point-min) (point-max)
program
nil errbuf nil "-oi")
- (and mail-specify-envelope-from
- (list "-f" originator))
+ (and mail-specify-envelope-from
+ (list "-f" (or mail-envelope-from
+ user-mail-address)))
;;; ;; Don't say "from root" if running under su.
;;; (and (equal (user-real-login-name) "root")
;;; (list "-f" (user-login-name)))