Upasname works the same in 9front. On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 19:29:49 +0100, Steve Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
> > i think you are better off emailing the 9front community. i can tell you how > to do this using the labs distro (you just set the environment variable > upasname), but 9front’s email is based on the 9atom/coraid code which > is rather different. > > sorry not to be more help, > > -Steve > > > > > On 7 Jun 2025, at 4:11 pm, [email protected] wrote: > >  > Hello community :) > > Need some help. But first, my boring story. > > I've been using 9front for about 5 years and it's my primary OS, even at > work (I 'vncv' other laptops when I need something 9front can't afford). > I'm absolutely not a programmer or anything, just a very low level IT > working in education. > > Like said in the meme from "the office", "I understand NOTHING" from the > emails I read everyday from the 9front community, but I read them anyway > and learn things sometimes and I am very grateful for that. > > I like 9front the way it is and don't and won't never add or substract > anything from it. > I use zuke for music (thanks Sigrid), Mail for email, IRC to chat with > friends. > Acme and Sam, of course and Sigrid's ext4srv to connect to my second > harddrive (linux) on a lenovo x230 I carry everywhere with the most ugly > tplink wifi module scratched on it with velcro (I'm not good enough to > install firmwares). > > For like 2 or 3 years, I was unable to send emails from 9front for 2 > reasons. First, Runbox (my email provider) doesn't use imap.runbox.com and > smtp.runbox.com but only mail.runbox.com and the sha key is the same for > imap and smtp (so no error message the first time you send an email). > Secondo, Runbox doesn't allow aliases for the sender and force the use of > the primary email. Using the "From: myrealaddress" at the beginning of the > email did the trick. > > I didn't try to modify remotemail or anything, just because I didn't need > to (If it ain't broken, don't fix it) and didn't unterstood why I should. > > But now, it doesn't work anymore (see the screenshot). I guess it's because > the From:myrealaddress isn't catched by Runbox and the sender is perceived > as being Glenda. > > I'm sure the solution is very simple, like just adding something to a conf > file to force the primary email and I hope someone will feel compassionate > enough to help. > > Just to justify the fact that I'm not lazy but just incompetent, remember > me as plan6, the guy who "copy-pasted" 900 irc lines on cat-v a few months > ago (I just wanted to save the chat), or the one who asked why sysupdating > 9front took hours (because I didn't allow scrolling in the terminal). > > Anyway, thanks for reading. I am really proud and happy to be part of the > 9front community, even if I'm on the periphery. > > screenshot: > https://mega.nz/file/kwA0hahZ#O-XfJpKoEuj5cZtlYi-bp_--cYSqY0nXfjetgTAI8NA > > 9fans / 9fans / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink -- Ori Bernstein ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tbfd619a35f615d82-Me5353ad3c135f0c653b3b511 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
