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authorEduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu>2021-12-29 21:57:35 -0700
committerEduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu>2021-12-29 21:57:35 -0700
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downloadalpine-2332962c5de1f8f98173fb3cdb2c941e5037ed95.tar.xz
* If a user configures the sendmail-path variable, and does not use a
global smtp-server, then Alpine will use the sendmail-path even when the user configured a smtp-server for a role. Reported by Gregory Heytings.
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diff --git a/doc/tech-notes/background.html b/doc/tech-notes/background.html
index ac4d91af..ad3c9f2f 100644
--- a/doc/tech-notes/background.html
+++ b/doc/tech-notes/background.html
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ The first MTA specified in the following list is used:
<LI><EM>sendmail-path</EM> specified on the command line.
+<LI><EM>smtp-server</EM> specified in a role being used.
+
<LI><EM>smtp-server</EM> specified on the command line.
<LI><EM>sendmail-path</EM> in the user's <CODE>.pinerc</CODE> file.
diff --git a/doc/tech-notes/tech-notes.txt b/doc/tech-notes/tech-notes.txt
index 1fa83ad1..8ae016e4 100644
--- a/doc/tech-notes/tech-notes.txt
+++ b/doc/tech-notes/tech-notes.txt
@@ -285,13 +285,14 @@ SMTP and Sendmail
1. _sendmail-path_ in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed
2. _smtp-server_ in /usr/local/pine.conf.fixed
3. _sendmail-path_ specified on the command line.
- 4. _smtp-server_ specified on the command line.
- 5. _sendmail-path_ in the user's .pinerc file.
- 6. _smtp-server_ in the user's .pinerc file.
- 7. _sendmail-path_ in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf
- 8. _smtp-server_ in /usr/local/pine.conf
- 9. DF_SENDMAIL_PATH defined at compile time.
- 10. SENDMAIL and SENDMAILFLAGS defined at compile time.
+ 4. _smtp-server_ specified in a role being used.
+ 5. _smtp-server_ specified on the command line.
+ 6. _sendmail-path_ in the user's .pinerc file.
+ 7. _smtp-server_ in the user's .pinerc file.
+ 8. _sendmail-path_ in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf
+ 9. _smtp-server_ in /usr/local/pine.conf
+ 10. DF_SENDMAIL_PATH defined at compile time.
+ 11. SENDMAIL and SENDMAILFLAGS defined at compile time.
If the _sendmail-path_ form is used, a child process is forked, and the
specified command is executed with the message passed on standard