Re: Setting 'from' in send-hook

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday, February 29 at 03:49 PM, quoth Nathan Huesken:
>I am changing my from in a send-hook. But if my .muttrc looks like 
>this in example:
>
>set from="ls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>
>send-hook . 'from=mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"'
>
>The first message I write is send from ls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, the second from 
>mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Because of the order in which mutt evaluates things. Keep in mind that 
you can create a send-hook that matches on the From header (e.g. 
send-hook '~f addr'). What that means is that mutt already used the 
$from variable before it triggered  your send-hook. And, since $from 
is persistent, your setting stuck around to affect the next message.

If you want to change the From header in a send-hook, you need to use 
my_hdr instead. Like so:

     send-hook . 'unmy_hdr From'
     send-hook foo 'my_hdr From: me@here'
     send-hook bar 'my_hdr From: me@elsewhere'

~Kyle
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