Re: Gnus v5.6.24 is released

[Jochen_Hayek@acm.org]

As always, when I install a new *gnus,
I apply a single personal patch to message.el .

Yes, I want to let sendmail use the `From:',
that I insert into the mail header, as its proper `From:'.

Yes, if life were easier and people and their tools smarter,
I would only use a proper `Reply-to:',
but you know the way they are.

And message-user-mail-address is quite a resonable function to use
instead of user-login-name, isn't it.

And at least in my case sendmail never ever produces a valid
e-mail address (to deliver e-mail to) from user-login-name,
because either I'm behind a firewall,
or my ISP assigns me a dynamical IP address and a deliberate
temporary hostname, or ...

What do you think about this suggestion?

(Courtesy copies to me appreciated.)

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*** message-5.6.24.el	1998/07/23 13:26:26	1.1
--- message-5.6.24.el	1998/07/23 13:30:48	1.2
***************
*** 2026,2032 ****
  		     ;; But some systems are more broken with -f, so
  		     ;; we'll let users override this.
  		     (if (null message-sendmail-f-is-evil)
! 			 (list "-f" (user-login-name)))
  		     ;; These mean "report errors by mail"
  		     ;; and "deliver in background".
  		     (if (null message-interactive) '("-oem" "-odb"))
--- 2026,2032 ----
  		     ;; But some systems are more broken with -f, so
  		     ;; we'll let users override this.
  		     (if (null message-sendmail-f-is-evil)
! 			 (list "-f" (message-user-mail-address)))
  		     ;; These mean "report errors by mail"
  		     ;; and "deliver in background".
  		     (if (null message-interactive) '("-oem" "-odb"))
.