[ale] Adjusting FROM address on Replys using exmh

Jere McDevitt jemcdevitt at mindspring.com
Sat Nov 28 23:09:18 EST 1998


I use exmh as my mail program (TCL/TK over MH basically).  I've been able to 
modified the Compose template easily enough to be certain that the From and 
Reply address are my actual user email on my ISP (not my user on my home Linux 
box).

Problem is that the reply template isn't a straight forward format.  It pulls 
information from other areas and generates the template.  It shows a return 
address of username at jemcevitt@mindspring.com where the username@ is my home 
user name (not same as mindspring account).

This is the template: 

%(lit)%(formataddr %<{reply-to}%?{from}%?{sender}%?{return-path}%>)\
%<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr To: )\n%>\
%(lit)%(formataddr{to})%(formataddr{cc})%(formataddr(me))\
%<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr cc: )\n%>\
%<{fcc}Fcc: %{fcc}\n%>\
%<{subject}Subject: Re: %{subject}\n%>\
%<{date}In-reply-to: Your message of "\
%<(nodate{date})%{date}%|%(pretty{date})%>."%<{message-id}
             %{message-id}%>\n%>\
--------

I've tried various configures and can't get it to change.  Anyone have any 
suggestions on how I get the from address to be my ISP account?  There may be 
someway to put a rule in sendmail.cf to filter it, but those rules are even 
more confusing.

Thanks

JEM






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