Re: can't send to lists from mutt
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 03:55:26PM -0600, Ray Warren wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:15:40PM -0700, Floyd Hagen wrote:
>
> >
> > For some reason I can't send mail from mutt to two Mandrake lists that
> > I'm subscribed to. Comparing the headers of mail sent from mutt and
> > mail sent from evolution I see an extra "Received" line. 10.80.1.198 is
> > my gateway. I'm using Mandrake 10.0 and postfix. According to the
> > postfix logs the messages are sent ok, and so far, it only happens with
> > the two Mandrake lists. Any ideas on what's happening and how I can fix
> > it? Thanks.
> The Mandrake lists use reverse DNS lookup and it looks as though mutt is
> using your local lan in the FROM header. If your local network is not a
> registered address (no public DNS listing) you can use the my_header
> setting in a send hook to change the FROM header.If you keep copies of
> the mail you send, look in sent-mail or wherever the copies are, for a
> rejected message and look at the FROM header there to see what email
> address is actually being set by mutt.
> >
> >
After a little more checking I believe the setting that made a
difference was envelope_from
# envelope
set envelope_from=yes
set from="raywarren1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
in addition to the folder-hook to set the FROM header to my registered
address.
HTH
Ray Warren