I want to try and catch an error I often make, I assume that someone
(or a mailing list) has an alias when it doesn't so I send a message
to 'tin' for example when it should have been to 'tin-users'.
It's easy enough to catch the error because the To: address will be to
my local domain rather than to the right place. So I can implement a
send-hook matching 'zbmc.eu'. I virtually *never* send mail to anyone
or anything at zbmc.eu so that's not a problem.
However, having caught the error, I'm not quite sure how I can make
the send-hook interactive. I want it to say "Did you really mean
that?" and, if possible offer alternatives. If I just write an
interactive shell script that gets called by the send-hook will it
work as expected? How does mutt handle this, i.e. where will it put
the interactions?
The sequence will be something like:-
Sending to '[email protected]', did you really mean that?
[answer 'n']
Did you mean 'tin-users@tin-org'?
[answer 'y']
The script then tells mutt to change the To: address and all is well.
If you answer 'n' to the second question it prompts for a new To:
address.
While I'm about it, how does one change the To: address from the
send-hook script?
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Chris Green
