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
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Christoph Berg <cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, http://www.df7cb.de/
Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944
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