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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:02:09 -0400
From: Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp rewriting "From:" in emails...
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 09:00:02PM +0200, Jarry wrote:
> 
> btw, I find /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf a little confusing:
> 
> # Set this to never rewrite the "From:" line (unless not given) and to
> # use that address in the "from line" of the envelope.
> #FromLineOverride=YES
> 
> I always thought if a value in config file is commented out,
> it is a default value. So I never tried to uncomment it...
>

I always thought that too, until just the other day when it 
happened that simply uncommenting a line in privoxy's config 
fixed a problem for me. I always thought the commented out 
lines were set to default values before that. Pretty sure 
*most* are, but apparently not all. Who knew?

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