Subject: From + To fields with usenet

From: Jon Crookston <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:42:48 +0000

As you will see on this posting, where everyone else's messages give their
names in the index page, mine gives To:comp.mail.pine. Why is this? Why
doesn't it give my name? Any help gratefully accepted.

Cheers,

P.S. Usually (not always, using ^O to postpone a composition doesn't save
the message, but cancels and writes dead.letter. What's wrong?

Thanks. 

(Jon Crookston, Materials Engineering With Russian)

When in charge, delegate
When in trouble, ponder
When in doubt, mumble.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:30:23 +0000 (GMT)

> doesn't it give my name? Any help gratefully accepted.

Extract from the built-in help for the Index screen ("?" command):

=====
SENDER: The name or email address of the sender.  If you are the sender,
then the first recipient's name is shown here.  In Newsgroups, if you are
the sender and there are no email recipients, the newsgroup name will be
listed.
=====

This is done because Pine assumes that you know your own name, and hence
can *imply* the message is from you by the presence of the "To:" prefix.
The remaining space is then used to display the first recipient or
newsgroup name.

Only your own Index screen is affected; other people see you name in the
Index screens.

This feature is incredibly useful when viewing the Index of folders
containing outgoing messages (eg, your "sent-mail" folder if you have
one), or a mix of incoming and outgoing messages.  It really does help you
locate a particular message "by eye".

If you *really* can't live with this feature you can redefine the
appearance of the Indx screen in Pine's Setup Configuration screen.  Look
for the "index-format" variable and read its built-in help.  (Hint: set up
a definition similar to the default given in the help screen, but with
FROMORTO replaced by FROM.)

Cheers,

-- 
Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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