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and subject line From address can be overridden using setting.
has caused the Debian Bug report #650613,
regarding ssmtp ignores the -f option not documented in manpage
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Package: ssmtp
Version: 2.64-5
When you call:
$ ssmtp -f [email protected]
ssmtp will ignore the -f option
the manpage say:
-fname Sets the name of the ``from'' person. This option is valid
only if no From: line is specified within the header of the
email.
and the source of ssmtp.c say:
1886 /* Set from/sender address */
1887 case 'f':
1888 /* Obsolete -f flag */
please parse the -f option and rewrite the from. An other option is to correct
the manpage but many tools uses '-f' without a 'From' in the mail text.
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Thank you for your interest in ssmtp.
FromLineOverride
Specifies whether the From header of an email, if any, may override the
default domain.
The default is
FromLineOverride is a conffig setting that lets you override the from
address in a message, so I am closing the bug.
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