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Re: Automatically fill TO: based on folder



On 2008-08-27, steve <dlist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> When creating a new message I would like mutt to fill the TO: field
> based on the directory in which I am curretly in. 
> 
> Say I'm in 
> 
> Familly/joe
> 
> (maildir format)
> 
> and I press m, mutt should put joe's address in the TO: field.
> 
> Is this possible? If yes how can I achieve this?

Yes.  Here's an example of what I do so that I can address messages 
to the mailing list corresponding to the folder I'm in by typing 
'M':

   folder-hook +Incoming/mutt-users     \
        'macro index,pager M "<mail>mutt-users^M^M"     "mail to list"'

The second ^M answers the "Cc: " prompt so that the first thing I 
see after typing 'M' is the "Subject: " prompt.  I have one such 
folder-hook for each folder that receives mail from a list.  In this 
example, "mutt-users" is an alias for "mutt-users@xxxxxxxx".

Regards,
Gary