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Re: [PATCH] Allow send-hooks to effectively change $from and

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Roessler wrote:  [Mon Jul 09 2007, 07:26:21AM EDT]
> I'm not sure there's a significant use case in here that can't be
> solved with my_hdr.

I'd like to set my From address with this algorithm:
    - use reverse_name if possible
    - otherwise set the From address in a send-hook based on the
      recipient

There's no way to do this presently with mutt.  You can't tell in
a send-hook if reverse_name succeeded.  If you use my_hdr, you
override reverse_name.

Besides, the present behavior is silly. There's no reason that
send-hooks shouldn't be able to change $from and have it take effect
on the current message.

> That said, the way in which two pointers to the same ADDRESS
> structure are being used here is a recipe for later memory
> corruption.  Don't do these kinds of things.

I'll change it to a flag and repost.

Thanks,
Aron