Re: [Evolution] From: To: mismatch

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 11:07 +0200, mario chiari wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried a couple of things.
>
> Say that I receive a message from Joe, with From: Joe <joe joedomain tld> and
> To: myself <myself mydom tld>
>
> So, it seems that, if I 'edit as New Message' the message that I received from
> Joe,

What are you trying to achieve when you use "edit a New Message"?  It's
not a common action.

>  Evolution create a new message whose fields are filled as:
>
> From:<myself mydom tld> (shown as the selected option on the drop down menu)
> Name: Joe 
> Address:joe joedomain tld
> To: myself <myself mydom tld>
>
> If I overwrite the To: field with joe joedomain tld and  DO NOT erase Name and
> Address fields, the new message is shipped To:joe joedomain tld and From:
> joe joedomain tld

So you have the option "From Override Field" enabled in the composer
View menu and then think that the From field shouldn't be over-riden?

> Note, if I click on the drop down menu, the Name and Address field are updated
> too. 
>
> Actually, I do not know what those fields Name and Address are good for. 

Sender Override. 

> Feature, bug, misconfiguration? 

Misunderstood Feature.

P.