Re: pattern groups, v3
On 2006-07-17 16:23:02 +0200, Michael Tatge wrote:
> A few thoughts:
> - a group expando to $alias_format or even a general group expando would
> be great.
> I dream of »save-hook '%C %g | %f %g' =%g« where %g expands to all
> groups loopwise.
Sounds interesting.
> - a way to send mail to all members of a group is missing.
> The traditional way would be a group alias listing all members
> manually. now that the group is already there that's sort of
> inelegant.
> So either a way to say »alias group_alias [all members of group foo]«
> or a way to say "expand groupmembers here" in a to: etc prompt.
> Maybe To: #groupname?
The notion of "all members of a group" is a bit problematic,
since groups can include both addreses and regular expressions
that are matched against addresses. As soon as regular
expressions get into the game, mutt simply can't enumerate all
addresses that are relevant.
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