On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 09:17:13PM +0100, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote: > >However .. when I use the "bounce" feature, mutt is not using my From: > >header. It's generating a From: address using the actual name of the > >individual host, hy...@alfred.nasalinux.net , and I don't want it to > >do that. > > My understanding is that this EXACTLY NOT the behaviour of 'b'. I > used to use 'b' a lot in client support, when someone would email me > with a query that should really be dealt with by someone else. So it > should work like Forward, but it explicitly NOT mess with the > headers, and preserve the original sender, so that the recipient is > completely unaware that it has been "rerouted" through my mailbox. > The most important thing is that when they reply the reply CORRECTLY > goes back to the person who send it. With Forward, the reply would > come back to me, which would be completely pointless. > > Why yours is creating a different address is a mystery to me.
mutt's "bounce" is the email standard re-send feature. It should send a message with a series of new headers added: Resent-From: Resent-Date: Resent-Message-ID: Resent-To: Original From:, Date:, Message-ID:, and To: headers from the original message should, indeed, remain exactly as they were in the original. -- Cos
