On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 12:42:43AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:18:53PM +0000, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 07:05:47PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; > > > when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just > > > "hamish@@". > > > > In .muttrc I have: > > > > set hostname="earthlink.net" # my DNS domain > > set use_from # always generate the `From:' header > > field > > Thanks for your help. Although this will certainly work, I'd ideally > like a proper solution rather than just a workaround. I assume > that you've had the same problem then, since you have implemented this? > It worked fine here with smail.
To me the correct way is "unset use_from" and let the MTA generate the correct address. With the default "set use_from", I've seen hostname info appear in the from address when that machine shouldn't be receiving email. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
