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Re: sendfrom-examplefoo(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com: in ~/.mh_profile side effect -- "from:" aliases no longer expanded by send

2021-03-15 09:17:50
Tom R wrote:

If I put a line like:

    sendfrom-examplefoo@gmail.com: -server smtp.gmail.com -user 
examplefoo@gmail.com -port 587 -tls -sasl -nomime -msgid -verbose -snoop

into ~/.mh_profile, it works as intended, but then

    send  ~/Mail/drafts/1807                # where 1807 has an alias in the 
from field

fails with the msg:

    send: unable to find sender host /a/moobt/Mail/drafts/1809: Success

Yeah, that's ugly.  The problem is that post(8) expands aliases, but sendfrom 
looks at From: before handing off to post.  Is there a better fix than amending 
the sendfrom documentation to say that it doesn't support a From: that contains 
an alias?

I had noticed recently that post expands aliases and was going to ask about it. 
 Seems that send(1) would be a better place though I don't think we want to 
change that now.  post does some other things, too, such as filing FCC's, that 
might fit better into send if we were to start from a blank slate.

Ken, IIRC you use a postproc.  Does it replace post or still call it?

David


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