ls -al .pinerc
will show the
file on a Unix or Linux system).
If you are using Pine 4.0 or later (when you first start Pine, you will see
the version number at the top of the Pine screen), you can gain the capability
to change the "from" address by adding allow-changing-from
to your
feature-list and modifying the customized-hdrs
line in your Pine
configuration file. The option to modify the allow-changing-from
setting isn't available through the configuration screens within Pine, you
have to edit your pinerc file, which defaults to .pinerc on Unix and Linux
systems and pinerc in PC-Pine for Windows systems. But, if you are using Pine
4.30 or later, you don't even have to add this line, since, starting with Pine
4.30, the allow-changing-from
option defaults to on, unless your
system administrator has configured it to default to off.
As as example, here is the feature list section from a .pinerc file prior to the change:
# List of features; see Pine's Setup/options menu for the current set.
# e.g. feature-list= select-without-confirm, signature-at-bottom
# Default condition for all of the features is no-.
feature-list=enable-full-header-cmd
To enable modification of the "from" address, add a comma to the end of the last option listed, i.e. "feature-list=enable-full-header-cmd" in this case and put "allow-changing-from" on the line beneath it. There must be a comma between features in your feature-list and there cannot be any blank lines. The section above would now appear as shown below:
# List of features; see Pine's Setup/options menu for the current set.
# e.g. feature-list= select-without-confirm, signature-at-bottom
# Default condition for all of the features is no-.
feature-list=enable-full-header-cmd,
allow-changing-from
Again, the above step shouldn't be needed, if you are using Pine 4.30 or later. But you need to modify the customized-hdrs line in the .pinerc file, whether you are using a version prior to 4.30 or after 4.30. As an example, the line in a .pinerc file is shown below prior to making the needed change:
# Add these customized headers (and possible default values) when composing
customized-hdrs=
Modify the line to include what you want to appear as the default "from" address. Let's suppose my name is John Smith and my address is John.M.Smith@overtherainbow.com. I could make the change to customized-hdrs as shown below:
# Add these customized headers (and possible default values) when composing
customized-hdrs=From: John Smith <John.M.Smith@overtherainbow.com>
When you start Pine and compose a new message now, you will still see the header lines you saw before when you composed a new message, i.e. as shown below:
To :
Cc :
Attchmnt:
Subject :
----- Message Text -----
But, if you hit the Ctrl and R keys simultaneously to display "Rich Headers", you will now see the following:
From : John Smith <John.M.Smith@overtherainbow.com>
To :
Cc :
Bcc :
Newsgrps:
Fcc : sent-mail
Lcc :
Attchmnt:
Subject :
----- Message Text -----
The "from" address you see above would be the default "from" address whenever you send a message. You don't need to hit Ctrl-R to display it, unless you want to modify it. By hitting Ctrl-R you can change the "from" address from its new default value to anything you wish.
Created: March 31, 2005