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Hints and Tips regarding the "pine" mail program
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How do I change my 'From:' line?

From pine FAQ 9.5    http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/config.html#9.5

In Pine's [M]AIN MENU, choose [S]etup, then [C]onfig. Move down to the
customized-hdrs option. Press "A Add Value". Use the format:

        From: "My Real Name" <myusername@domain.edu>

Note: You may wish to configure default-composer-hdrs so you can easily change
the From: line when composing new messages. The process is the same as adding
to the customized-hdrs entry. If you use this setting, remember that you must
specify all the headers you want to see; simply changing the value to From:
will make From: your only visible header.

Press Return to accept the change, and "E Exit Setup".

Beginning with Pine 4.30, changing of the From: value is allowed by default.

For Pine releases pre-4.30: If you go to COMPOSE MESSAGE and get the error:

              [Not allowed to change header "From"]

then you, if you are installing Pine yourself, or your systems administrator
(if users changing their From lines does not violate your site's policy) will
have to recompile Pine.

Note: Changing the "From:" line may not give you the anonymity you desire,
since the "Sender:" or "X-Sender:" line may still include your entire email
address.

In Pine 4.00 through Pine 4.21, users can add allow-changing-from to the
feature-list in their pinerc file (by editing the file, not via SETUP
CONFIGURATION); recompiling is not necessary.

See also Pine FAQ 11.12   What do I need to do when compiling PINE to let
users change their "From:" line?

A thorough guide concerning this subject is available at infinite ink by Nancy
Mcough at the URL:   http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/changing_from/

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