lede_packages/mail/ssmtp/patches/004-remove_dead-letter.patch

--- a/ssmtp.c
+++ b/ssmtp.c
@@ -138,71 +138,7 @@ int smtp_read_all(int fd, char *response
 int smtp_okay(int fd, char *response);
 
 /*
-dead_letter() -- Save stdin to ~/dead.letter if possible
-*/
-void dead_letter(void)
-{
-	char *path;
-	char buf[(BUF_SZ + 1)];
-	struct passwd *pw;
-	uid_t uid;
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	uid = getuid();
-	pw = getpwuid(uid);
-
-	if(isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
-		if(log_level > 0) {
-			log_event(LOG_ERR,
-				"stdin is a TTY - not saving to %s/dead.letter", pw->pw_dir);
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if(pw == (struct passwd *)NULL) {
-		/* Far to early to save things */
-		if(log_level > 0) {
-			log_event(LOG_ERR, "No sender failing horribly!");
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-
-#define DEAD_LETTER "/dead.letter"
-	path = malloc (strlen (pw->pw_dir) + sizeof (DEAD_LETTER));
-	if (!path) {
-		/* Can't use die() here since dead_letter() is called from die() */
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	memcpy (path, pw->pw_dir, strlen (pw->pw_dir));
-	memcpy (path + strlen (pw->pw_dir), DEAD_LETTER, sizeof (DEAD_LETTER));
-	
-	if((fp = fopen(path, "a")) == (FILE *)NULL) {
-		/* Perhaps the person doesn't have a homedir... */
-		if(log_level > 0) {
-			log_event(LOG_ERR, "Can't open %s failing horribly!", path);
-		}
-		free(path);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* We start on a new line with a blank line separating messages */
-	(void)fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
-
-	while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) {
-		(void)fputs(buf, fp);
-	}
-
-	if(fclose(fp) == -1) {
-		if(log_level > 0) {
-			log_event(LOG_ERR,
-				"Can't close %s/dead.letter, possibly truncated", pw->pw_dir);
-		}
-	}
-	free(path);
-}
-
-/*
-die() -- Write error message, dead.letter and exit
+die() -- Write error message and exit
 */
 void die(char *format, ...)
 {
@@ -216,9 +152,6 @@ void die(char *format, ...)
 	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", prog, buf);
 	log_event(LOG_ERR, "%s", buf);
 
-	/* Send message to dead.letter */
-	(void)dead_letter();
-
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -1640,7 +1573,7 @@ int ssmtp(char *argv[])
 			sleep(1);
 			/* don't hang forever when reading from stdin */
 			if (++timeout >= MEDWAIT) {
-				log_event(LOG_ERR, "killed: timeout on stdin while reading body -- message saved to dead.letter.");
+				log_event(LOG_ERR, "killed: timeout on stdin while reading body.");
 				die("Timeout on stdin while reading body");
 			}
 			continue;