Re: [Evolution] Setting the "from address" in evolution?

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 22:28, Not Zed wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 11:21 -0500, Sudhakar Govindavajhala wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 02:34, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 23:43 -0500, sudhakar CS Princeton EDU wrote:
> > > > Now, **each** time I send a mail I would like to be able to change the
> > > > > From field accordingly.  Is there a way I can do it in evolution?
> > > > Obviously doing this in settings is not an option. (It is a pain to do it.
> > > > But for research, it is worth the pain.)
> > >
> > > Tools->Accounts->New
> > >
> > > Create an account with the email address you want, set the SMTP but
> > > leave the incoming server info blank.  When you are composing an email,
> > > use the From: drop-down to select the email address you want this
> > > particular email to be from.
> >
> > Nah.   that is not what I want.   I want to be able to use lets say 100
> > different addresses. In the solution you proposed, I will have to use
> > 100 different settings.  A pain. All I want is to be able to type my
> > email address, the way you type a recipient address.
>
> You should just write a script to make and send the mail directly, not
> use a client.

There's a Perl script out there which you could use (directly
or as the basis for a wrapper). I've found it useful on occasion
when I want to mail myself a file from a remote machine and just
have access to a command line. It's called sendEmail and you can
find it at:

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

poc