From 3ad239e1bc1228407ae656440327a29e7373f977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 13:17:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] `mail-envelope-from' doc clarification * lisp/mail/sendmail.el (mail-envelope-from): Note that the buffer should be narrowed before calling (bug#47616). --- lisp/mail/sendmail.el | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el index 9a4c8f3c665..a64f0869981 100644 --- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el +++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el @@ -962,7 +962,10 @@ the user from the mailer." (defun mail-envelope-from () "Return the envelope mail address to use when sending mail. -This function uses `mail-envelope-from'." +This function uses the `mail-envelope-from' variable. + +The buffer should be narrowed to the headers of the mail message +before this function is called." (if (eq mail-envelope-from 'header) (nth 1 (mail-extract-address-components (mail-fetch-field "From"))) -- 2.39.2