Re: [users] Mail from OE to linux and more
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:06:20PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:31:54AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> | * Mark Wagnon (mwagnon1@home.com) [010709 15:31]:
> | > Do you mean "with" or "without"? I'm a little confused. Mutt has some
> | > option to change the from header for outbound mail. I don't use it, so
> |
> | (judicious use of hedgeclippers above)
> |
> | In order to set the from address that mutt wil use, try setting the
> | "from" variable. You can have this do fun things for mailing lists
>
> FYI, the "from" command doesn't work for me. Instead I use the
> "my_hdr" command like :
This line is probably in your /etc/Muttrc, which is why the from
command won't work:
# don't generate a From header
unset use_from
For some strange reason, that's the default setting for mutt-1.3.x.
> # used to make the From: header correct.
> my_hdr From: dsh8290@rit.edu (D-Man)
>
> At the moment I don't really need it (because I am sending directly
> from that account) but if I send stuff from my Linux box I need it or
> else the MTA will make my linux account the "from" (and thus the
> default reply-to) address which won't work.
>
> HTH,
> -D
>
>
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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