Re: Smail, From header
On Mar 26, J. LILLIBRIDGE wrote
> I'm running Debian Linux at home. When I send e-mail out, I want to have
> the From: header say jlillibr@nmsu.edu. I've figured out how to get
> nmsu.edu put in there (instead of jl@fwonkas). But my login here at
> home is just jl. What is the best way to make sure the From: field
> is adjusted? I'd rather not change my login name on my debian box
> to jlillibr. I would want to have similar setups for other users.
> I'm running smail version 3.2-3.
With some mail user agents, e.g. mutt (available from debian-non-US), you
can add/modify arbitrary headers. E.g., on a laptop system, my account is
"ray"; I have a "my_hdr From: jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl (J.H.M. Dassen)" in
my .muttrc, and this setting gets used.
HTH,
Ray
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