* Sent messages contain 'From nobody' header
@ 2024-02-09 4:16 Ben Hancock
2024-02-12 6:14 ` Abhiseck Paira
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From: Ben Hancock @ 2024-02-09 4:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi fellow Emacs users,
I compose mail in message-mode, and I set a default value for the FCC
header (to "~/mail/sent.rmail") to keep a copy of my sent messages.
On inspecting my sent messages -- either using rmail, or just viewing
the file as plain text -- I notice that each is prepended with a header
that looks like the following:
From nobody Thu Feb 8 08:23:10 2024
The "From:" header (with a colon) is formed correctly; I have set the
variables user-full-name and user-mail-address. I am using the smtp
library to send mail, and as far as I can tell, this "From nobody"
header is not transmitted to the recipient. At least, it is not present
on inspecting messages I have sent myself.
This puzzles me. I have tried setting the EMAIL environment variable,
and setting the Emacs variable smtp-mail-address as well, with no
effect; the "From nobody" header still appears in my sent mail file.
What could be causing this?
Regards,
Ben
--
"In nature, we find no deficiency in respect of time,
nor any limitation with regard to power."
--- James Hutton, Theory of the Earth
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* Re: Sent messages contain 'From nobody' header
2024-02-09 4:16 Sent messages contain 'From nobody' header Ben Hancock
@ 2024-02-12 6:14 ` Abhiseck Paira
2024-02-12 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Abhiseck Paira @ 2024-02-12 6:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ben Hancock; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Hi,
> On inspecting my sent messages -- either using rmail, or just
> viewing
> the file as plain text -- I notice that each is prepended with a
> header
> that looks like the following:
> From nobody Thu Feb 8 08:23:10 2024
This looks like part of the Mbox format specification. Email
readers use this "From " line to determine the start of a new
message. See the Wikipedia article[1] for details.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
Now, about how to modify this, I don't know.
--
Abhiseck Paira (https://paira.in)
"Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is
sovereign."
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* Re: Sent messages contain 'From nobody' header
2024-02-12 6:14 ` Abhiseck Paira
@ 2024-02-12 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2024-02-12 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: Abhiseck Paira <abhiseck@paira.in>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:44:31 +0530
>
> > On inspecting my sent messages -- either using rmail, or just
> > viewing
> > the file as plain text -- I notice that each is prepended with a
> > header
> > that looks like the following:
>
> > From nobody Thu Feb 8 08:23:10 2024
>
> This looks like part of the Mbox format specification. Email
> readers use this "From " line to determine the start of a new
> message. See the Wikipedia article[1] for details.
The "From " part is the mbox format spec, but the "nobody" part isn't.
I use sendmail.el, not message.el, and it puts my address after
"From", not "nobody". I guess message.el doesn't bother, or maybe
this is somehow triggered by the OP's email setup.
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