* Tim Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-03-26 17:34]: > I've been looking through the 'net, and various archives of > various messages, for an answer to how I can get mutt to reply > to emails using the "To" address, as the "From" address. > My understanding was that "reverse_name" could > override the setting of "from", but that > "my_hdr From" would override "reverse_name".
correct. a FROM header set with my_hdr will simply be "added" and thus will override a FROM header generated with "reverse_name". > my local account name is sugarat. but > I also get mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > When people send email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", > I want to automatically use "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > as my From address in any replies. then "reverse_name" will do this for you. > I'm using Mutt 1.3.28i, configured with [options] > and have reduced my muttrc file to the following: > [18 lines] now *that's good info! well done! :-) > From everything I've read, this should suit my purposes. > I've made sure that the system Muttrc file is not > changing any of these, even though it's read in first. good! > set editor = "vim" :-) > I still am not getting the behavior that I expect. > It always sends from the defined "from", > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". If I unset the "from", > then it sends from the local account, and uses the > real name from the gecos field of /etc/passwd. yup - feature. but is this a problem? i mean - what's in that gecos field? anyway, "chfn" is your friend. > Sorry if this has been asked a lot. yes, you'd think this would be in the FAQ... ;-) So - try without my_hdr definitions and only with reverse_name? Sven -- Sven Guckes http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/mutt/setup.html Mutt setup from scratch, Sven's sample setup; attribution, "limit", "list" vs "subscribe", histories, mailcap, POP, hooks, use of external pagers, troubleshooting, adding header lines, "from Mozilla to Mutt".
