On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: [ references to set envelope_from=yes deleted ] > That's weird. I just looked through my .muttrc and it wasn't there, so > it's been off the entire time I've been using mutt, but I've never had > any problems. Can somebody describe that that variable is actually for? > The man page is fairly vague about it, imo.
It sets your return path. If you mail from a resolvable, permanent host, the address that the mta deduces is usually right. However, I use IMAP, so I never work from the host that stores my mail. Delivery errors and such are always sent back to the envelope sender, not to the from address, so it pays to set this properly to the address you want errors to come to. The envelope sender gets set on the command line to the mta, iirc. In addition, many mta's (notable sourceforge's) require the envelope to be resolvable (I used to have this issue before enabling this option). cheers, wingo
