How to display my name instead of my email?
Hi all I'm a new joiner. I have been trying to find a way to display my name or change my name from my email that is being shown. Is there a way to do this? Thanks ! Sam
Hello Sam K. Try using this format; "Sam K." <your email address> Just copy this complete string, from the leading " to the trailing > and paste the complete string into the email address field (To, cc) Hope this helps. Steve Petrie -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: [GTALUG] How to display my name instead of my email? DATE: 2025-08-01 11:00 FROM: Sam K via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> TO: talk@lists.gtalug.org Hi all I'm a new joiner. I have been trying to find a way to display my name or change my name from my email that is being shown. Is there a way to do this? Thanks ! Sam ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/N7URXB4...
Testing it... sending as - From: William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca> - To: talk@lists.gtalug.org - Cc: "William Park" <opengeometry@yahoo.ca> On 2025-08-01 11:10, Steve Petrie via Talk wrote:
*Hello Sam K.*
Try using this format;
*"Sam K." <your email address>*
Just copy this complete string, from the leading " to the trailing > and paste the complete string into the email address field (To, cc)
Hope this helps.
*Steve Petrie*
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Subject: [GTALUG] How to display my name instead of my email? Date: 2025-08-01 11:00 From: Sam K via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> To: talk@lists.gtalug.org
Hi all I'm a new joiner. I have been trying to find a way to display my name or change my name from my email that is being shown. Is there a way to do this? Thanks ! Sam ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org <mailto:Talk- unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org> Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org <mailto:talk@lists.gtalug.org> This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/ talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/N7URXB4ZMXM5RCJUIZ37QOHMXSF7W7LD/ <https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/ N7URXB4ZMXM5RCJUIZ37QOHMXSF7W7LD/>
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Hello Ron K. Testing this through GTA Talk seems too complicated. I don't know where the leading and trailing * came from -- not from me. Ron, I suggest you try sending a test email to my email address "Steve Petrie" <apetrie@aspetrie.net> Just use your "Ron K." <your email address> (no leading or trailing *). I will respond to your email. Then we can let the GTALUG list know the result. Steve Petrie -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: [GTALUG] Re: How to display my name instead of my email? DATE: 2025-08-01 15:35 FROM: This is a test of name plus angle brackets via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> TO: talk@lists.gtalug.org Steve Petrie via Talk wrote on 2025-08-01 08:10:
Try using this format;
*"Sam K." <your email address>*
Testing this format with a silly example: This is a test of name plus angle brackets <admin@bclug.ca> ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/MOBPLJS...
(Using Reply-All to include list...) Steve Petrie via Talk wrote on 2025-08-01 16:29:
I don't know where the leading and trailing * came from -- not from me.
I think that's how bold is represented in text mode. This is *emboldended* via leading and trailing asterisks: *bold*.
Ron, I suggest you try sending a test email to my email address *"Steve Petrie" <apetrie@aspetrie.net>*
Just use your *"Ron K." <your email address>* (no leading or trailing *).
I will respond to your email.
Done, using "Ron B NOT K <admin@bclug.ca>". Note the last message from me - check the From on that one: "This is a test of name plus angle brackets via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>" (I did say it was a silly test).
You're CC'ing to yourself, so what you got probably is that CC. The 'From:' field is still rewritten by the list. On 2025-08-04 15:49, Sam K via Talk wrote:
okay - so far so good.
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