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Re: mutt/exim - how to rewrite sender-name (-f flag)



You can use the option in .muttrc like this:
my_hdr from: name@bluezone.no (username)
my_hdr Reply-To: name@bluezone.no (username)


/ernst

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002,  wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I'm using exim (MTA) and mutt (MUA) and I'm able to send (external) emails directly from exim with:
> exim -f username recipient@domain.at
>
> I have to rewrite the sender-name (which is not the same as the from:-address) with "username" which is expected from my ISP.
>
> So:
> * How do I tell exim (/etc/exim.conf) to rewrite any sender name of a local user with "username" (I'm a single user on my laptop)? or
> * How do I tell mutt to rewrite the sender-name (ie joe@myhostname) with "username" (set sendmail="/usr/sbin/exim -f username" ... in my .muttrc doesn't work ... maybe my old version of mutt (0.91) doesn't deliver flags to exim)?
>
> TIA for any help/clue
> Dieter
>
>
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