At 15:41 -0700 30 Oct 2001, Rob 'Feztaa' Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that what mail would look like with it off? I guess the reason I > don't have this problem has more to do with my mutt config than with my > postfix config! I had my_hdr's setting the From: and Reply-To: > headers, which would avoid that envelope_from problem altogether.
No, it wouldn't. When $envelope_from is not set (the default), using "my_hdr From:" will only set the From: header. Same for the $from setting. The contents of the Reply-To: header are totally irrelevant. The address that AOL and many other places check is the envelope sender. This is often placed in the the "From " (note the space) line of mbox folders, or possibly a Return-Path: header. If $envelope_from is set, mutt will attempt to use whatever address is in the From: header for this as well. If $envelope_from is not set, mutt relies on your MTA to choose the envelope sender address by itself. The intended use for $envelope_from is to allow people to fully vary the address that they use, especially for posting to mailing lists that check if the envelope sender is a subscriber. Working around broken MTA configs is only a somewhat nice side benefit. But, even with this it's still a good idea to fix the MTA config, since there may be other programs on your system that send mail. -- Aaron Schrab [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/ To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System.
