Change From Automagically?
Hello Gang!
Here is my setup for disposable email addresses:
I have a domain, docwhat.gerf.org, and it accepts all email
addresses. I have procmail scripts to sort stuff based on the
address. Specifically prefixes like com, list, org, net, info, etc.
Some example addresses:
com.somebusiness
list.mutt-users
org.someorg
I just discovered that the $reverse_name stuff isn't working because
I added a regex that includes all these disposable email addresses.
From the FAQ:
* I set $reverse_name, but it's not working!
The original message (the one to which you are replying) must
have been sent to an address which matches $alternates
(v<=1.5.5) or alternates-cmd (v>=1.5.6).
Why is this the case? I find the reverse_name behaviour very very
useful for my disposable email address scheme. What are the pros
and cons of putting an email address in alternates? What should I
have in there? I accept email for a lot of addresses, because I'm
an admin and try to keep things separate. Should I only have my
main address in there?
These are the descriptions from the manual:
* alternates
A regexp that allows you to specify alternate addresses where you
receive mail. This affects Mutt's idea about messages from you
and addressed to you.
* reverse_name
It may sometimes arrive that you receive mail to a certain
machine, move the messages to another machine, and reply to some
the messages from there. If this variable is set, the default
From: line of the reply messages is built using the address where
you received the messages you are replying to. If the variable is
unset, the From: line will use your address on the current
machine.
I would like to suggest that the reverse_name description mention
that the email address *not* be in alternates.* as the FAQ says.
Thanks for your time.
Ciao!
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