From: Gernot Hassenpflug <gernot@mb3.seikyou.ne.jp>
Subject: Re: posting name in summary buffer
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:54:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hculztun.fsf@mb3.seikyou.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877ivhgbnd.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk>
>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:
Adam> 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".
Adam> Perhaps changing the variable gnus-ignored-from-addresses
Adam> will be of use to you?
Adam> ,----[ C-h v gnus-ignored-from-addresses RET ] |
Adam> `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' is a variable declared in
Adam> Lisp. | -- loaded from "gnus-sum"
Adam> |
Adam> | Value:
Adam> "\\(asjo\\|adam\\)@\\(koldfront.dk\\|asjo.org\\|diku.dk\\)"
Adam> |
Adam> | Documentation: | *Regexp of From headers that may be
Adam> suppressed in favor of To headers. `----
Hello Adam,
Many thanks,
I checked this variable, and indeed, it was not set. Setting it to
ignore my own addresses solved the "problem". (Not knowing what is
going on is a problem)
Adam> If you do not set it, it defaults to your user-mail-address,
Adam> which probably explains this:
Adam> 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.
Adam> What you've hit is a feature.
Adam> Perhaps it makes the most sense in email - seeing the name
Adam> of the recipient for emails you sent yourself is more
Adam> valuable information than what your own name is; presumably
Adam> you are aware of that :-)
Hah, your explanation makes perfect sense, even to a thcky like yours
truly who shrivels at the mere sight of lisp code.
Many thanks once again,
Gernot
--
G Hassenpflug
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-20 13:54 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
2007-01-20 13:54 ` Gernot Hassenpflug [this message]
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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