Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:47:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Thorsten Kuehnemann <Thorsten.Kuehnemann@Hamburg.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/55936: send-pr does not set mail envelope from Message-ID: <200308242047.h7OKlqXx001458@ef80.jnx.de> Resent-Message-ID: <200308242050.h7OKoCBn035702@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 55936 >Category: misc >Synopsis: send-pr does not set mail envelope from >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 24 13:50:11 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Thorsten Kuehnemann >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 i386 >Organization: private >Environment: System: FreeBSD ef80.jnx.de 5.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Aug 20 13:41:44 CEST 2003 tk@ef80.jnx.de:/home/usr/obj/home/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-DEBUG i386 A freshly installed system. >Description: send-pr(1) sends mail with the given "From:" address but it does not set the mail envelope from. As a result an delivery error cannot reported to the sender if the system is not fully configured because of a bad envelope from <login>@<hostname> example: Aug 24 22:10:58 ef80 sm-mta[1266]: h7OKAvej001266: from=<tk@ef80.jnx.de> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The "From:" and the "Reply-To:"-Header was filled with Thorsten.Kuehnemann@Hamburg.de >How-To-Repeat: Use send-pr on a freshly installed system and watch /var/log/maillog. >Fix: send-pr calls sendmail directly if $MAIL_AGENT is not set. sendmail accepts the option "-f $REPLY_TO" to set it right. The X-Authentication-Warning:-Header should be not a problem. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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