Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 03:07:28PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:34:56PM -0400, Ed Blackman wrote: > > alias uk-riders uk-rid...@the-hug.net > > # remembering is hard, aliases are cheap > > alias uk-r uk-riders > > alias ukr uk-riders > > alias ukriders uk-riders > > >

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:42:17PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > As I have edit_headers set, and always enter destinations in the editor, > there is no possibility of tab-completion in mutt, for semi-manual > checking. (Though I could scrape the aliases from .muttrc with a few > lines of awk,

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On 26Apr2017 15:07, Chris Green wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:34:56PM -0400, Ed Blackman wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:16:05AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > Yes, it's a problem I have with mutt too. For example I'm subscribed > to a list called uk-rid...@the-hug.net which

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:34:56PM -0400, Ed Blackman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:16:05AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > Yes, it's a problem I have with mutt too. For example I'm subscribed > > to a list called uk-rid...@the-hug.net which is aliased to uk-r, or is > > it ukr, or >

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

Hi, On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:32:08PM -0400, Ed Blackman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:36:32AM +0200, Antoine Amarilli wrote: > > I was interested to know whether there is a configuration option in mutt > > to warn the user when entering a wrong alias (that is, a recipient that > > does

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:16:05AM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > Yes, it's a problem I have with mutt too. For example I'm subscribed > to a list called uk-rid...@the-hug.net which is aliased to uk-r, or is > it ukr, or alias uk-riders uk-rid...@the-hug.net # remembering is hard, aliases

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:36:32AM +0200, Antoine Amarilli wrote: > I was interested to know whether there is a configuration option in mutt > to warn the user when entering a wrong alias (that is, a recipient that > does not contain '@' but is not known to mutt's alias database). No

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:42:17PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 25.04.17 11:16, Chris Green wrote: > > Essentially anything without an @ should be an alias, I never actually > > send mail to local (same system) destinations. > > While I do send mail to myself several times per week, as

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On 25.04.17 11:16, Chris Green wrote: > Essentially anything without an @ should be an alias, I never actually > send mail to local (same system) destinations. While I do send mail to myself several times per week, as paperless Post-It notes, that would involve even less typing with a "me" alias.

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:57:31AM +0200, Antoine Amarilli wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:18:01AM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: > > * On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 10:36AM +0200 Antoine Amarilli (a...@a3nm.net) > > muttered: > > > I was interested to know whether there is a

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

Hi Michael, On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:18:01AM +0200, Michael Tatge wrote: > * On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 10:36AM +0200 Antoine Amarilli (a...@a3nm.net) > muttered: > > I was interested to know whether there is a configuration option in mutt > > to warn the user when entering a wrong alias (that is, a

Re: How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

Hi, * On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 10:36AM +0200 Antoine Amarilli (a...@a3nm.net) muttered: > I was interested to know whether there is a configuration option in mutt > to warn the user when entering a wrong alias (that is, a recipient that > does not contain '@' but is not known to mutt's alias

How to be warned about non-existent aliases?

Hello everyone, I was interested to know whether there is a configuration option in mutt to warn the user when entering a wrong alias (that is, a recipient that does not contain '@' but is not known to mutt's alias database). My use case is that, when I type something without '@' (e.g., "jdoe"),