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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: Default for the envelope From in smtpmail.el
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:15:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0xwr16rzz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3y60c4v21.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:16:22 +0200")

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Currently, the default envelope from address (aka. SMTP "MAIL FROM") in
> smtpmail is `user-mail-address'.  The user can change this by changing
> some rather confusing variables called `mail-specify-envelope-from' and
> `mail-envelope-from'.
>
> I wonder whether a more sensible default here would be to use the From:
> address in the buffer being sent.  Some MTAs filter on the MAIL FROM,
> and only allow access based on a filter, and people adjust their From:
> headers to reflect that.

This was an eminently sensible suggestion from July last year.
Please could it be now be implemented.

The current default is dumb and can lead to confusing failure modes
("553 From: address not verified").



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-11  1:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-05 15:16 Default for the envelope From in smtpmail.el Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-05 17:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-05 19:40   ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-07-05 20:33     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-06  1:30 ` Tim Cross
2012-08-11  1:15 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-08-11  6:29   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-08-11 17:52     ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-11 18:06       ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-12  0:21         ` Rasmus
2012-08-12  0:19       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-08-12  0:42         ` chad
2012-08-12  2:08           ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-12  2:15             ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-12  3:06             ` chad
2012-08-12 15:02               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-08-12 17:38                 ` chad
2012-08-13  3:43                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-09-04 13:13                     ` Nix
2012-09-05  1:30                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-09-05  9:14                         ` Nix
2012-09-04 15:49       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-09-04 16:01         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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