Re: change my_hdr in compose menu

[Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alain,

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:59:22PM +0200, Alain Bench wrote:
>  On Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 2:24:06 PM +0200, Alexander Rose wrote:
> 
> > "From: MoREM <morem@xxxxxx>"
> >| macro compose [...]:my_hdr "From: xyz <xyz@xxxxxx>"<enter>
> > This does not work, it doesn't change my From header.
> 
>     Too much double quotes. And it's too late for $from or even
> "my_hdr From:". Better do <edit-from> (ESC f) for current mail, and set
> $from for next ones. Also set $use_from statically.
>
Thanks, I solved it, see my other post. 

What is the advantage of $use_from? I set it "no" and set my_hdr From:
XYZ <xyz@xxxxxx>.


Greetings
Alexander