2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 560d03439c1..df676146a70 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-02-06  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * gnus-msg.el (gnus-summary-cancel-article): `user-mail-address' is
+        buffer-local in some buffers, so bind it explicitly in the buffer we're
+        trying to cancel the article in (bug#10808).
+
 2014-02-05  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
         * gnus-int.el (gnus-request-accept-article): Doc fix.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.el
index 2ff70071b1c..1c8635c5992 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.el
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ post using the current select method."
   (let ((message-post-method
          `(lambda (arg)
             (gnus-post-method (eq ',symp 'a) ,gnus-newsgroup-name)))
-        (user-mail-address user-mail-address))
+        (custom-address user-mail-address))
     (dolist (article (gnus-summary-work-articles n))
       (when (gnus-summary-select-article t nil nil article)
         ;; Pretend that we're doing a followup so that we can see what
@@ -872,12 +872,13 @@ post using the current select method."
             (gnus-summary-followup nil)
             (let ((from (message-fetch-field "from")))
               (when from
-                (setq user-mail-address
+                (setq custom-address
                       (car (mail-header-parse-address from)))))
             (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))
         ;; Now cancel the article using the From header we got.
         (when (gnus-eval-in-buffer-window gnus-original-article-buffer
-                (message-cancel-news))
+                (let ((user-mail-address (or custom-address user-mail-address)))
+                  (message-cancel-news)))
           (gnus-summary-mark-as-read article gnus-canceled-mark)
           (gnus-cache-remove-article 1))
         (gnus-article-hide-headers-if-wanted))