more test on the From: header

more test on the From: header

[Didier Verna]

        I've tried some other tests on a local newsgroup this time:

1/ From is in message-required-news-header.
   When editing the message, I see a line with "Sender: verna@metheny.enst.fr"

        a/ the message is send as-is.
           There, I get the expected From header.

        b/ I explicitely insert a From header.
           There, the message can't be sent. I get an error of type "Duplicate 
           From: header".

2/ From is NOT in message-required-news-header.
   I don't see any Sender line in the initial message contents.

        a/ I (try to) send the message as-is.
           Error: invalid address (nil)

        b/ I explicitely add a From header.
           There I get this header back, as expected.


        So 1-a and 2-b look ok to me. 2-a I'm not sure. But 1-b looks bogus,
as I might have wanted to temporarily use another From address.

        Comments ?

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Re: more test on the From: header

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Didier Verna <verna@inf.enst.fr> writes:

> 1/ From is in message-required-news-header.
>    When editing the message, I see a line with "Sender: verna@metheny.enst.fr"

Do you generate the headers before sending?

>         a/ the message is send as-is.
>            There, I get the expected From header.
> 
>         b/ I explicitely insert a From header.
>            There, the message can't be sent. I get an error of type "Duplicate 
>            From: header".

Well, if you only insert a From header, and there's already a From
header in the buffer, then you, er, have two from headers.  :-)

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