On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 04:40:14PM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2009-09-09, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > I can't find a way to compose *new* mail to a list without entering the > > "To:" address manually. Tried running searches, the manual, and this > > list's archives to no avail. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. I'm > > looking for something like Alpine's " A method to send a message to the > > entire list (Post)". > > > > Not a deal breaker but it would be handy. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > I filter my incoming mail into a different folder for each mailing > list and I have a folder-hook for each of those folders that binds M > to a macro that begins a message to the current mailing list. > > > folder-hook . \ > 'macro index M <middle-page> "move to the middle of the page"' > folder-hook +Incoming/mutt-dev \ > 'macro index M "<mail>mutt-dev^M^M" "mail to list"' > folder-hook +Incoming/mutt-users \ > 'macro index M "<mail>mutt-users^M^M" "mail to list"' > > > Those ^Ms are actually carets and upper-case Ms, not Ctrl-Ms. You > could use <Return> instead. The first ^M terminates the To: prompt > and the second one terminates the Cc: prompt. After pressing M, you > are immediately presented with the Subject: prompt.
I've heard that Mutt documentation was somewhat opaque but that's not true. It was written on Mars, translated into Swahili, and transcribed phonetically into Navajo! -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
