At 11:46 +0200 18 Sep 1999, Stefan Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I configured mutt to use alternate e-mail addresses depending on the
> sender of an email i reply to. This works ok but, when i write a new
> email to somebody mutt always puts only my local user name in the
> From: field. Now, if i set the my_hdr From: field the alternate
> feature doesn't work anymore. Is it possible to combine these
> functions, e.g. when i reply to someone first check the alternates, but
> if none is found, fall back to a default address. And if i write a
> new email use a default email address.
Set $from to the default address, that can be overridden by the effects
fo $reverse_name.
> Sorry if its RTFM, i didn't found it !
This variable is documented, but the definition ends in the middle of a
sentence and doesn't mention $reverse_name at all. The attached patch
improves the documentation for $from.
--
Aaron Schrab [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/
The "data" for most coffee URIs contain no caffeine. -- RFC 2324
Index: init.h
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RCS file: /home/aarons/.cvsroot/mutt/init.h,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -p -u
-I$\(Author\|Date\|Header\|Id\|Locker\|Log\|Name\|RCSfile\|Revision\|Source\|State\)[:$]
-r1.14 init.h
--- init.h 1999/09/14 07:14:37 1.14
+++ init.h 1999/09/19 02:13:03
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
/*
** .pp
** When set, this variable contains a default from address. It
- ** can be overridden using my_hdr (including from send-hooks) and
- **
+ ** can be overridden using my_hdr (including from send-hooks) or
+ ** ``$reverse_name''.
*/
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