Re: Mutt and From: line in mail
Reading this thread motivated me to look around to find
the answer to this problem. I've had the same problem with
my real name disappearing from the From: lines.
I found the problem in my .bashrc . Some of the readmes
and howtos I read said to set some environment variables.
This is what I got:
export MAILHOST=cts.com
export MAILUSER=wcurry
export QMAILINJECT=f
The f is the problem. Get rid of it. Look at qmail-inject
and qmail-headers for a detailed explanation of what f
and the other switches do. The values in the first 2 variables
are what is used to rewrite the From: line -- when necessary.
2 hitches... 1. you can't put your real name in there.
2. The f forces qmail-inject to overwrite the From: line regardless.
Wade Curry (but you knew that from the index list, didn'tcha? )
markzimm@rmi.net wrote:
> 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/
> > wooledge@kellnet.com | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste.
> > http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ |
>
>
>
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