Whats the purpose off user-mail-address ?

Whats the purpose off user-mail-address ?

[Pat Colbeck]

Hi

I am usinging posting styles and have noticed that changing the value
of "user-mail-address" does not cause a change in the "From:" address
people see in my E-mails. The compose mail buufer dutifully displays
"user-mail-address" as whatever I set it to but it doesnt actually
seem to do anything useful. If I add "address" to each stanza of my
posting styles then the From address is actually changed.

Anyone care to enlighten me on whats going on ?

Example posting styles below:-

This doesnt work

(setq gnus-posting-styles
	'((".*"
		(user-full-name "Pat Colbeck")
		(user-mail-address "pcolbeck@bashq.org")
		(signature-file "~/.signatures/bashq.sig"))
	  ("^nnmaildir:azlan"
	  	(user-full-name "Pat Colbeck")
		(user-mail-address "pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk")
		(signature-file "~/.signatures/azlan.sig"))

This does

(setq gnus-posting-styles
	'((".*"
		(user-full-name "Pat Colbeck")
		(user-mail-address "pcolbeck@bashq.org")
		(address "pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk")
		(signature-file "~/.signatures/bashq.sig"))
	  ("^nnmaildir:azlan"
	  	(user-full-name "Pat Colbeck")
		(user-mail-address "pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk")
		(address "pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk")
		(signature-file "~/.signatures/azlan.sig"))


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Re: Whats the purpose off user-mail-address ?

[Pat Colbeck]

I know it works if I set "address" as well, what I was trying to get
at is what is the purpose of "user-mail-address" when it doesnt set
the "From" field in the mail header ?

Pat

Matthieu Moy <MatthieuNOSPAM.Moy@imag.fr.invalid> writes:
> 
> Yes, posting styles is an alternate way to set the From field. 
> 
> > 		(user-full-name "Pat Colbeck")
>                 (name "Pat Colbeck")
> > 		(user-mail-address "pcolbeck@bashq.org")
>                 (address "pcolbeck@bashq.org")
> 
> This should work fine.
> 
> -- 
> Matthieu

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Re: Whats the purpose off user-mail-address ?

[Pat Colbeck]

Ahh the light dawns ...  So there is absolutely no point setting
"user-mail-address" to different things in each stanza of a posting
style, just use "address" instead.

Matthieu Moy <MatthieuNOSPAM.Moy@imag.fr.invalid> writes:
> > what is the purpose of "user-mail-address" when it doesnt set
> > the "From" field in the mail header ? 
> 
> It does, but only when you  don't use posting styles. If you do, then,
> user-mail-address is overridden.

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