Subject: PC-Pine rewrites address when replying

From: James <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:34:24 -0700 (PDT)

I'm seeing an odd behavior from PC-Pine (4.21).  I'm trying to reply to
a message, the FROM address of which is

    From: "L-Soft list server at POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU (1.8d)"
        <[email-masked]>

(all on one line, of course).  The whole thing gets pasted into the TO
address.  I delete the extra junk, so that there's only the actual
address, but when I move the cursor off the address line, what I've
deleted gets put back.

I don't know if this is a bug, or an intentional behavior, but I'd sure
like it to stop!

FTM, why is all the extra junk being put in there in the first place?
I've noticed similar behavior quite often, where the FROM address shown
will be a name or something, instead of (or in addition to) an actual
address.

James

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From: Scott Leibrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:35:18 -0700 (PDT)

I can't duplicate the behavior with this address (using Unix Pine), but
that sounds like what happens when you enter an address that's in your
address book.  So I'd guess it must be happening because you have that
entry in your address book.  Try deleting all that "extra junk" from the
entry in your address book, and see if it still does it.

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From: "Eduardo Chappa L." <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:37:37 -0700 (PDT)

*** James wrote in the pine-info list today:

:) I'm seeing an odd behavior from PC-Pine (4.21).  I'm trying to reply to
:) a message, the FROM address of which is
:) 
:)     From: "L-Soft list server at POSTOFFICE.CSO.UIUC.EDU (1.8d)"
:)         <[email-masked]>
:) 
:) (all on one line, of course).  The whole thing gets pasted into the TO
:) address.  I delete the extra junk, so that there's only the actual
:) address, but when I move the cursor off the address line, what I've
:) deleted gets put back.

James,

  The explanation is simple, the address you write in this field is found
in either your local or global addressbook. The only thing you can do is
to add this address to your local addressbook and leave the "Fullname"
field empty (also just leave only the address in the address field).

:) FTM, why is all the extra junk being put in there in the first place?
:) I've noticed similar behavior quite often, where the FROM address shown
:) will be a name or something, instead of (or in addition to) an actual
:) address.

In Pine there is the following distinction, the From: of the message and
the Address of the sender. The from field usually has the structure:

  From: "Personal Name" <[email-masked]>

When "Personal Name" is present this is usually called the From, and the
other part the address. If there is no personal name, then From and
address are the same, but they are usually different.

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From: Catherine Thomas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:06:23 -0400 (EDT)

How do I continue to receive the mail from this list with a new email
address? Please advise.

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From: Scott Leibrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:18:46 -0700 (PDT)

You can write an e-mail from your old account to [email-masked]
with:

unsubscribe pine-info

as the first line of the message, and then write another message from your
new account with:

subscribe pine-info Catherine Thomas

as the first line.

You can also change your address directly with the set command, as
described in
http://www.washington.edu/computing/listproc/subscribers/advanced.html#set

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From: Cheryl Homiak <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:14:48 -0700 (PDT)

Catherine:  I really don't know, but with all but my egroups lists, when I
changed my address I unsubscribed and then re-subscribed.  I don't know if
there's another way on this list; the unsubscribe-resubscribe route is
kind of a pain, but it will work.

Cheryl

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From: Mohit Agarwal <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:50:16 +0530 (IST)

As far as I know, for eGroups <http://www.eGroups.com> you don't need to
unsubscribe and then resubscribe. For eGroups, you can simple go to
http://www.eGroups.com and then log in using your e-mail address, and then
change your e-mail address in personal preferences. I myself did so, hence
there's no doubt about that.

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Mohit Agarwal