[Cvs-syncmail] [ cvs-syncmail-Patches-1145260 ] Provide a default "From" address

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Patches item #1145260, was opened at 2005-02-21 18:06
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Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: olivier (olivier_t)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Provide a default "From" address 

Initial Comment:
In some systems, a CVS account does not necessarily imply a mail 
account too, and while the -f (--fromhost) option already allows 
basic mapping of e-mail addresses, there are cases where this is 
not sufficient and you want syncmail to say that it is sending mail 
on behalf of user X without knowing user X's e-mail address.

On our system using cvs-syncmail the problem was rather acute 
since syncmail was actually sending the notification to public 
mailing-lists with public Web archives, and the bogus From: 
addresses were not acceptable. 

This patch adds a -F (--forcefrom) which changes the usual from 
line "From: Name Surname <use...@ho...>" to "Name 
Surname via cvsmail <xx...@ho...>".

Patched against current cvs-syncmail (2.1).

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