Re: folder-hook in my .muttrc doesn't work

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Monday, June  2 at 12:29 PM, quoth Rudolf Bahr:
>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'set use_from=no'
>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'unmy_hdr *'
>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'my_hdr     From: thats-me@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'

Those three should work fine.

>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'my_hdr       To: lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'my_hdr      Fcc: 
>=fanciulla/lisa'

Those two won't do anything (well... they will, but not what you 
expect). First of all, every time you compose a message, mutt asks you 
who the recipient is. Setting a To: header ahead of time doesn't 
change that, so whatever To: header you had set before will get 
overwritten. Secondly, the Fcc: setting isn't a *header*, it's a 
*setting* (that mutt displays in the compose screen as if it was a 
header). Here's how you'd do it the "right" way:

     folder-hook +fanciulla/lisa 'set record="=fanciulla/lisa"'

>folder-hook     +fanciulla/lisa       'my_hdr Reply-To: 
>thats-me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

That's another one that mutt often generates at compose-time (just 
like the "To:" header) and overwrites any previous settings. For 
example, mutt obeys the environment variable REPLYTO.

> Hopelessly, it doesn't work. if I answer to an e-mail in this 
> folder, I still allways have to correct some of the header fields. 

*answer* email (r), as opposed to compose new email (m)? If you're 
*replying* to email (r), then the recipient (To:) is set based on the 
message you're replying to.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Keep in mind, these hooks are only triggered when you enter the 
folder. If you have other hooks that override them (such as send-hooks 
or reply-hooks or message-hooks), they will not be re-triggered until 
you re-enter the folder.

~Kyle
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