Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mutt-patched
When sending an email with an empty "From:" header, mutt will crash
rather than warn the user. This turns out to have been fixed
already[1][2][3]; it would be nice to merge this patch from upstream.
To duplicate:
- Start mutt
- Compose an email
- At the prompt just before sending, hit Esc-f (to edit the "From:" header) and
empty the line
- Hit "y" to send the mail
- Watch mutt crash
What should happen instead:
A friendly, informative message and/or setting the From: address
automagically.
System details:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy mutt-patched
mutt-patched:
Installed: 1.5.17+20080114-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.5.17+20080114-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.5.17+20080114-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://mirror.lcsee.wvu.edu hardy/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I've attached a backtrace.
Thanks very much, and please let me know if you need any further
information.
Footnotes:
[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/mutt-...@mutt.org/msg04074.html
[2] http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3079
[3] http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/a2e8f6fab8d3
** Affects: mutt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Mutt will crash when sending email with empty "From:" header
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351811
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