Re: folder-hook evaluation when invoked with email address
* Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [07-24-06 12:37]:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:10:48PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [07-20-06 17:47]:
> > > When invoking mutt with an email address as in when it is used as an
> > > external MUA for mailto: URLs (i.e.: mutt asdf@xxxxxxxx), how can I
> > > get mutt to evaluate folder-hooks? I would like it to evaluate the
> > > hooks for a particular folder if possible (by doing mutt -f uunet
> > > asdf@xxxxxxxx), but it doesn't seem to even evaluate the default
> > > folder-hooks when invoked in this fashion ....
> >
> > Don't know how you would get mutt to evaluate folder-hooks when mutt in
> > not in a "mail" folder. IIAC, you are invoking mutt in a single
> > purpose atmosphere.
> >
> > Now, it might be possible to have your "mailto:"; call a script instead
> > of mutt, and have mutt opened in a specific folder (mutt -y <folder>)
> > and supply the to: address with a variable....
>
> Well, what I'm trying to get it to do at a minimum is to set the From:
> address and the PGP signature correctly. These are done in the default
> folder-hooks in my muttrc, but mutt seems to ignore them in this case
> when invoked with a recipient address on the command line. Do you see
> what I mean?
Completely and I offered the only possible (?) solution that comes to
mind. Did you try it?
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