[ Kim Christensen wrote on Sun  9.Sep'12 at  3:34:10 +0200 ]

> On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 12:53:11AM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote:
> > * Robert Holtzm <hol...@cox.net> [080912, 15:01]:
> > > Running mutt 1.5.20-9+squee on squeeze (obviously). When I compose a
> > > message, the "From" header is as shown above which is incorrect. ~/.muttrc
> > > shows no option to set this. Somewhere there is a file with my full
> > > ...
> > 
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > I suppose you should check what you have in .muttrc concerning:
> > set from = "....."
> > or
> > set hdrs = yes
> > my_hdr From .....
> 
> Just to drop my $.02, it is recommended to use the following variables
> for setting your sender information, rather than setting the headers
> explicitly (my_hdr):
> 
> set realname="John Doe"
> set from="j...@example.com"
> set use_from=yes
 
If the environment is set up properly you don't need to set $realname and 
$use_from to achieve that. I only use $from and $reverse_reply with my 
$alternates set up which are sourced from a seperate file although you can 
include it in the ~/.muttrc if you use a single file.

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