Subject: Re: From Address Configure

From: Matthew Schinckel <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 12:32:28 +930

On 6 Apr 1997, Peter Breitfeld wrote:

> I use linux as user `brf' but my e-mail address is like the one in my
> signature (bootom of this message). PINE alway sets [email-masked] 
> as my from-address. 
> 
> How can I force pine to put [email-masked]' in the
> from-field of the header?

Looks pretty good from my end.

(Sender: has the other address, but From: has the one you say you want 
there.)

Matt.
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Matthew Schinckel - [email-masked]                   Shapeshifter Registered
                    [email-masked]             (Yay Coopers Ale!)

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Breitfeld)
Date: 6 Apr 1997 14:26:26 GMT

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Peter Breitfeld, Saulgau, Germany <[email-masked]>

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 10:15:46 +0100 (BST)

Pine does not allow you to change the "From:" header field unless it has
been specially built (compiled) to allow you to do so.  This is in an
attempt to cut down mail forgery.

Most people in a situation like yours simply set up a "Reply-to:" header
with their "correct" reply address in instead.  (That _is_ what this
header's for! ;-)

You can do this in Pine's Setup Configuration screen, by adding the header
to the "customized-hdrs" variable.  In your case you will want to add the
header along with a default value (that way it will get set automatically
for every message you compose):

	Reply-to: Peter Breitfeld <[email-masked]>

(Incidentally, your message already came through on the Pine Forum mailing
list as "Peter Breitfeld <[email-masked]>" ... are you sure
there's a problem?  ...It might be that some part of your site's mail
gateway is rewriting the "From:" header to the "correct" value anyway?)

Cheers,

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Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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