Re: How to get default "From:" to work
No, the maildir folders are not nested, here is the structure:
~/mail->
->firstbox
->secondbox
->thirdbox
->fourthbox
I compiled mutt by myself, maybe there is a specific option to pass to
configure?
I had previously the same config in Slackware, and it worked like a charm.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 09:48:03AM -0800, Michael Elkins wrote:
> 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