[Bug 1222181] [NEW] /usr/bin/mail ignores aliases in $HOME/.mailrc

[Daniel Barrett]

Public bug reported:

1. Put an alias in $HOME/.mailrc

alias foo me at whatever.com

2. Try to mail the alias:

$ echo hello | /usr/bin/mail -s testing foo

3. Read /var/log/mail.log and see "foo" bounce as an unknown user:

Sep  7 11:15:39 mycomputer postfix/local[9707]: EE038F6028B:
to=<foo at mycomputer.mydomain>, relay=local, delay=0.1,
delays=0.07/0/0/0.03, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "foo")

4. However, my other mail programs, such as Emacs VM, respect the
aliases in $HOME/.mailrc.

** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  /usr/bin/mail ignores aliases in $HOME/.mailrc

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