Reading this thread motivated me to look around to find the answer to this problem. I've had the same problem with my real name disappearing from the From: lines.
I found the problem in my .bashrc . Some of the readmes and howtos I read said to set some environment variables. This is what I got: export MAILHOST=cts.com export MAILUSER=wcurry export QMAILINJECT=f The f is the problem. Get rid of it. Look at qmail-inject and qmail-headers for a detailed explanation of what f and the other switches do. The values in the first 2 variables are what is used to rewrite the From: line -- when necessary. 2 hitches... 1. you can't put your real name in there. 2. The f forces qmail-inject to overwrite the From: line regardless. Wade Curry (but you knew that from the index list, didn'tcha? ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There must be something I misunderstand, then. I put the following into > .muttrc: > > my_hdr From: Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > So that my real name would show up as well as my address. > > If you look at the headers in this message, my real name is gone. This has > annoyed me for a while now. > > -- Mark Zimmerman > > On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 07:38:06PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > I can't find anything in my muttrc that would account for this. I also > > > > somehow doubt that qmail is rewriting a MUA-generated line (but I could > > > > be wrong). > > > > It definitely should not. I use mutt and qmail, and my From: line > > (generated by my_hdr in ~/.muttrc) is left intact. > > > > > If you set the MAILUSER and MAILHOST environment variables, qmail rewrites > > > the from line as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Only in the absence of an MUA-supplied header line. From qmail-header(5): > > > > > > SENDER ADDRESSES > > qmail-inject looks for sender address lists in the follow > > ing fields: Sender, From, Reply-To, Return-Path, Return- > > Receipt-To, Errors-To, Resent-Sender, Resent-From, Resent- > > Reply-To. > > > > If there is no From field, qmail-inject adds a new From > > field with the name of the user invoking qmail-inject. > > > > > > Also, I prefer the QMAIL* variables: > > > > > > The user name in the From header field is set by > > QMAILUSER, MAILUSER, USER, or LOGNAME, whichever comes > > first. > > > > The host name is normally set by the defaulthost control > > but can be overridden with QMAILHOST or MAILHOST. > > > > > > > This is usually a good thing for > > > machines on dial-up connections so that it looks like your mail came from > > > your account at your ISP. > > > > That's exactly what I use it for. :-) > > > > Also note that you can set the *envelope* sender with environment > > variables, so that bounce messages will go to your ISP mailbox: > > > > > > The default envelope sender address is the same as the > > default From address, but it can be overridden with QMAIL > > SUSER and QMAILSHOST. It may also be modified by the r > > and m letters described below. Bounces will be sent to > > this address. > > > > > > I cannot emphasize this strongly enough. If you have to set your From: > > header for any reason, you should make the envelope sender match. > > > > -- > > Greg Wooledge | Distributed.NET > > http://www.distributed.net/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste. > > http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ | > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
