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Re: How to get default "From:" to work



On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 04:31:57PM +0100, szymekwm@xxxxx wrote:
> folder-hook . 'set from="firstbox@xxxxxxxx"      realname="Blabla"'
> folder-hook secondbox 'set from="secondbox@xxxxxxxx"      realname="BlaBla"'
> folder-hook thirdbox 'set from="thirdbox@xxxxxxxx"      realname="BlaBla"'
> folder-hook fourthbox 'set from="fourthbox@xxxxxxxx"      realname="Blabla"'
> 
> Now, when I go into the mail folder secondbox, thirdbox or fourthbox,
> everything is alright and I get the right address in "From:"-header,
> regardless whether I send new emails or reply. But in the firstbox (which
> should be my default) I always get the email-address from the secondbox in the
> From-header, even if I change the period in the first folder-hook to the name 
> of the first (default) box. What am I doing
> wrong?

Do you happen to be using nested maildir folders?  I'm wondering if
maybe you need to specify the full pathname, or use $ at the end of the
folder regular expression.

me