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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2003-08-24 15:22:13 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2003-08-24 15:22:13 +0000
commit0016482806975647e636ba4020013758ab61c8d2 (patch)
tree4daab1ca71f77666157b5ab54f930741cd320b42 /lisp/mail
parent8ec6d48ac269fd6715585c948e96f3da96da5bb4 (diff)
downloademacs-0016482806975647e636ba4020013758ab61c8d2.tar.gz
(mail-specify-envelope-from): Doc change.
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-rw-r--r--lisp/mail/sendmail.el7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index fa6fd8952ff..ab9c89a02f9 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ controlled by a separate variable, `mail-specify-envelope-from'."
(defcustom mail-specify-envelope-from nil
"*If non-nil, specify the envelope-from address when sending mail.
The value used to specify it is whatever is found in
-`mail-envelope-from', with `user-mail-address' as fallback.
+the variable `mail-envelope-from', with `user-mail-address' as fallback.
On most systems, specifying the envelope-from address is a
-privileged operation. This variable is only used if
-`send-mail-function' is set to `sendmail-send-it'."
+privileged operation. This variable affects sendmail and
+smtpmail -- if you use feedmail to send mail, see instead the
+variable `feedmail-deduce-envelope-from'."
:version "21.1"
:type 'boolean
:group 'sendmail)