Re: How to bypass or correct an error. Control-u f rmail in emacs

[Kevin Rodgers]

Don Saklad wrote:

>  For rmail in emacs
>
> 1. How do you fix things so you don't get this error?...

>
> 2. Or how do you bypass the error?...

I guess you're using sendmail.el, since /usr/lib/sendmail has a -t option:

     -t        Read message for recipients. To:,  Cc:,  and  Bcc:
               lines  will  be scanned for people to send to. The
               Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission. Any
               addresses in the argument list will be suppressed.
               The NoRecipientAction  Processing  Option  can  be
               used  to  change the behaviour when no legal reci-
               pients are included in the message.

Here's the relevant part of sendmail-send-it:

;;; 
		      ;; Get the addresses from the message
;;; 
		      ;; unless this is a resend.
;;; 
		      ;; We must not do that for a resend
;;; 
		      ;; because we would find the original addresses.
;;; 
		      ;; For a resend, include the specific addresses.
;;; 
		      (or resend-to-addresses
                                  '("-t")
;;; 
			  )

That code was commented out intentionally, but you could try undoing that:

2001-03-21  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
...
        * mail/sendmail.el (sendmail-send-it): Don't parse Resent-*
        headers.  Always invoke sendmail with option -t.


But I think it would be easier to avoid the problem altogether by using
smtpmail.el instead (read the comments at the top of that file to see how to
configure it).


> The valid forwarding address was entered correctly.
> But when trying to forward a message using the Resend to: function Control-u f
> there appears to be an error...
>
>
> "
>  From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@gnu.org>
>  Subject: Mail failure - ambiguous recipients
>
>  A message that you sent using the -t command line option contained
>  resent- headers. It is not clear who the recipient addresses are, so
>  no delivery could be attempted.
> "


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