Derek Martin wrote on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 00:16:30 -0500: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 03:10:13AM +0200, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > Sometimes I need to send an email from a different address than usual. > > This is what send-hook and folder-hook etc. are for. >
I'm aware of hooks. I do use them. And yet I found a use case for the attached patch... Advantages of $askfrom: * Set everything in one place. I have a folder-hook for setting from=<my university address>, but if I happen to want to compose an email to my colleagues while at some other folder, I can set the From and the To at the same time. This is also consistent with other MUAs, which typically present you with From/Reply-To/To/Cc/Subject all at the same time. * Manual override. For me, rather than writing a config that examines the To/Cc and chooses the right From, it's easier to just specify the right From manually and move on. For example, I have a separate address (aliased to 'd') that I use with friends/family, and it's easier for me to initiate a composition by "md<newline>friends_alias<newline><newline>subject<newline>" [1] (that's with $askfrom and $askcc set) than to add a "send-hook ~Cfriend 'set from="d"'" to my muttrc for each of my correspondents (and then debug/maintain that code). Thanks for the quick response. Daniel [1] to decipher that: 'm' to compose a new message, 'd' at the From prompt, friends_alias at the To prompt, nothing at the Cc prompt, and subject at the Subject prompt. > -- > Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 > -=-=-=-=- > This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in > undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. >
