Re: [TCLUG:17206] mutt was: Re: [TCLUG:17203] linux apps was: RE: [TCLUG:17130] Dreamweaver

[Jim Crumley <crumley@belka.space.umn.edu>]

On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 01:07:10PM -0500, Ben Beuchler wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 09:48:19AM -0700, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> 
> > >That's an MTA issue.  Your MUA only has control over the 'reply-to'
> > >headers and the like.  The actual 'from' is out of it's control.  I could
> > >tell you how to do it in about 3 seconds with qmail...  
> > 
> > actually, not entirely; because I can rewrite my "From:" address in mutt by
> > hand, each time I send a message (and it works). I want that done
> > automatically. 
> 
> There are two 'From' headers.  The one that mailling lists and the like
> care about is the 'From ' (no colon) at the very top.  This is created by
> your MTA and generally contains the FQDN of the originating server.  The
> one you are talking about is the "From: " header which is under MTA
> control.

To change it for every message, you just need a couple of changes in
your muttrc.  Make sure "set hdrs=yes", which it 
probably does by default.  Then add the line 
"my_hdr From: right@address.com".

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