[gentoo-user] Re: mutt question

[Moshe Kaminsky <kaminsky@math.huji.ac.il>]

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* David H. Askew <dhaskew@earthlink.net> [07/08/05 02:12]:
> 
> whenever I send an email with mutt to a mailing list, (like I am now),
> and I receive a copy of my own post, mutt displays the From: information
> different for my emails
> 
> example: 
> 
> 421   F Aug06 To dhaskew@eart test
> 
> I have set realname="myrealname" set in my .muttrc ....
> 
> is this a feature ?

Yes, it is. The idea is that usually you know you've sent the message, 
and it is more useful to see who you sent it to. This is controlled by 
the 'index_format' option. You probably have an %F there. You can change 
to %f or %n if you don't like it.

Moshe
> 
> can I make these emails look like the others ? ... with proper names
> 
> any help would be appreciated ...
> 
> 
> 
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