Re: mailing list config - two questions
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 05:46:04PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > When is it useful to have a mailing list to which > you are not subscribed "known"? IIRC, the original purpose was mostly to setup the (not ever ratified as a real standard, and not commonly used now) mail-followup-to header appropriately, that is, if you're subscribed and use "list-reply", the mail-followup-to header gets set to just the list's address, whereas if it's "known" only, it would set m-f-t to your email _and_ the list address when you use "list-reply". Since the draft, from what I can see, expired in 1998, and never became a standard, one could make the argument that it's not really sensible for Mutt to continue supporting it, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ w
mailing list config - two questions
While researching my response in another topic I came across the "subscribe" list that I don't recall seeing previously. I've been using the "lists" list for the same purpose. As I read it, "lists" items are known mailing lists and possibly subscribed to while "subscribe" items mailing lists to which I am subscribed and thus by default are known. When is it useful to have a mailing list to which you are not subscribed "known"? My mutt index typically shows the poster's name. But my own posts do not show my name. This is the situation for other mailing list also, not just mutt-user so I must be composing my header's incorrectly. How should the From:/To:/??? headers be composed so that mutt picks up my name for display in the index? -- Jon H. LaBadie mut...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
Re: Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 08:55:45AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 25Feb2021 09:56, Will Yardley wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:11:02PM +, Alexander Huemer wrote: > >> Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address > >> shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a > >> 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration > >> setting should be the fallback. > >I do something like this: > > > >set use_from > >set from="lu...@example.net" > >send-hook . 'unmy_hdr From:' > >set reverse_name > >alternates '(.*@example\.net|someuser@example\.com)' > > reverse_name and alternates: this is only effective for personal email, > meaning email with one of your own addresses in the to/cc. Most mailing > lists do not do that, so there's no way to "reverse" from the to/cc to > the from of the reply. > > You want Jon's send-hook based approach, setting from etc based on the > target address of the message you're composing. Sorry, yes, I use that approach as well for lists - just in a different section of my config e.g., send-hook '~C ^mutt-users@mutt\.org$' 'my_hdr From: Will Yardley <...>' w
Re: Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
On 25Feb2021 09:56, Will Yardley wrote: >On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:11:02PM +, Alexander Huemer wrote: >> Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address >> shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a >> 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration >> setting should be the fallback. > >I do something like this: > >set use_from >set from="lu...@example.net" >send-hook . 'unmy_hdr From:' >set reverse_name >alternates '(.*@example\.net|someuser@example\.com)' reverse_name and alternates: this is only effective for personal email, meaning email with one of your own addresses in the to/cc. Most mailing lists do not do that, so there's no way to "reverse" from the to/cc to the from of the reply. You want Jon's send-hook based approach, setting from etc based on the target address of the message you're composing. Cheers, Cameron Simpson
Re: Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:11:02PM +, Alexander Huemer wrote: Hi I am subscribed to several mailinglists and use different email addresses for them, for various reasons. Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration setting should be the fallback. I somehow remember to have read years ago, that somebody has built a workaround for this issue by hacking something into VIM with some code completion feature that gives at least a way to choose an address from a list, but I cannot find the reference to that anymore. Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. In a separate file I keep a bunch of mailing list send-hooks something like the following that is sourced into ~/.muttrc : send-hook 'mutt-users@mutt.org' 'my_hdr From: "Jon LaBadie" ' Depending on the mailing list I may also have a similar line for the Reply-To: header and a "set signature=..." to specify a unique signature file. -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@labadie.us 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
Re: Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:11:02PM +, Alexander Huemer wrote: > Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address > shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a > 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration > setting should be the fallback. I do something like this: set use_from set from="lu...@example.net" send-hook . 'unmy_hdr From:' set reverse_name alternates '(.*@example\.net|someuser@example\.com)' /w
Re: Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
12021/01/15 04:66.00 ನಲ್ಲಿ, Alexander Huemer ಬರೆದರು: > > Hi > > I am subscribed to several mailinglists and use different email > addresses for them, for various reasons. > Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address > shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a > 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration > setting should be the fallback. > > I somehow remember to have read years ago, that somebody has built a > workaround for this issue by hacking something into VIM with some code > completion feature that gives at least a way to choose an address from a > list, but I cannot find the reference to that anymore. > > Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. > > -Alex set reverse_name=yes might do the trick (I had asked a similar question earlier and some kind soul pointed me to the right option!). HTH! - Chiraag -- ಚಿರಾಗ್ ನಟರಾಜ್ Pronouns: he/him/his publickey - mailinglist@chiraag.me - b0c8d720.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address
Hi I am subscribed to several mailinglists and use different email addresses for them, for various reasons. Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration setting should be the fallback. I somehow remember to have read years ago, that somebody has built a workaround for this issue by hacking something into VIM with some code completion feature that gives at least a way to choose an address from a list, but I cannot find the reference to that anymore. Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. -Alex
