On 07Sep2008 13:23, Peter Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | To wrap this up, I did finally get sendmail working, as this message demonstrates. [...snip...] | Finally, I had to change the sendmail command in my .muttrc tp specify the "From:" user: | | set sendmail = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -t" # how to deliver mail
Might I suggest that you remove the "-t" and add "-oi", thus: set sendmail = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -oi" # how to deliver mail The -t says to read targets from the headers; this is wrong. Mutt (and any MUA) will put the delivery targets on the sendmail command line for you, and the headers are not (and should not be) consulted. The headers were consulted (perhaps) when you composed the message. However, if you "b" (bounce/re-send) a message, then the headers are definitiely _not_ where the message should go. There are plenty of variations on that example. The point is that mutt knows where the message should go and will tell sendmail; sendmail should not be rummaging in the message content for other stuff to gratuitously add to your/mutt's instructions. The "-oi" says to ignore a lone dot on a line, which otherwise is treated as the end of the message, quietly truncating your message. It is very common to see "sendmail -t" in scripts all over the net, and it is almost invariably wrong. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ One of the guys in my homebrew club is a mailman. He says that one of the requirements to work for the post office is to be able to work the slide on a 9mm while laughing. - Phillip J. Birmingham
