Re: To mutt in <20040119101709.GB1701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > More verbose, reverse_name and friends work only if the message is "To:" > you (or "Cc:"). Mutt can't look at every header that your MTA could use > to indicate which address message went to (Delivered-To, grepping > Received... - the former seems to be used by qmail, postfix and/or > mailman). > > It might be worthwile though to update the documentation to be more > precise about what mutt does with $alternates. Here's a patch: diff -ur ../MUTT/mutt/init.h ./init.h --- ../MUTT/mutt/init.h 2004-01-05 19:49:00.000000000 +0100 +++ ./init.h 2004-01-19 13:16:43.000000000 +0100 @@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ ** .pp ** A regexp that allows you to specify \fIalternate\fP addresses where ** you receive mail. This affects Mutt's idea about messages from you - ** and addressed to you. + ** and addressed to you. Mutt looks at the \fITo:\fP and \fICc:\fP headers + ** in the latter case; this option does not recognize Bcc'ed mail. */ { "arrow_cursor", DT_BOOL, R_BOTH, OPTARROWCURSOR, 0 }, /* @@ -2116,8 +2117,13 @@ ** move the messages to another machine, and reply to some the messages ** from there. If this variable is set, the default \fIFrom:\fP line of ** the reply messages is built using the address where you received the - ** messages you are replying to. If the variable is unset, the + ** messages you are replying to. The address has to match $$alternates. + ** If the variable is unset, the ** \fIFrom:\fP line will use your address on the current machine. + ** .pp + ** \fBNote:\fP you cannot use $$reverse_name to set the \fIFrom:\fP line + ** for replies to mailing lists. See send-hook and folder-hook for ways + ** to accomplish that. */ { "reverse_realname", DT_BOOL, R_BOTH, OPTREVREAL, 1 }, /* Christoph -- Christoph Berg <cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, http://www.df7cb.de/ Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944
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