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[Mutt] #3168: $sendmail option unconditionally and wrongly uses --

#3168: $sendmail option unconditionally and wrongly uses --
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 Reporter:  antonio@xxxxxxxx  |       Owner:  mutt-dev
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  minor             |   Milestone:          
Component:  mutt              |     Version:  1.5.19  
 Keywords:                    |  
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 The $sendmail option is described as follows:

   # Name: sendmail

   # Type: path

   # Default: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi"

   # Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt.

   # Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional

   # arguments as recipient addresses.

 I need to add an "always-bcc" address, so I tried

   set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+spool@xxxxxxxxxxx"

 and also

   set sendmail="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+spool@xxxxxxxxxxx"

 It turns out, however, that mutt appends not only additional
 arguments (recipients), but also unconditionally a '--'. In the
 above cases, this yields:

   /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi madduck+spool@xxxxxxxxxxx -- foo@xxxxxxx

  /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi -- madduck+spool@xxxxxxxxxxx -- foo@xxxxxxx

 Both are wrong. mutt should probably not append -- if it's already
 contained in $sendmail.

 PS: is there a better way to make mutt always BCC another address,
 other than actually using my_hdr, which is simply too brittle?

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