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Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers?

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On 14/05/2021 13:14, Darac Marjal wrote:
> 
> On 14/05/2021 11:44, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> For the lack of a dedicated Thunderbird mailing list, I am forced to
>> ask here.
>>
>> I am using Debian Buster. I have set up a custom header (X-no-archive)
>> using this guide:
>> https://www.lifewire.com/arbitrary-custom-heading-email-thunderbird-1173089
>>
>>
>> It works fine, but I have to click on the double arrows (top right)
>> all the time and then type "Yes"
>>
>> Is there a way to have this header with a default value "Yes" attached
>> to all outgoing messages automatically?
>>
>> My guess is it is probably not possible, but you never know. Thanks.
> 
> One way to do this would be to run your own Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
> such as exim, postfix etc. This would become the SMTP server to which
> Thunderbird passes the message. You would configure the MTA to add the
> required header and then forward all messages to the next SMTP  erver
> (which is probably your ISP's SMTP server). This MTA could, conceivably,
> run on the same host as Thunderbird (e.g. a laptop).
> 
> For postfix, for example, you would read
> http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.htm to get started.
> The header addition would be achieved either with PREPEND header_check
> (http://www.postfix.org/header_checks.5.html) or by configuring the
> AlterMIME milter (http://www.postfix.org/header_checks.5.html) in the
> case that you feel like you might want to do more mail manipulation later.
> 

Thanks. But there is a problem with that. I also need the 
"X-no-archive:yes" for Usenet posts.

I'm actually posting this through Gmane and having my own smtp server 
won't do the job.


-- 
Ottavio Caruso

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Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-14 12:50 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-05-14 14:20 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-14 17:10 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2021-05-14 18:40 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-14 21:20 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-05-15 08:50 +0200
        Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-15 09:50 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-05-15 10:10 +0200
  Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-15 06:50 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-15 10:10 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-15 10:20 +0200
      Re: Thunderbird: how can I set permanent custom headers? Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2021-05-15 10:20 +0200

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