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Re: [PATCH v3] send-email: add --confirm option and configuration setting

From
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2009, 18:18 UTC
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> Just to clarify: A user who runs a --dry-run before every sending
> (like me) would check the Cc list anyway (like me), so he either would
> have sendmail.confirm=never in the config, so that he will not
> bothered by send-email while sending or he sees some Cc's that he
> don't want and can remove them in the sending process.

Correct. This confirm addition was motivated by new users who do not know about --dry-run and are surprised when their email is sent to unintended recipients.

If you always use --dry-run, and don't want to be prompted when you actually send, then setting sendemail.confirm=never is what you want.

> Ok, than I'm fine with this.
Phew. :-)
j.
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Message 22 of 22 in “send-email: add --confirm option”
  1. send-email: add --confirm optionJay Soffian, Mar 1, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2009
  3. Jay SoffianMar 1, 2009
  4. send-email: add --confirm optionJay Soffian, Mar 1, 2009
  5. Paul GortmakerMar 1, 2009
  6. Jay SoffianMar 1, 2009
  7. Nanako ShiraishiMar 2, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2009
  9. Nanako ShiraishiMar 2, 2009
  10. Felipe ContrerasMar 2, 2009
  11. Jay SoffianMar 2, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2009
  13. Jay SoffianMar 2, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  15. send-email: add --confirm option and configuration settingJay Soffian, Mar 3, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  17. Nanako ShiraishiMar 3, 2009
  18. Bert WesargMar 3, 2009
  19. Jay SoffianMar 3, 2009
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2009
  21. Bert WesargMar 3, 2009
  22. Jay SoffianMar 3, 2009

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