On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 06:18:40PM +0100, Rado S wrote: > =- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue 6.Feb'07 at 8:49:52 -0600 -= > > > Wouldn't it be good to have another <create-alias> that just > > starts with everything blank, instead of making the user open a > > blank folder or erase all the information? > > Of course everything that automates repeated operation is good, but > you have to question: does it pay off to have this feature extra? > How often do _you_ need it? > How many people use it _like you_? > > Even though I remember that last _year_ 1-2 times I wanted to do that, > that's too rare for my taste to put more code into mutt. > For those exceptional cases I can live with editing the file or > hitting ^U 2 times/alias.
The times I want to add an alias completely separate from a current message are few and far between. For me, I wouldn't think adding a "new blank alias" feature would be worth it. However, one situation comes up fairly often... I want to add an alias for someone in the message, but not who mutt thinks is the sender. This happens on mailing lists, usually. When replying, mutt asks "Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([yes]/no)?" or some such, and "no" gets me the real person (rather than the list). With "a" to add an alias I get no such choice - it always wants to add the list address. That's pretty much *never* what I want. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/ |
