Tim Chase (HE12026-10-26): > Is there a way to compose a message and send it directly to a > file/mailstore FCC: without specifying a mail-recipient? > > I'm trying to figure out how to effectively reply to a message with > a personal note/annotation (effectively emailing myself), without > recieving a duplicate message or going through the MTA process at all. <snip> > Likewise, if I begin composing to a bogus mail-address and then delete > the To: while keeping the FCC: it refuses to "send" with the same "No > recipients were specified" error. > > I mean, I know it's *possible* to have a message without a To: specified > since I can edit the mbox/Maildir file, delete the To: line, and Mutt > operates on the message just fine. > > Is there something I'm missing to get mutt to deliver a message straight > to a FCC: mailbox without an intermediate recipient?
Hi. The way I understand it, it is designed so that Fcc is a side effect of sending, not the other way around, and it is not possible to send without a recipient because the recipient argument is mandatory to /usr/lib/sendmail and the RCPT command is mandatory in SMTP. There are a few options, though. You could put a dummy recipient and let the mail bonce. You could put a dummy recipient and use a script that does `cat > /dev/null` to deliver the mail instead of /usr/lib/sendmail. Different method: you can postpone the mail and then move it from the postponed mailbox to the fcc mailbox. Or change the name of the postpone mailbox just before you postpone. Regards, -- Nicolas George
