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[ILUG] mutt - sender name ?

[ILUG] mutt - sender name ?

Declan Grady Declan.Grady at nuvotem.com
Fri Sep 10 13:58:23 IST 2004


John Madden wrote:

>On (10/09/04 11:39), Declan Grady didst pronounce:
>  
>
>>I googlied and found i can use a .muttrc file to set the from email 
>>address, but it still appears as the name "root", but with the new email 
>>address.
>>
>>    
>>
>Try putting the following in your .muttrc:
>send-hook . "my_hdr From: Name From <email from>"
>
>Replace "Name From" with the alias name you want to use, and "email
>from" to the email address you want to use. Leave the < > around the
>email address.
>
>  
>
OK,
I did more googling after posting and found a setting for my .muttrc file

set realname = "My Real Name"

Work fine.

Thanks.
Declan




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