Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!argv From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush Subject: Re: eh? help with reply address mangling Message-ID: <143618@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 11 Oct 90 05:48:24 GMT References: <2648@naucse.cse.nau.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: O'Reilly && Associates Lines: 28 In article <2648@naucse.cse.nau.edu> sbw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Steve Wampler) writes: > In the list of mail messages, there is (for example), a mail message > with the display (curses mode): > > 11 U foobar%saab.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET Oct 3 13:57 (42/1536) Junk > attempting to reply to this message gives the return address: > > RELAY.CS.NET!saa!foobar does it really chop off the 'b' from saab? > I know the header the address > is coming from is: > > >From: Foobar Sam It looks as tho your reply_to_hdr isn't set up to read from the From: line. It could be that another header is supplying the info. For example, the From_ line or the Return-Path: header is notorious for being incorrect. to get the header you want (From: in this case), you should: set reply_to_hdr = From The question is, what is its value when you're having this problem? -- dan ---------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly && Associates argv@sun.com / argv@ora.com Opinions expressed reflect those of the author only.