Re: exim vs. mutt: envelope/from/sender ???

["Michael D. Schleif" <mds@helices.org>]

Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 04:21:47PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
<snip />

> > I want to be able to change between email addresses from within mutt.
> > How do I do that?
> >
> > Initially, I'd configured exim for this:
> >       local_domains = localhost:Bragi.private.network
> >
> > Now, I have this:
> >       local_domains = localhost:private.network
> >
> > For rewrites, I've tried several things; but, this is current:
> >
> > *@private.network             ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
> >                                                 {$value}fail} frFs
> >
> > *@Bragi.private.network               ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
> >                                                 {$value}fail} frFs
> >
> > In ~/.muttrc, I have these weird variables, _none_ of which make it into
> > received email:
> >
> >       set envelope_from=yes
> >       set from="Michael Zchleif <jmoke@helices.org>"
> >       set realname="Michael Zchleif <jmoke@helices.org>"

> I already do a similar thing, but I forget about Exim rewriting
> everything. I use the following in my .muttrc:
> 
> my_hdr Reply-To: matt@oddprocess.org
> my_hdr From: Matthew Daubenspeck <matt@oddprocess.org>
> set use_from

Yes, without changing my exim.conf, this did the trick.  In fact, I set
realname="Michael D. Schleif" then both From: and Reply-To: are simply
email addresses, and mutt puts the pieces together.  I think the missing
link for me was use_from . . .

Thank you, all of you, for your participation!

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