Re: How to add arguments in variable "sendmail-program"

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Tue, Nov 14 2006, Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14 2006, ssSslang wrote:
>
>> I use msmtp to send mail. Now I have two mail boxes: home and office. So
>> I thought I should just set the sendmail-program to "/usr/bin/msmtp -a
>> [home|office]"(argu -a means to use different accounts). 
>
> Maybe msmtp offers to select the account according to the
> (Envelope-)From header (see `message-sendmail-envelope-from')?
>
>> But when I did this, the debug told me that can not find the program
>> "/usr/bin/msmtp -a [home|office]". If I set it to "/usr/bin/msmtp",
>> gnus works well. But I cannot select account in this way. Can
>> someone has a solution? Thanks.
>
> I don't think there's an option in message.el for this.  Could you try
> the following patch and set `message-sendmail-extra-arguments' e.g. to
> '("-a" "home") / '("-a" "office")?

I've installed this patch in the CVS trunk.  If anyone can think of a
better solution, please holler.

> --- message.el	09 Nov 2006 20:15:01 +0100	7.190
> +++ message.el	14 Nov 2006 09:45:54 +0100	
> @@ -761,6 +761,13 @@
>    :link '(custom-manual "(message)Mail Variables")
>    :group 'message-sending)
>
> +(defcustom message-sendmail-extra-arguments nil
> +  "Additional arguments to `sendmail-program'."
> +  :version "23.0" ;; No Gnus
> +  :type '(repeat string)
> +  :group 'message-sending)
> +;; :link '(custom-manual "(message)Mail Variables")
> +
>  ;; qmail-related stuff
>  (defcustom message-qmail-inject-program "/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject"
>    "Location of the qmail-inject program."
> @@ -4282,6 +4289,7 @@
>  				     "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
>  				    (t "fakemail"))
>  			      nil errbuf nil "-oi")
> +			message-sendmail-extra-arguments
>  			;; Always specify who from,
>  			;; since some systems have broken sendmails.
>  			;; But some systems are more broken with -f, so

Bye, Reiner.
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