Subject: Mutt's alias file
Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:24:55AM -0400
In reply to:Cancer Omega
Quoting Cancer Omega([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I have the following in my .muttrc :
> set alias_file=~/.mail_aliases
>
> and the following in my ~/.mail_aliases :
> alias debian-user Debian User List <[email protected]>
>
> Now, when I fire up Mutt and send an email to "debian-user", exim sends it
> right back to me, complaining that the local user "debian-user" doesn't exist.
>
> What am I doing wrong ?
>From the above, nothing, it looks correct. Here is what your
header looks like on _this mail_
"
From: Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: guran remberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: debian -newcomerII
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"
I don't see anything wrong with mutt. Except that you should wrap your
test at about 72 characters. I would look into whats going on with
exim.
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