Thanks for your help.
I tried ":set ?alternates" on all the machines that have mutt installed
and with one exception I got 'alternates=""' on all machines. The one
exception simply cleared the command line and printed nothing. to clear
up any ambiguity I edited all the config files and explicitly set
alternates="". The behavior has not changed in any of the
installations.
My excellent systems administrator upgraded the troubled mutt to version
Mutt 1.2.5i (2000-07-28) at my request but that also has not changed the
behavior.
Could it be something else on my system?
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ah! darn. I diff'd my config files on two different systems and found
that on the affected system I had the "set hostname" line commented out.
When I uncommented that and set it to watchguard.com (the second half of
my email) it started to work fine. pebcak!
Thanks again for your help.
- Ben
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:07:24AM -0400, David T-G wrote:
> Ben --
>
> ...and then Ben Johnson said...
> % I am using Mutt 1.0.1i (2000-01-18) and I have my index_format set list
> % this...
> %
> % set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15F (%4l) %s"
> %
> % the %F option does not seem to work correctly because email address
> % >From from me shows up as being from "Ben Johnson". All other
> % installations of mutt I have ever used set this column to
> % "To <recipient>" when the message is from me.
>
> That's the classic $alternates problem. I, personally, haven't seen
> anything else that causes it.
>
>
> %
> % I am using the same config file I use on all other working systems so I
> % think it must me a problem with this specific version of mutt. Is that
> % right? Is there an easy way to fix it?
>
> I used 1.0* before moving to 1.2 (no time spent inthe 1.1 tree) and I
> never saw this.
>
> I know that you use the same config file(s) everywhere, but ... :-)
> On that machine, in that mutt, type
>
> :set ?alternates
>
> to see how your $alternates are set. Look for the email address in
> question to make sure it's in there. Perhaps even set $alternates to be
> just that address and see if %F changes for you.
>
>
> %
> % Thanks very much in advance for any help!
>
> HTH & HAND
>
>
> %
> % - Ben
>
>
> :-D
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