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Re: wrong from field with alpine

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On 2020-10-18, Pierre Frenkiel <p.frenkiel@laposte.net> wrote:
> hi,
>
> when I send a mail with alpine, the from field becomes 
> "frenkiel@laposte.net" instead of "p.frenkiel@laposte.net"
>
> An obvious consequence is that people can't reply to this mail
>
> that looks like an alpine bug. I'll then make a bug report, unless 
> somebody tells me what I'm doing wrong.

I believe the default local-part of the From address in Alpine is
derived (as is the default personal name part) from the system password
file (user login name). Pressing S (SETUP) in the main menu, then C
(CONFIG) and adding the From value desired to the Customized Headers
field should provide a satisfactory solution:

  From: Pierre Frenkiel <p.frenkiel@laposte.net>

Then again, if memory serves, it often appears in your always very
individual case whatever is suggested either doesn't work, or even if it
does, turns out somehow to be suboptimal. YMISTV (Your Mileage
Invariably Seems To Vary).

:-)

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wrong from field with alpine Pierre Frenkiel <p.frenkiel@laposte.net> - 2020-10-18 22:30 +0200
  Re: wrong from field with alpine David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-18 23:10 +0200
  Re: wrong from field with alpine Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-10-19 15:40 +0200
  Re: wrong from field with alpine davidson@freevolt.org - 2020-10-21 09:40 +0200
    Re: wrong from field with alpine davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-10-23 02:50 +0200
  Re: wrong from field with alpine davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-10-21 09:40 +0200
    Re: wrong from field with alpine Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2020-10-21 20:30 +0200
      Re: wrong from field with alpine David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-21 23:20 +0200
        Re: wrong from field with alpine Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2020-10-22 09:50 +0200

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