[SOLVED] can username be specified in mutt EMAIL environment variable?

mfoley · 06-09-2021, 02:51 PM

With .muttrc, I can specify a sender as:

Code:

set from="Joe Blow <jblow@mydom.com>"
set use_from=yes

Without using .muttrc, I can specify the sender on the command line as:

Code:

EMAIL="jblow@mydom.com" mutt -s ...

The command line method shown does not show the sender's name (Joe Blow), but rather the delivered message has the name of the actual user sending the message. For example, if this message is sent from a .jsp app (tomcat) the sender name comes to the recipient as "Tomcat User".

Is there any way to override the user's name from the command line as can be done with .muttrc?

scasey · 06-09-2021, 03:14 PM

Been a long time since I used mutt…but try

Code:

EMAIL="Joe Blow <jblow@mydom.com>"

That format, as you’re using in .muttrc, is the standard for putting a realname with an email address.

mfoley · 06-10-2021, 11:17 AM

That worked! Thanks!