* Ian Zimmerman <i...@buug.org> [2015-07-21 13:49]: > On 2015-07-21 12:50 -0400, Peter P. wrote: > > > I am sending mails using msmtp (msmtp-queue, to be exact). In the > > "References:" field of emails that I send back to mailing list using > > list-reply, I notice that the hostname of my local box is inserted, and > > would prefer to keep it out of there. I am not sure if this a mutt or an > > msmtp issue, please excuse me if this is inappropriate here. > > Does anyone know of a way to suppress the own boxes hostname from that > > field in replies sent to lists? > > The References header field is not free form: its meaning and syntax is > specified by RFC 2822. Bascially, mutt has no choice in the matter, if > it wants to stay standard conforming. > > You probably have asked the wrong question, and what you really want is > to change the Message-ID header of you outgoing emails. Thank you Ian! The manpage for muttrc mentions that setting $hostname affects the Message-ID, and I just verified that it does.
Am I then right to assume that References: header fileds are derived from Message-IDs, and that by setting $hostname should hence be the solution to my problem? I will try to find out. > You can do that > with the regular mutt my_hdr mechanism, although the manual warns > against it, and it is a bit tricky as I discovered myself. Here's 2 > lines from my muttrc: > > send-hook . "my_hdr Message-ID: <\`mutt-message-id\`>" > send2-hook . "my_hdr Message-ID: <\`mutt-message-id\`>" > > Here mutt-message-id is a script that generates the ID in a format I > like. (But be very sure that the ID you generate is unique and conforms > to the standard. You really need to read RFC 2822 if you do this.) > > _Both_ lines are necessary to override the mutt-generated ID in all cases. Thank you for pointing out your way of doing it! This is much appreciated! best, Peter
