Question : Question about "mutt" vs "mail"

When I send an email from my linux box, within a script, for instance, -- If I use "mail" to send the email, it included my email in the "from" line.

Sending an email with "mutt" on the same box, does not.  (It just has my name and then "<>"
(see below)


when sent with mutt "from" line looks like this
From: Ben Beetle <>

when sent with mail "from" line looks like this
From: Ben Beetle

Can anyone tell me why this is, and how I can fix it.


FYI: my server is running RedHat ES3.  Let me know if you need any more details.


More details from headers......
When sent using "mutt" this is what shows below the date line in the headers

From: Ben Beetle <>
To: [email protected]
Subject: test 11
Message-ID: <20080808224123.GA8838@TCTRSRVL2>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i


When sent using "mail" this is what shows below the date line in the headers

From: Ben Beetle
Message-Id: <200808082239.m78Md8NK008769@localhost.localdomain>
To: [email protected]
Subject: test 10

Answer : Question about "mutt" vs "mail"

Edit the file ~/.muttrc and make sure the line:

set [email protected]