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Subject: mail-sources POP sets envelop from to :server, breaks stuff
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I was subscribing to a mailing list and wondered why it didn't work,
acted like the address I was coming from was wrong.  Upon further
investigation, it was setting the SMTP envelop From to "chris@hq.nasa.gov".
Turns out it was getting this from a recently added mail-sources
clause, which I recently added to get my mail via POP from my work:

(setq
 mail-sources '((maildir	:plugged	t) ; qmail ~/Maildir/ default
		(file		:path		"/home/chris/Mailbox"
				:plugged	t) ; qmail mbox (NOT maildir)
		(directory	:path		"/home/chris/newsfish/"
				:suffix		""
				:plugged	t)
		;; Seems to set envelop FROM to chris@mail.hq.nasa.gov
		;(pop		:server		"mail.hq.nasa.gov"
		;		:user		"cshenton"
		;		:password	"don'task"
		;		:authentication	'apop)
		)

Interestingly it did NOT set the envelop From addr to be
"cshenton@mail.hq.nasa.gov", but "chris" (my local box with Gnus
account).

Why is it doing this? How can I prevent it?

I'm guessing it expects that if I use POP, I'd have to use an address
on the POP server's domain to relay mail.  But in this case I'm
slurping mail from multiple sources, not sending it out via POP.

Suggestions?