From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Sep 26 15:30: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7433837B424 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id PAA99972; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:30:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009262230.PAA99972@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Lyndon Nerenberg Subject: Re: bin/21570: [PATCH] Add -r option to /usr/bin/mail, quiet compiler warnings Reply-To: Lyndon Nerenberg Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/21570; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Lyndon Nerenberg To: DougB@gorean.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/21570: [PATCH] Add -r option to /usr/bin/mail, quiet compiler warnings Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:25:25 -0600 >>>>> "DougB" == DougB writes: DougB> The solaris version of the -r command actually sets DougB> the "From:" header, but that is very un-BSD-like. This DougB> seems to be an acceptable and useful alternative. Setting reply-to: instead of changing from: breaks group reply semantics. If you want to change from:, change from:. mail(1) already gives you a way to insert a reply-to: header if that's what you really need. (See the drums mailing list archives for months of agonizing discussion on this very topic.) Why is changing from: un-BSD like? The behaviour is sanctioned by RFC822, and many MUAs allow it. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message