bouncing email and "from" address

[Peter Flynn]

On 24/07/2024 17:06, hymie! via Mutt-users wrote
> My .muttrc has this line in it
> my_hdr From: hymie! <hymie at nasalinux.net>
> so that all of my outgoing email has the correct email address.
> 
> However .. when I use the "bounce" feature, mutt is not using my From:
> header.  It's generating a From: address using the actual name of the
> individual host, hymie at alfred.nasalinux.net , and I don't want it to
> do that.

My understanding is that this EXACTLY NOT the behaviour of 'b'. I used 
to use 'b' a lot in client support, when someone would email me with a 
query that should really be dealt with by someone else. So it should 
work like Forward, but it explicitly NOT mess with the headers, and 
preserve the original sender, so that the recipient is completely 
unaware that it has been "rerouted" through my mailbox. The most 
important thing is that when they reply the reply CORRECTLY goes back to 
the person who send it. With Forward, the reply would come back to me, 
which would be completely pointless.

Why yours is creating a different address is a mystery to me.

P