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clemens fischer <ino@despammed.com> wrote:
> i'm still not sure why gnus can't set the envelope sender in the
> posting styles, or why setting Return-Path doesn't make qmail-inject
> use its value for the sender.

You never showed us a configuration that fails; you've only showed us
your workarounds.

> btw, i think i never really answered kai's hint to use group-local
> variables for this kind of thing:

Kai actually said "I think you can set local variables from posting
styles."  But I think he was indeed thinking of group parameters.


paul