On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:36:57PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > Daniel -- > > ...and then Daniel Bye said... > % > % Hi all, > > Hello! > > > % > % Wonder if anyone can help? I have scoured all the documentation I can find > > Well, I wasn't wondering before, but I kind of am now ;-) >
Sorry, bad habit of mine - tend to omit pronouns in subject position... > > % on the web, people's published .muttrc's, etc, but can still not find out how > % to do what I want, or if it is even possible... > > While it's certainly possible, mutt doesn't pay attention to those > headers but instead uses a flag header. I do it with this snippet in > my procmailrc reformatting section > > # high priority recognition for mutt > :0 f : > * ^importance: high|^priority: urgent > | $FORMAIL -I "X-Status: F" > Yeah, I know mutt doesn't take any notice (I have color rules that search in the headers for the two lines mentioned below, so I can see messages from Out- look users flagged as important). What I was after was a way of fooling Outlook into printing those lovely little icons against any important message I send from mutt - I have found that the word "IMPORTANT!" at the beginning of the subject line doesn't always do it for Outlookers, and I seem to spend a _lot_ of time sending mail to folks using Outlook. > and then this bit in my muttrc > > mono index standout ~F # reverse index entry for flagged (hi-pri) > > from very ancient days, but it works for me. > > > % > % Can I insert headers into a message using a macro? Specifically, I want to be > % able to mimic the MS Outlook message importance tags, which insert two headers: > % > % Importance: high > % X-Priority: 1 > > Interesting. I thought it was > > Priority: Urgent > It may well be for any well-behaved mail client, but I don't think I have to talk about Microsoft's disciplinary record! ;-) > but I haven't looked it up in a while. > > > % > % Any suggestions or pointers where to find details would be very welcome. > > If you have edit_headers turned on, then you can just insert those > headers while editing your message and away you go. Thus, if you don't > usually edit headers, one possibility is to have a macro that turns on > edit_headers, edits the message, and then turns off edit_headers when the > editor exits. > > Another possibility is to just use my_hdr to set them, but you'll have to > umny_hdr them *after* you've sent the message. If I were to go this > route I'd have a send-hook that by default turns them off and then a > macro which turns them on; just finish editing your message, hit your > desired macro stroke (it looks, upon a quick glance, as though ^U and ^P > are available), and then send the message on its way. > This sounds like a good jumping-off point, thanks. > > % > % Thanks all, > > HTH & HAND > > > % > % Dan > > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > Dan
