On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:06:20PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:31:54AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > | * Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010709 15:31]: > | > Do you mean "with" or "without"? I'm a little confused. Mutt has some > | > option to change the from header for outbound mail. I don't use it, so > | > | (judicious use of hedgeclippers above) > | > | In order to set the from address that mutt wil use, try setting the > | "from" variable. You can have this do fun things for mailing lists > > FYI, the "from" command doesn't work for me. Instead I use the > "my_hdr" command like :
This line is probably in your /etc/Muttrc, which is why the from command won't work: # don't generate a From header unset use_from For some strange reason, that's the default setting for mutt-1.3.x. > # used to make the From: header correct. > my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D-Man) > > At the moment I don't really need it (because I am sending directly > from that account) but if I send stuff from my Linux box I need it or > else the MTA will make my linux account the "from" (and thus the > default reply-to) address which won't work. > > HTH, > -D > > -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
