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 weirdSo 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 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@xxxxxxxxxxx) +or a named email address (User Name <user@xxxxxxxxxxx>). The address may be 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 issueFor every mta it ought to be cosmetic. Otherwise it's a hughe bug. rfc822
Fair enough. ~Kyle --No, I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
-- George H. W. Bush, August 27, 1987
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