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Re: run mail command with recipient of selected email



On 2009-05-28, Eric Smith <es@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there (or should there be) a mutt command where user could run
> the mail command - for a *new* mail message - with the recipient
> taken automatically from the message selected in the index?
> 
> (mutt Would select the recipient as the sender or recipient based on
> the alternates variable).

There's a patch for this.  It was posted to the mutt-dev list by
Brian Medley on Feb. 28, 2008.

> Am I the only one that is constantly looking up mail addresses
> from previous emails to or from a certain contact?

No.  This patch is great.  I hope it makes it into the next
release, but I haven't heard anything about it for a while.

Regards,
Gary