(mail-specify-envelope-from): Doc fix.

(mail-envelope-from): New user option.
(sendmail-send-it): Use it.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2001-07-06  Simon Josefsson  <jas@extundo.com>
+
+	* mail/sendmail.el (mail-specify-envelope-from): Doc fix.
+	(mail-envelope-from): New user option.
+	(sendmail-send-it): Use it.
+
 2001-07-06  Vinicius Jose Latorre  <vinicius@cpqd.com.br>
 	* ps-print.el: Use locale dependant date to print date in header.  Doc

lisp/mail/sendmail.el

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ controlled by a separate variable, `mail-specify-envelope-from'."
 ;;;###autoload
 (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 `user-mail-address'.
+The value used to specify it is whatever is found in
+`mail-envelope-from', with `user-mail-address' as fallback.
 
 On most systems, specifying the envelope-from address
 is a privileged operation."
@@ -75,6 +76,14 @@ is a privileged operation."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'sendmail)
 
+(defcustom mail-envelope-from nil
+  "*If non-nil, designate the envelope-from address when sending mail.
+If this is nil while `mail-specify-envelope-from' is non-nil, the
+content of `user-mail-address' is used."
+  :version "21.1"
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'sendmail)
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defcustom mail-self-blind nil "\
 *Non-nil means insert BCC to self in messages to be sent.
@@ -801,8 +810,7 @@ external program defined by `sendmail-program'."
 	(mailbuf (current-buffer))
 	(program (if (boundp 'sendmail-program)
 		     sendmail-program
-		   "/usr/lib/sendmail"))
-	(originator user-mail-address))
+		   "/usr/lib/sendmail")))
     (unwind-protect
 	(save-excursion
 	  (set-buffer tembuf)
@@ -968,8 +976,9 @@ external program defined by `sendmail-program'."
 		      (append (list (point-min) (point-max)
 				    program
 				    nil errbuf nil "-oi")
-			      (and mail-specify-envelope-from 
-				   (list "-f" originator))
+			      (and mail-specify-envelope-from
+				   (list "-f" (or mail-envelope-from
+						  user-mail-address)))
 ;;; 			      ;; Don't say "from root" if running under su.
 ;;; 			      (and (equal (user-real-login-name) "root")
 ;;; 				   (list "-f" (user-login-name)))