Re: [Evolution] Arbitrary (way to modify) 'From' when composing

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On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 06:17, evolution-admin ximian com wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Arbitrary (way to modify) 'From' when composing
> From: Peter Williams <peterw ximian com>
> To: evolution ximian com
> Organization: Ximian, Inc.
> Date: 12 Jul 2002 15:56:01 -0400
>
> On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 15:23, Brad Felmey wrote:
> > I have everything to my personal domain forwarded to a single account.
> > That way I can use ebay mydomain tld, amazon mydomain tld,
> > evolution-hackers mydomain tld and so forth on the fly, and still only
> > have one Inbox. I want to be able to see when SPAM arrives where it was
> > addressed so I can see who is leaking. It is a ridiculous waste of time
> > for me to create mail accounts every single time I enter my email
> > address somewhere online (and I do it a LOT).
>
> In this case, you don't need a separate account to get the mail. You
> don't need a separate account to read the mail. You DO need a separate
> account to send mail that claims to come from that address, and I don't
> see why you'd ever need to do that here.

I don't see why there's such a fuss - how about something like 'Use X
SMTP method when altering From-line'?

I know of at least five other people who do exactly the same thing with
their mail clients. It's about the only major flaw I've found in
evolution.