On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:20:08PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 05:04:25PM +0000, Tom Jones wrote: > > [setting From: in replies depending on which of my addresses was a > > rcpt of the original mail] > > > > > Sure. Set 'alternates' to a regular expression that describes all the > > > addresses that are yours. This can be a simple list with the elements > > > separated by '|'. Then set 'reverse_name'. See the manual for > > > specifics. > > > > This is nearly working now. It works fine for personal mail where > > stuff is actually addressed to me. But I would like it to try and work > > whenever I am a recipient of the mail. So, for example, it will not > > work with this mail because the only relevant header in your post to > > the list is > > > > Delivered-To: GMX delivery to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > So I will now have to go and edit the from header manually (if I > > remember). > > > > Can mutt do what I want? > > I don't know. A send-hook might handle the "Delivered-To:" case. Take > a look at the section on "Patterns " in the manual and do some > experimenting. You might be able to get a ~h pattern to work, or if you > know which addresses you've used to subscribe to which mailing lists, > you could match the list's address instead to select the appropriate > 'my_hdr From: ...'
The trouble is that send-hook can only look at the message that's about to be sent, not its "parent". After a web trawl, it looks like the patch described in the second half of this mail http://www.ultraviolet.org/mail-archives/mutt-users.2001/2406.html may be what I'm after. I'll give it a go soon. TJ
