Re: [bug-mailutils] address@hidden: Bug#182764: mailutils:

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> We got this bug report in Debian. That -a switch sounds like a good idea
> :)
> 

We follow the POSIX options of mailx, and there were no "-a" options.
Do you have a formal description of "-a" ?
Is it from the BSD version ?

Agree with you, do not see any reasons not to do "-a" if it can make
migration easier.

If you could post the description of "-a" that would be great.

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> Package: mailutils
> Severity: normal
> Followup-For: Bug #182764
> 
> I've installed mailutils in substitution of mailx and now fwlogwatch 
> complains about an illegal option used in the cron job. It seems that mailx 
> in mailutils doesn't support -a option, which is needed for adding additional 
> headers. I think that mailutils should support this option if it Provides: 
> mailx
> 
> Thanks
>