Subject: Setting the From: Address

From: Todd Goldenbaum <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:43:29 -0700

I'm setting up a new pine installation on an os x box.  The name of my 
user account on this box is different (for the first time) than the 
username that appears on the left-side of the at sign in my email 
address.  How do I set that variable in pine?  It seems I can only set 
the domain, and then it automatically uses my unix username.

thanks,
Todd

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:40:36 +0000 (GMT)

On 5 Feb 2003 Todd Goldenbaum ([email-masked]) wrote:
>
> How do I set that variable in pine?  It seems I can only set

This is a very confusing aspect of Pine's user interface and I've
even listed fixing it as my number one Pine wish on my main Pine
page in this section

 Wish #1: Make it Easier to Change the Default From Header
 in Unix Pine
 <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/#wishFrom>

This describes the problem, ways to get around it now, and
suggestions for how to improve this aspect of Pine's interface.

Feedback is welcome,
Nancy

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From: Catalin Braica <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:58:57 +0200 (EET)

But you can do that already.
Go to Main -> Setup -> Rules -> Roles , add a role, and scroll at the
bottom, to Compose Use, set it to Without confirmation, then modify 'Set
From' to the address you want the From: header be set, then give it a
nickname for the role, Exit twice, with changes saved, then try to compose
a message, see the From: header, send it to yourself to make sure it is
set as you want.
Not sure if this works for replying/forwarding etc, but there's plenty of
room to play with roles settings

|On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Nancy McGough wrote:

|Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:40:36 +0000 (GMT)
|From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
|To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
|Subject: Re: Setting the From: Address
|
|On 5 Feb 2003 Todd Goldenbaum ([email-masked]) wrote:
|>
|> How do I set that variable in pine?  It seems I can only set
|> the domain, and then it automatically uses my unix username.
|
|
|This is a very confusing aspect of Pine's user interface and I've
|even listed fixing it as my number one Pine wish on my main Pine
|page in this section
|
|
| Wish #1: Make it Easier to Change the Default From Header
| in Unix Pine
| <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/#wishFrom>
|
|This describes the problem, ways to get around it now, and
|suggestions for how to improve this aspect of Pine's interface.
|
|Feedback is welcome,
|Nancy
|
|

____________________________________
Catalin Braica
catalin.braica AT edulib DOT ro
http://www.edulib.ro/~catalin/

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:13:16 +0000 (GMT)

> But you can do that already.

Yes, I know and I actually have information about how to do it on
my site. What I meant by "fixing it" is *fixing Pine's user
interface* so that people will stop asking this question almost
every day!

 -Nancy

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From: Todd Goldenbaum <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:47:14 -0700

> interface* so that people will stop asking this question almost

No doubt, I can see why it gets asked alot-- such an obvoius thing to 
add, amazing it's slipped the minds of the pine developers for so long. 
  :-P

Thanks for the help.

Fwiw Catalin, the way you described the solution- making it sound like 
it should be obvious- almost sounds like some kind of high satire.  ;)

Todd

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From: Catalin Braica <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:58:09 +0200 (EET)

|On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Todd Goldenbaum wrote:

|Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:47:14 -0700
|From: Todd Goldenbaum <[email-masked]>
|To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
|Subject: Re: Setting the From: Address
|
|
|On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 08:13 AM, Nancy McGough wrote:
|
|>> |On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Nancy McGough wrote:
|>> |
|>> |This is a very confusing aspect of Pine's user interface and I've
|>> |even listed fixing it as my number one Pine wish on my main Pine
|>> |page in this section
|>> |
|>> | Wish #1: Make it Easier to Change the Default From Header
|>> | in Unix Pine
|>> | <http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/#wishFrom>
|>
|> On 6 Feb 2003 Catalin Braica ([email-masked]) wrote:
|>> But you can do that already.
|>
|>
|> Yes, I know and I actually have information about how to do it on
|> my site. What I meant by "fixing it" is *fixing Pine's user
|> interface* so that people will stop asking this question almost
|> every day!
|
|No doubt, I can see why it gets asked alot-- such an obvoius thing to
|add, amazing it's slipped the minds of the pine developers for so long.
|  :-P
|
|Thanks for the help.
|
|Fwiw Catalin, the way you described the solution- making it sound like
|it should be obvious- almost sounds like some kind of high satire.  ;)

:)) Sorry about that. I remembered that I use this feature at home, didn't
knew at first how i did set up, then re-made the steps in some sort of
logical order, then I thought it was simple, and writing it in reply
Also being a bit misled by my English reading skills adding the fact I'm
at the end of my working hours today ...
Ok, I admit it's not so easy to find it :)

Thanks to Nancy McGough for the link, I wish I found it when I was
searching for pine setup :(