--- main.c
+++ main.c	2011-05-13 09:28:48.052426589 +0000
@@ -186,6 +186,25 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	subject = NULL;
 	replyto = NULL;
 
+	if (*argv) {
+		/*
+		 * Be compatible with broken mail behaviour, which use direct
+		 * sendmail options for sending mails if getopt is skiped
+		 * by first argument which is non option like a mail address.
+		 */
+		char **opt = argv;
+		while (*(++opt) && (**opt) && (**opt != '-')) {
+			char *cp;
+			while ((cp = strrchr(*opt, ','))) {
+				*cp++ = '\0';
+				if (cp && *cp)
+					to = checkaddrs(cat(to, nalloc(cp, GTO)));
+			}
+			to = checkaddrs(cat(to, nalloc(*opt, GTO)));
+			argc--, argv++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, optstr)) != EOF) {
 		switch (i) {
 		case 'V':
@@ -380,8 +399,19 @@ usage:
 			ef = argv[optind];
 		}
 	} else {
-		for (i = optind; argv[i]; i++)
-			to = checkaddrs(cat(to, extract(argv[i], GTO|GFULL)));
+		for (i = optind; (argv[i]) && (*argv[i] != '-'); i++) {
+			char *cp;
+			while ((cp = strrchr(argv[i], ','))) {
+				*cp++ = '\0';
+				if (cp && *cp)
+					to = checkaddrs(cat(to, nalloc(cp, GTO|GFULL)));
+			}
+			to = checkaddrs(cat(to, nalloc(argv[i], GTO|GFULL)));
+		}
+		if (argv[i] && (strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0))
+			i++;
+		for (; argv[i]; i++)
+			smopts = cat(smopts, nalloc(argv[i], 0));
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Check for inconsistent arguments.