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Re: [LI] Changing the From: field.



On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, thus spake G.Gautam:

> On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 11:32:09AM +0530, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:

> > spavri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and spavri@xxxxxxxxx and spavri@xxxxxxxxxxx I can't
> > have more than one local user of the first name.

> 1. If you are using Pine, add "ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM"( no quotes ) to  
> /etc/pine.conf. Then go to setup inside Pine, and modify the custom

Roles is a much better option :)  That way, there's far less risk of the
man typing something like spavri@xxxxxxxxxxx and having replies bounce.

> 2. You could use roles. Use # to compose mail using specific roles. In
> every  role you could have specific from: addy. 

Set the filters for each role - with pine 4.xx you can specify that if
mail is sent to: some address you respond using a particular role.  That
allows you to set a different .signature for each role - so even better.

Easier by far - it automatically checks and asks you - "Use role foo
(y/n)".  For example, I've got at least four roles on the same login,
each with different preferences, different filters, custom headers etc)

> This may be silly, but maybe you could filter your mail based on the
> To: field  into your /[Mm]ail/ folder. So you don't need 6 logins for 6
> pop accounts.

He's right, unless more than one person in Doc Pavri's family checks mail
from Linux, so diff. logins would be useful.

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