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Re: [LI] Changing the From: field.



----- Original Message -----
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux India <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: G.Gautam <gautamg@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] Changing the From: field.


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

> > 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.

Yes I tried that and it seems to work. I'll be shifting full time to linux
once I get more comfortable with SO 5.1. My (professional) work depends on
that.

> 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.

Give me a little more detail on that please. Will I have to create the new
folders under /mail ?

Sharukh.


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