On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 09:13 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 14:30 +0900, Michael wrote: > > I constantly wish to respond to emails with the "From" address set to > > the same as the "To" header, where the email was received to. > > For example, I might have example.org as my domain. I have set-up > > evolution to have the main account as <[email protected]>. However, I > > have a catch-all set up on the example.org domain, so that all emails > > are sent to <[email protected]>. This means I can give a different > > email address to every person/organisation, who I want to be able to > > distinguish > > The government might get <[email protected]>, and that dodgy spam > > company might get <[email protected]>, and the hotel I stayed at for > > one night that insisted I had an email address when I booked online, and > > that I will never stay at again, might get <[email protected]>. > > The advantage of the catch-all is that I can make up an address on the > > spot, and I don't have to register it anywhere. > > The trouble is, that sometimes I want to respond to these emails, but > > without using my main account. ATM I've got a send only account that I > > change the email address of every time I want to send an email. I don't > > want to have to set up an account for every possible email (because by > > this stage I've probably got over 100). > > What I would really like is a way for Evolution to check the "To" > > address when I hit reply on an email, and auto-insert that into the > > "From" field (or at least have it as an option). > > Does anyone have any idea of how I might accomplish this? > I guess you could in theory do it with an output filter. Alternatively, > you could set up a local MTA to do the conversion for you. Either way, > it sounds like quite a bit of work
Or, simpler, don't use e-mail that way. There really isn't any point to what you describe - maybe you've convinced yourself there is - but you're wrong. It is just an enormous fruitless effort; of course, of the people I've met who do what you describe... none of them ever listen to this suggestions. Aside: NO that isn't an effective SPAM management technique. Take this from someone who has had *ONE* e-mail address since e-mail was delivered via UUCP and has *never* hidden it... and is *not* inundated with SPAM. For the purposes of "give a different email address to every person/organisation" why not just filter on sender [like everyone else does]? _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
