[lug] changing user-name variable within pine

[Ryan Kirkpatrick]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, C Menzes wrote:

> i know that pine will allow you to alter the domain-name portion of
> the From: field when sending mail, but it doesnt appear to allow you
> to change the user-name portion. is this a true shortcoming in pine,
> or does this option exist and i am just missing it?

	It is a bit subtle, but is possible. Edit .pinerc in your home
directory, adding 'From:,' (w/o quotes) to the default-composer-hdrs
configuration option, as below:

# Only show these headers (by default) when composing messages
default-composer-hdrs=From:,
	To:,
	Cc:,
	Attchmnt:,
	Subject:

Second, add the option 'allow-changing-from,' to the feature-list
configiration option, as below:

# List of features; see Pine's Setup/options menu for the current set.
# e.g. feature-list= select-without-confirm, signature-at-bottom
# Default condition for all of the features is no-.
feature-list=enable-incoming-folders,
	include-attachments-in-reply,
	enable-unix-pipe-cmd,
	signature-at-bottom,
	expanded-view-of-folders,
	show-cursor,
	show-selected-in-boldface,
	allow-changing-from,
	enable-bounce-cmd

Then, when you compose a new message, you enter in a from address just
like do a to address. Further more, you can use auto-expand/replace from
the address book on the from line just like on the to and cc line. I use
this on a regular basis and it is quite handy. All mail readers and
mailing lists I have dealt with handle the entered from address correctly.
Though your actual email address (i.e. username at hostname.com) is still
buried in the mail headers (look at the headers of this email as an
example). 
	Hope this anwsers your question. TTYL.

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