Re: Change From Automagically?
* Christian Holtje (list.mutt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [040809 16:26]:
> 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.
Hmmmm..... I actually discovered that this does *not* work for most
of my mailing lists now days! For example, this mailing list
doesn't set the To: to be my list.mutt-users@... address, so the
reverse_name never reverses it! This must be why this behaviour has
always been broken in some mailing lists and such.
Does anyone have a suggestion for this? A procmail recipe or a fix
for mutt itself? In procmail I have the actual address that
recieved it, but how could mutt be made to know to set the from?
I cannot quick think of what the hook would have to look like to
look for something like a header in the letter being replied to...
Something like
X-Mail-Identity: Christian Holtje <list.mutt-users@...>
that a hook could turn into the From header...
Thanks again!
Ciao!
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