On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 04:00:57PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:02:13PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> >> Some mailing lists use the envelope sender instead of the actual from address,
> >> and this can be broken in git-send-email. This patch sets the -f argument to
> >> the sendmail binary, using the address of the patch author.
> >
> > At least some MTAs (exim is the one I know for sure) can restrict -f
> > usage to some users and deny it for others. Don't know how much this
> > would really be a problem, but using -f unconditionally might be a bad
> > idea none-the-less.
> 
> I thought I saw the '-f' patch somewhere on the list in the last
> several weeks and there was a discussion on this topic that
> followed the patch.  Am I hallucinating, or was it not applied
> because there were some issues?

Can't find anything in the archives. So either I completly suck
at searching, or it is at least several months old, or you
are hallucinating :)

Gruesse,
-- 
Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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