[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60420: Default wordpress at site.com sender address can be problematic

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#60420: Default wordpress at site.com sender address can be problematic
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 Reporter:  thinlinecz       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Mail             |     Version:  1.5.1.2
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Comment (by michael.orlitzky):

 Replying to [comment:59 dmsnell]:
 > For those proposing the configuration option, what do you propose in the
 following situation:
 >
 >  - a site admin sets an address for the ever-confusing Return-Path
 >  - a host set `-f` in the `sendmail_path`
 >
 > In this situation, isn’t it the case that the hosts are still overriding
 the address but the site owner is now confused why the value they entered
 is not respected? If WordPress were to try and prefer the site admin’s
 choice, wouldn’t we be back here where this thread is discussing the fact
 that hosts want to override site choices to protect their IP reputations?

 We're only upset that you're overriding our `-f` because the whole point
 of the `-f` is to fix the wordpress@$sitename debacle. If you made the
 sender address configurable, we wouldn't need `-f` on our WordPress
 vhosts, and then there would be no issues. This is how every other website
 manages to send email; it really isn't complicated.

 1. Make the address configurable
 2. Server admins remove the `-f` override
 3. Somebody types a usable address into the box
 4. No one is surprised by what happens
 5. Everything works if you choose an address that you're authorized to use

 (The precise details depend on how badly WP and PHPMailer decide to shoot
 themselves in the foot in response to all of these what-should-be non-
 issues, all for lack of a text box.)

 > and how should discrepancy by indicated in the site config when `-f` is
 provided in `sendmail_path`? in a sense this same problem exists now with
 a plugin, but on the other hand the plugin is the result of a deliberate
 choice to set a specific value, and different plugins can choose different
 resolutions.

 There's really no discrepancy. All of these problems boil down to one
 thing: the lack of a text box to type in a usable address in a manner that
 is consistent with the design of WP, the internet, and hosting
 environments.

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