bug#43386: 27.1; Regression in `report-emacs-bug'

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> What is the question it asks you, exactly?
>
> "Save this mail sending choice? (y or n)"

Yes, that's about saving the MTA setup, and has nothing to do with the
>From address.

> In any case, in Emacs 26.3 (and prior), even
> though the From has that crazy text, when I use
> C-c C-c and tell Emacs to use my mail client,
> the mail client window pops up perfectly, and
> yes, my mail client knows what my email address
> is.  The buffer *sent mail to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org*
> still has the crazy From text, but Emacs doesn't
> bother me.

Emacs now requires that the From address is valid, as you've
discovered.  (Sending bug reports from an "emacs -Q" is a pretty strange
choice anyway, but that's up to you.)

Things seem to be working as designed, so I'm closing this bug report.

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