>>>>> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:44:05 +0100, Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@???> said:
> However the -t on sendmail is not so much a documented software feature
> as a mess.
I'm convinced. Thanks. You may want to consider this doc patch.
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from the command arguments. The addresses are extracted before any
rewriting takes place.
! If there are in fact any arguments, they specify addresses to which the
! message is not to be delivered. That is, the argument addresses are
! removed from the recipients list obtained from the headers. This is
! compatible with Smail 3 and in accordance with the documented behaviour
! of Sendmail. However, it has been reported that in some versions at
! least, Sendmail adds argument addresses to those obtained from the
! headers. Exim can be made to behave in this way by setting the option
extract_addresses_remove_arguments false.
If a Bcc: header is present, it is removed from the message unless
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from the command arguments. The addresses are extracted before any
rewriting takes place.
! If there are in fact any arguments, they specify addresses to
! which the message is not to be delivered. That is, the argument
! addresses are removed from the recipients list obtained from
! the headers. This is compatible with Smail 3 and in accordance
! with the behaviour of several Sendmail ducumentations and
! implementations (Solaris, Digital Unix). However, the -t on
! sendmail is not so much a documented software feature as a
! mess. Some versions of Sendmail at least add the argument
! addresses to those obtained from the headers. Exim can be made
! to behave in this way by setting the option
extract_addresses_remove_arguments false.
If a Bcc: header is present, it is removed from the message unless
--
andreas
