Re: unknown sender

[Sven Joachim]

On 2008-05-15 18:49 +0200, mezzenger@comcast.net wrote:

> I have installed the latest emacs and set up email using vm.  I can send and 
> receive email, but the "from" field is blank in mail received from me.  I 
> need to know where the from field is set.
>
> Here is the email portion of my dot emacs file:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;; Mail
> ;; SMTP
> (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.comcast.net")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
>            '(("smtp.comcast.net" 587 "my_username" "my_password")))
> (setq user-mail-address "mezzenger@comcast.net")
> (setq user-full-name "Alvin Smith")
> (setq mail-default-reply-to "mezzenger@comcast.net)
>
> ;;POP3
> (setq vm-pop-folder-alist
>       '(
>         ("pop:mail.comcast.net:110:pass:my_username:my_password" "Comcast")
>       )) 
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> What am I missing?

I think you need to change the mail-from-style variable, possibly to
'angles.  This is actually the default in stock Emacs, but in a
Debian-patched Emacs it is set to 'system-default.  The latter is fine
if you use an MTA that writes the From: field for you, but not with
smtpmail.

Sven