Re: a few questions about the initial setup of gnus

[xtd8865@gmail.com (.Martin.)]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:01:03 +0000, .Martin. wrote:
>
>> There's one more thing that puzzles me. Whenever I post something, in 
>> the main window which lists a group topics it doesn't show my name, 
>> just the name of the usegroup (unlike with other people's posts).
>
> Why does this puzzle you? :-)
>
> Seeing to whom/what you sent something is usually more interesting than
> your own name.
>
> Check out the variable gnus-ignored-from-addresses:
>
> ,----[ C-h v gnus-ignored-from-addresses RET ]
> | `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' is a variable declared in Lisp.
> |   -- loaded from "gnus-sum"
> | 
> | Value: ... elided ...
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | *From headers that may be suppressed in favor of To headers.
> | This can be a regexp or a list of regexps.
> `----


Thanks Adam,

Well, does it mean that it's normal? I mean, it's not the case of
my invalid settings?
I'll check the variable. Thanks


>
>> The other thing is how could I set it up so that my email address
>> wouldn't appear in the header (or I could write a dummy email there)
>
> Please don't, it is annoying and a waste of time.
>
> But since you have set user-mail-address in your configuration, I guess
> you can quickly see how to change it?

Oh, I thought user-mail-address is directly linked to my ability to post
messages.


-- 
regards

.Martin.