my @sendmail_parameters = ('-i', @recipients);
        my $raw_from = $sanitized_sender;
-       $raw_from = $envelope_sender if (defined $envelope_sender);
+       if (defined $envelope_sender && $envelope_sender ne "auto") {
+               $raw_from = $envelope_sender;
+       }
        $raw_from = extract_valid_address($raw_from);
        unshift (@sendmail_parameters,
                        '-f', $raw_from) if(defined $envelope_sender);