I'm not sure why, but I finally got the results I wanted by adding "-e 'set realname=supp...@example.com'" to the mix. Thanks for the assistance.
Wayne On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 01:36:54PM -0400, Monte Stevens wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 04:04:36PM -0600, Wayne Richards wrote: > > I eliminated the spaces, yet still get the same result (the > > command-line method doesn't get the proper "From" value). Any other > > thoughts? > > Well, I've attempted to do what you're doing and I can make it work > here (I guess). What I'm doing is the following. > > 1. I used the muttrc file you provided and commented out anything that > didn't seem relevant to a command line send operation. (This left only > the use_envelope_from line.) > > 2. I used the command line string you provided and modified it slightly. > This is what it ended up looking like: > > echo "message" | mutt -e 'set from="Support Guy <supp...@example.com>"' > -e 'my_hdr Reply-to: supp...@example.com' -F ~/.mutt/plainrc -s > "subject" mo...@downstairs.invalid > > > The message I received had these headers: > > From: Support Guy <supp...@example.com> > Subject: subject > To: mo...@downstairs.invalid > Reply-To: supp...@example.com > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) > > > So, I guess you could try what I'm doing -- although all I'm doing > differently is simplifying the muttrc and fancying up the from variable. > One thing you could look at is your system muttrc file. Some trouble > spots might be: > > envelope_from_address > use_envelope_from > from > use_from > realname > > The system muttrc file can be disabled by using '-n'. You could try that > first to eliminate it entirely. > > > -- > Monte
