On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:02:58AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:28:16AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote: > > John, > > > > What's the plan for mailx(1) use of of mailwrapper? > > Is it intended for mailx(1) to remain as a frontend to sendmail > > (only) or will it also use mailwrapper(1M)? > > > > If it's going to use mailwrapper(1M), then this case looks > > a bit incomplete as mailx(1) seems to suggest a few bits > > of its functionality are tied to sendmail... > > General usage is covered by an entry for "mail" in mailer.conf. > > The "conv" functionality, while alluding to a (undocumented) -U option to > sendmail(1M), is implemented internally to mailx(1). > > I can see -h, -m/metoo and possibly -v/verbose being an issue if a user > decides to switch out sendmail; would warnings in the manuals cover > this?
How much argument parsing does mailwrapper do, and how much does it pass through to the real MTA? Does it drop anything on the floor? Danek
