Re: mutt/2430: mutt group aliases behave inconsistently
The following reply was made to PR mutt/2430; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mutt Developers <mutt-dev@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: mutt/2430: mutt group aliases behave inconsistently
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:18:35 -0400
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On Monday, August 21 at 03:22 AM, quoth Michael Tatge:
>> If you create a group alias, like so:
>> alias friends All My Friends <a@xxxxx>, <b@xxxxx>, <c@xxxxx>
>> then when composing a message to that group, the "to" list shows up
>> like this:
>> All My Friends <a@xxxxx>, b@xxxxx, c@xxxxx - note that the wockas (<>)
>> have been removed from the subsequent addresses.
>> it's kinda weird
>
>So it removes the unneeded <>. Why is that weird?
Because it's unexpected.
>Note that <> are only needed when you have a real name part.
>so a@xxxxx is fine
>some guy <a@xxxxx> <> needed. Consequently mutt removes the unnecessary
>brackets.
It's not *wrong*, I'll grant you. It's just unexpected. Perhaps it=20
should merely be documented...
--- muttrc.man.head.old 2006-08-20 22:07:38.000000000 -0400
+++ muttrc.man.head 2006-08-20 22:17:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@
.IP
-\fBalias\fP defines an alias \fIkey\fP for the given addresses.
+\fBalias\fP defines an alias \fIkey\fP for the given addresses. Each
+\fIaddress\fP will be resolved into either an email address (user@example.=
com)
+or a named email address (User Name <user@xxxxxxxxxxx>). The address may b=
e specified in either format, or in the format \(lquser@xxxxxxxxxxx (User
+Name)\(rq.
\fBunalias\fP removes the alias corresponding to the given \fIkey\fP or
>> For most MTA's, this is merely a cosmetic issue
>
>For every mta it ought to be cosmetic. Otherwise it's a hughe bug.
>rfc822
Fair enough.
~Kyle
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