From: Frank Lichtenheld Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:38:27 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add sendmail -f support to git-send-email. Message-ID: <20070410223826.GH2813@planck.djpig.de> In-Reply-To: <11762425341841-git-send-email-robbat2@gentoo.org> On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:02:13PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > Some mailing lists use the envelope sender instead of the actual from address, > and this can be broken in git-send-email. This patch sets the -f argument to > the sendmail binary, using the address of the patch author. At least some MTAs (exim is the one I know for sure) can restrict -f usage to some users and deny it for others. Don't know how much this would really be a problem, but using -f unconditionally might be a bad idea none-the-less. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld www: http://www.djpig.de/