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Article #683Re: Pine From Address
From: Ali Habbak
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8541B6E1E9F8299A88A0A48B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To change "From: ", you have to edit the pinerc file manually. Open it in your favorite editor. - Search for "feature-list=". - Add to the list "allow-changing-from" (without the quotes). This is a comma separated list. - Add the following line in the pinerc file: customized-hdrs=From: you@your.domain This should work. Captain Wolf wrote: > Bob R. Kenyon (reaching for the coffee) wrote: > : In article <8am8mh$p0q$1@samba.rahul.net>, darrenk@network.rahul.net > : wrote: > > : > In article <8am83t$otf$1@samba.rahul.net>, Todd McLaughlin > : > <toddm@waltz.rahul.net> wrote: > : > >Is it possible to set the from address in Pine to an address > : > >different from toddm@rahul.net? Specifically, I'd like to insert my > : > >work adress so my messages appear a bit more professional. Thanks. > : > > : > I know how to change the domain, but i don't think you can change the > : > username part of it. Under the 'M'ain menu, Choose 'S'etup, > : > 'C'onfigure, go down to user-domain, and change the value there. > : > then 'E'xit and then do whatever. > : > > : > I've only done this with a2i domains (like boxmail.com,)) and have a > : > feeling that non-a2i domains might not work. > > : I have a domain at rahul and had no problems configuring pine to use it. > : You just set User Domain (the second item in the configuration menu) to > : whatever you want. > > Yes, it lets you set the User Domain, however > it doesn't let you set the Username. I believe, > if I'm wrong please correct me, that what he > want's to do is set his address to something > like: jdough@dot.com instead of nethandle@rahul.net. > > I have found that pine, at least on waltz, let's me set > the domain side of the address to monarchy.modusvarious.com, > if I wish. Unfortunately I at least can find no way to get > it to let me change starwolf (my rahul username), > to captainwolf the handle I prefer to use on usenet. > > starwolf > > -- > ****************************************************** > ** Find me a spaceship I can USE, and I'm OFF this ** > ** dirtball!! ** > ****************************************************** --------------8541B6E1E9F8299A88A0A48B Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="ali.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ali Habbak Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ali.vcf" begin:vcard n:Habbak;Ali tel;home:650-949-1500 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:ali@habbak.com fn:Ali Habbak end:vcard --------------8541B6E1E9F8299A88A0A48B--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111b8f,9313d16a3df95f00 X-Google-Attributes: gid111b8f,public From: Ali Habbak <ali@habbak.com> Subject: Re: Pine From Address Date: 2000/03/15 Message-ID: <38D0762C.391E0018@habbak.com> X-Deja-AN: 598142752 References: <8am83t$otf$1@samba.rahul.net> <8am8mh$p0q$1@samba.rahul.net> <8anaa7$3g3$1@samba.rahul.net> <8apcqk$gf4$1@samba.rahul.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------8541B6E1E9F8299A88A0A48B" Organization: a2i network Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: a2i.general