On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Angus Claydon wrote: > > <MTIA> > <perplexed> why does pine put `To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]' instead of `My Name' > in the `from' column of my mailbox index > when I test post to > myself (and presumeably other > recipients on receipt of mail ) > </perplexed>
Pine assumes that user knows who he/she is, that the information would not be very useful and replaces it with the addressee. This also happens if you post to a mailing list. > > <note> using 2.0.34 on i586 arch. pine 3.96 ssmtp2.27-2 this happens > only for non root users </note> I hadn't noticed that (I have root aliased to a user). > > <query> is the only way to have `from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED]' appearing achieved > by running pine as non-root user? Is there a config way > round this using > sendmail smail or exim as MTA instead > of ssmtp perhaps? > </query> > </MTIA> I've seen the same behaviour with sendmail, smail and ssmtp. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
