2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog b/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog
index a49e3b2a4a3..4763cbcc292 100644
--- a/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/mh-e/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-24  Stephen Gildea  <gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org>
+
+        * mh-comp.el (mh-send-args): Initialize to "" instead of nil 
+        so that we always have a valid string for split-string even if
+        nothing is added in mh-send-letter (closes SF #1564742).
+
 2006-07-03  Bill Wohler  <wohler@newt.com>
 
         Release MH-E version 8.0.2.
diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el b/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el
index 7156b0cf318..a967a2c8d9e 100644
--- a/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el
+++ b/lisp/mh-e/mh-comp.el
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Used by the \\[mh-edit-again] and \\[mh-extract-rejected-mail] commands.")
         (make-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table))
   (modify-syntax-entry ?% "." mh-letter-mode-syntax-table))
 
-(defvar mh-send-args nil
+(defvar mh-send-args ""
   "Extra args to pass to \"send\" command.")
 
 (defvar mh-annotate-char nil