On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:46:26AM -0800, Ira Weiny wrote: > > It fills out the To: and Cc: headers but doesn't actually send > > actual mail to those accounts. Mail servers don't actually pay any attention > > to those headers -- all that matters is what destinations are given to the > > server during the envelope negotiation. > > I did not know that. But I was kind of coming to that conclusion based on > what I saw happen. > > > > > I do realize that this is confusing. :/ > > Only to those mere mortals such as myself who don't know squat about mail > protocols! :-D It's completely normal not to know how that works -- and you shouldn't either. > > Should I include anything in the output about this? > > Maybe. I'm not trying to put more burden on you. But for the ignorant maybe > it is a good idea. I did panic when I saw all the to/cc addresses filled in. I added a large notice about that to the --reflect output: [...] --- Ready to: - send the above messages to just konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (REFLECT MODE) - via web endpoint: https://lkml.kernel.org/_b4_submit REFLECT MODE: The To: and Cc: headers will be fully populated, but the only address given to the mail server for actual delivery will be konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Addresses in To: and Cc: headers will NOT receive this series. Press Enter to proceed or Ctrl-C to abort Hopefully, it will be less worrisome to others in the future. Thank you for trying out b4 prep/send! -K
