From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Abhiseck Paira Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Sent messages contain 'From nobody' header Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:44:31 +0530 Message-ID: <87sf1yjj9h.fsf@paira.in> References: <87r0hmxoel.fsf@benghancock.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4021"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.10.8; emacs 29.1 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Ben Hancock Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 12 07:21:59 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rZPhX-0000o8-8p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 07:21:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rZPgp-000806-Oo; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:21:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rZPgp-0007zy-0S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:21:15 -0500 Original-Received: from sxb1plsmtpa01-04.prod.sxb1.secureserver.net ([188.121.53.40]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rZPgm-0005ZC-UW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:21:14 -0500 Original-Received: from pandora ([42.105.142.125]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPSA id ZPgcrmh7i7comZPgerfQfp; Sun, 11 Feb 2024 23:21:06 -0700 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=VuiAAP2n c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=65c9b8d3 a=wHfb803sIDiH62MlfOLGPg==:117 a=wHfb803sIDiH62MlfOLGPg==:17 a=MKtGQD3n3ToA:10 a=1oJP67jkp3AA:10 a=4adj_qlB_sgA:10 a=8pif782wAAAA:8 a=nuRvO_x6AAAA:8 a=E85A3Br8Vp6suW9ODqIA:9 a=_DioumH-kVzLGqQUy6oN:22 X-SECURESERVER-ACCT: abhiseck@paira.in In-Reply-To: <87r0hmxoel.fsf@benghancock.com> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfMhebNOSNl8dMxQnR6ynpPCejeKGWx0QfIRYl6rpnn2XtRCn4wgJzLY2t7pFVgBmN7uwIvFEpOisFMlzJ0H13DHV6ePe2LR4sYbBcB5QmDRwahe9OQmb Rhk4XbwMX8WRavS66ByG4p3ozq+T5QZIoZhpII4r8GKVcWAIzhD9JRVaNHsgW4Y6Oj2emyzB8bEzn0DP+81B9rZGOKlGWnqCufE= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=188.121.53.40; envelope-from=abhiseck@paira.in; helo=sxb1plsmtpa01-04.prod.sxb1.secureserver.net X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:145917 Archived-At: 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."