Re: summary buffer format for archives

[Tassilo Horn]

Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Richard,

>> It means that it's normally the from unless it's a message sent by
>> you.  In that case it's something like
>>
>>     -> to@foobar.invalid
>>
>> or
>>
>>     => news.group.you.posted.in
>
> Hmm, that was not my observation. Possibly something not right as a
> result of posting-styles? I should look into it.

This plays together with ignored from addresses.  See the manual:

,----[ (info "(gnus)To From Newsgroups") ]
|   3. The `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' variable says when the `%f'
|      summary line spec returns the `To', `Newsreader' or `From' header.
|      If this regexp matches the contents of the `From' header, the
|      value of the `To' or `Newsreader' headers are used instead.
| 
|      To distinguish regular articles from those where the `From' field
|      has been swapped, a string is prefixed to the `To' or `Newsgroups'
|      header in the summary line.  By default the string is `-> ' for
|      `To' and `=> ' for `Newsgroups', you can customize these strings
|      with `gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'.
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Bye,
Tassilo