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master a42dd0c87d: Improve message-sendmail-f-is-evil documentation
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
master a42dd0c87d: Improve message-sendmail-f-is-evil documentation |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:49:23 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit a42dd0c87d27b706574923c89b50519b8893934d
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Improve message-sendmail-f-is-evil documentation
* lisp/gnus/message.el (message-sendmail-f-is-evil): Move some of
the explanation here.
* lisp/mail/feedmail.el (feedmail-sendmail-f-doesnt-sell-me-out):
Refer to message-sendmail-f-is-evil (bug#58185).
---
lisp/gnus/message.el | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
lisp/mail/feedmail.el | 25 ++++---------------------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el
index e19ac76869..084dce65f0 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/message.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el
@@ -888,9 +888,22 @@ symbol `never', the posting is not allowed. If it is the
symbol
;; FIXME: This is related to `mail-specify-envelope-from' but works
;; differently (bug#36937).
nil
- "Non-nil means don't add \"-f username\" to the sendmail command line.
-See `feedmail-sendmail-f-doesnt-sell-me-out' for an explanation
-of what the \"-f\" parameter does."
+ "Non-nil means don't add \"-f username\" to the \"sendmail\" command line.
+The \"sendmail\" program has a useful feature to let you set the
+envelope FROM address via a command line option, \"-f\".
+Unfortunately, it also has a widely disliked default behavior of
+disclosing your actual user name anyway by inserting an
+unattractive warning in the headers. It looks something like
+this:
+
+ X-Authentication-Warning: u1.example.com: niceguy set
+ sender to niceguy@example.com using -f
+
+It is possible to configure \"sendmail\" to not do this, but such a
+reconfiguration is not an option for some users.
+
+Note that this user option is mostly useful for actual \"sendmail\"
+installations, which are rare these days."
:group 'message-sending
:link '(custom-manual "(message)Mail Variables")
:type 'boolean)
diff --git a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
index 989a8b3cd6..2ae916e3ac 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
@@ -614,29 +614,12 @@ to arrange for the message to get a From: line."
(defcustom feedmail-sendmail-f-doesnt-sell-me-out nil
- "Whether sendmail should issue a warning header if called with \"-f\".
-The sendmail program has a useful feature to let you set the envelope FROM
-address via a command line option, \"-f\". Unfortunately, it also has a widely
-disliked default behavior of selling you out if you do that by inserting
-an unattractive warning in the headers. It looks something like this:
-
- X-Authentication-Warning: u1.example.com: niceguy set
- sender to niceguy@example.com using -f
-
-It is possible to configure sendmail to not do this, but such a
-reconfiguration is not an option for many users. As this is the
-default behavior of most sendmail installations, one can mostly
-only wish it were otherwise. If feedmail believes the sendmail
-program will sell you out this way, it won't use the \"-f\"
-option when calling sendmail. If it doesn't think sendmail will
-sell you out, it will use the \"-f\" \(since it is a handy
-feature). You control what feedmail thinks with this variable.
-The default is nil, meaning that feedmail will believe that
-sendmail will sell you out."
+ "If non-nil, call \"sendmail\" with \"-f\".
+See `message-sendmail-f-is-evil' for an explanation of what the
+\"-f\" parameter does."
:version "24.1"
:group 'feedmail-headers
- :type 'boolean
-)
+ :type 'boolean)
(defcustom feedmail-deduce-envelope-from t
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