Re: Random Return Addresses

[Pann McCuaig <pann@agora.rdrop.com>]

On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 03:41:44AM -0500, David Densmore wrote:

> Is there any way to get mail clients like Pine and Mutt to use a return
> address other than userid@domain?
> 
> I have tried both Pine and Mutt, and they only seem to allow me to have
> my Linux userid as the return address.  My Linux username is dave.  My
> ISP username is dden.
> 
> This is the best I can get from Mutt:
> 
> From: dave@rollanet.org  or  From: root@rollanet.org
> 
> This is what I want:
> 
> From: David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>

In ~/.muttrc

my_hdr From: David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>

You might also want to add the following to your ~/.bash_profile

export REPLYTO="dden@rollanet.org"

Luck,
Pann
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