From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16476 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Les Harris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Posting Styles & Sending Email Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:16:25 -0700 Organization: lesharris.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375665622 32323 80.91.229.3 (5 Aug 2013 01:20:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:20:22 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 05 03:20:24 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V69TE-0006y8-CD for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:20:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48940 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V69TD-000287-Si for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:20:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47476) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V69T4-00026x-DI for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V69Sx-0003Rw-1g for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:20:14 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V69Sw-0003Ph-Rd for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:20:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V69St-00068f-Ny for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:20:03 +0200 Original-Received: from c-67-183-203-174.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.183.203.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:20:03 +0200 Original-Received: from lharris by c-67-183-203-174.hsd1.wa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:20:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-183-203-174.hsd1.wa.comcast.net X-Face: X-Face|%4KI#W/E.D'"lc~N*Pq8SxA_Y{M+7y4]&d3R$:xoXY`b%$4aZa-0; <6!][&7qTL^/\{h List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:16476 Archived-At: I've been using Gnus for a while now and there's one thing that I can't seem to figure out/quash. I use posting styles for the usual reasons and have one setup using "^nn.+:" to handle the signatures/etc for sending email. The only problem I have is the case where I'm not replying to an email message but composing a new one. In this case Gnus matches my catchall default style ".*" which is what I use for general usenet posting and is not appropriate for my emails. Furthermore, my SMTP server will not accept mails from me unless the 'From:' field is a valid email address associated with my account (which my default style is certainly not on purpose.) What's the best way to make sending an email use my mail posting style? Message mode hook? Am I just using posting styles incorrectly? Any help appreciated! -- Ceci n'est pas une witty observation.