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Ben Gertzfield <wilwonka@imsa.edu> writes:

> *wavewave* Ack, I lost my .gnus, and I've fallen prey to the old
> problem where my "Sender" header guesses that my hostname is the same
> as the computer I'm at, instead of what I want it to be. 

You shouldn't care what your Sender: looks like.  It is From: that is
important, and yours looks fine.

There is no good reason to change the Sender: header.

> I want Gnus to know that my email is "wilwonka@imsa.edu" 

See the FAQ:

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/software/contrib/gnus/#Q2_16

-Justin