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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@iskon.hr> writes:
>=20
> > Argh, but *why* is it using the `-f' switch?  I don't really want to
> > turn it off before I understand why it's there in the first place.
>=20
> Hm.  Why would Gnus want to set the envelope from?  Maybe it is
> because some (broken) programs use the envelope from for replies, and
> if you set the mail address explicitly, the envelope from is likely to
> be wrong.  But only Lars can know for sure...

Personally, I like the fact that Gnus can set the envelope from.  I
guess since message-sendmail-f-is-evil exists, you can have it either
way.

Cheers,
Doug