Re: Patch for tmda-ofmipd...

Stephen Warren <[email protected]> writes:

>> fix the only thing I consider a 'real' bug, which is not-invoking
>> sendmail_program with '-f <mailfrom>' when in 'pure-proxy' mode.
>
> Robert,
>
> For my education, could you explain this part of the patch a bit more?
> Doesn't sendmail provide a sensible default envelope sender even without
> the -f option? What problems were you seeing that this change solves?
> BTW, I'm not a /usr/sbin/sendmail expert, so feel free to point out if
> it's blindlingly obvious!

The envelope sender address comes from the MUA and is set in the SMTP
transaction.  If this isn't happening, I think the proper recourse is
to help the user with this mail settings.  The second reason I don't
like this part of the patch is that it will only work when doing
/usr/sbin/sendmail sending, not if MAIL_TRANSPORT is to to smtp, and
that creates an inconsistency.