From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
Subject: Re: help with posting style profile
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:31:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9bqos11qv.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SQPUg.78414$wg.49666@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>
On Wed, Oct 04 2006, cliff barnes wrote:
> I have in my .gnus file a line similar to this:
> '((".*"
>
> (name "cliff barnes")
> (organization "Wentworth Oil" ))
>
> However, although a Usenet posting will show the 'from' as 'cliff barnes',
> when the message is opened to be read, below the 'from' is a field called
> sender' - which actually shows the user name and host name of my pc!!
>
> My question is how can I set this to a null value or even another name -
> without of course changing my unix user account name.
,----[ (info "(gnus)Oort Gnus") ]
| New features in Gnus 5.10:
| [...]
| * Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically.
`----
If you can't upgrade, try adding (sender . disabled) to
`message-syntax-checks':
(eval-after-load "message"
'(add-to-list 'message-syntax-checks '(sender . disabled)))
> Problem 2:
[...]
> 1. alt.music
> (name "singer")
> (organization "record company"))
>
> 2. soc.culture.policy
> (name "presidential")
> (organization "white house"))
>
> 3. rec.arts.games
> (name "fun")
> (organization "cards"))
>
> Can you show me the right wording to make each of these unique example
> profiles automatically kick in whenever i post to one of these newsgroups?
> Ideally, i would like the default "." to work if i posted to any group other
> than these three.
(info "(gnus)Posting Styles"); <== Press C-x C-e here!
> Am I trying to use posting styles for something its not set up for???
No, this is exactly the purpose of posting styles.
Bye, Reiner.
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2006-10-04 14:48 cliff barnes
2006-10-04 15:49 ` Thomas Hühn
2006-10-04 16:31 ` Reiner Steib [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.7728.1159977757.9609.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2006-10-05 10:39 ` cliff barnes
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