Re: Mutt and From: line in mail

[markzimm@rmi.net]

There must be something I misunderstand, then. I put the following into
.muttrc:

my_hdr From: Mark Zimmerman <markzimm@rmi.net>

So that my real name would show up as well as my address.

If you look at the headers in this message, my real name is gone.  This has
annoyed me for a while now.

-- Mark Zimmerman

On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 07:38:06PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> markzimm@rmi.net (markzimm@rmi.net) wrote:
> 
> > > I can't find anything in my muttrc that would account for this. I also
> > > somehow doubt that qmail is rewriting a MUA-generated line (but I could
> > > be wrong).
> 
> It definitely should not.  I use mutt and qmail, and my From: line
> (generated by my_hdr in ~/.muttrc) is left intact.
> 
> > If you set the MAILUSER and MAILHOST environment variables, qmail rewrites
> > the from line as $MAILUSER@$MAILHOST.
> 
> Only in the absence of an MUA-supplied header line.  From qmail-header(5):
> 
> 
>   SENDER ADDRESSES
>        qmail-inject looks for sender address lists in the follow­
>        ing fields: Sender, From, Reply-To,  Return-Path,  Return-
>        Receipt-To, Errors-To, Resent-Sender, Resent-From, Resent-
>        Reply-To.
> 
>        If there is no From field, qmail-inject adds  a  new  From
>        field with the name of the user invoking qmail-inject.
> 
> 
> Also, I prefer the QMAIL* variables:
> 
> 
>        The  user  name  in  the  From  header  field  is  set  by
>        QMAILUSER, MAILUSER, USER,  or  LOGNAME,  whichever  comes
>        first.
> 
>        The  host  name is normally set by the defaulthost control
>        but can be overridden with QMAILHOST or MAILHOST.
> 
> 
> > This is usually a good thing for
> > machines on dial-up connections so that it looks like your mail came from
> > your account at your ISP.
> 
> That's exactly what I use it for. :-)
> 
> Also note that you can set the *envelope* sender with environment
> variables, so that bounce messages will go to your ISP mailbox:
> 
> 
>        The default envelope sender address is  the  same  as  the
>        default From address, but it can be overridden with QMAIL­
>        SUSER and QMAILSHOST.  It may also be modified  by  the  r
>        and  m  letters  described below.  Bounces will be sent to
>        this address.
> 
> 
> I cannot emphasize this strongly enough.  If you have to set your From:
> header for any reason, you should make the envelope sender match.
> 
> -- 
> Greg Wooledge                    | Distributed.NET http://www.distributed.net/
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