From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
Subject: Re: posting name in summary buffer
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:50:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ivhgbnd.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bqkuf954.fsf@fukaolx15.rish.kuins.net>
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:29:59 +0900, Gernot wrote:
> I am confused and don't know what to look for. The problem is that in
> my own posts in a group I see an arrow and the name of the group in
> the summary buffer where I expect to see my own name for the post I
> made. I don't know what that field is called. In the manual it seems
> to be called "the name from the From header".
Perhaps changing the variable gnus-ignored-from-addresses will be of
use to you?
,----[ C-h v gnus-ignored-from-addresses RET ]
| `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' is a variable declared in Lisp.
| -- loaded from "gnus-sum"
|
| Value: "\\(asjo\\|adam\\)@\\(koldfront.dk\\|asjo.org\\|diku.dk\\)"
|
| Documentation:
| *Regexp of From headers that may be suppressed in favor of To headers.
`----
If you do not set it, it defaults to your user-mail-address, which
probably explains this:
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:46:38 +0900, Gernot wrote:
> Urgh, extra information: when I read gnus from another machine, I see
> my name properly endered in my own posted previously made from the
> machine in which I do not see my own posts.
What you've hit is a feature.
Perhaps it makes the most sense in email - seeing the name of the
recipient for emails you sent yourself is more valuable information
than what your own name is; presumably you are aware of that :-)
Best regards,
Adam
--
"Subdued flamboyance" Adam Sjøgren
asjo@koldfront.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-20 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-20 7:29 Gernot Hassenpflug
2007-01-20 10:46 ` Gernot Hassenpflug
2007-01-20 11:50 ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
2007-01-20 13:54 ` Gernot Hassenpflug
2007-01-20 23:07 ` Martin Jørgensen
2007-01-21 0:11 ` Adam Sjøgren
2007-01-21 10:36 ` Martin Jørgensen
2007-01-21 11:13 ` Charles philip Chan
2007-01-21 12:47 ` Adam Sjøgren
2007-01-21 15:25 ` Springfield
2007-01-21 20:34 ` Adam Sjøgren
2007-01-23 7:59 ` Martin Jørgensen
2007-01-23 17:33 ` Adam Sjøgren
2007-01-24 14:52 ` Martin Jørgensen
2007-01-24 15:33 ` David Z Maze
2007-01-24 21:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2007-01-23 8:07 ` Martin Jørgensen
2007-01-21 0:06 ` Adam Sjøgren
2007-01-20 12:33 ` Reiner Steib
2007-01-22 4:18 ` Gernot Hassenpflug
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