Hallo Shantanu,

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:17:59 +0530GMT (22-10-03, 9:47 +0200, where I
live), you wrote:

S> I use "dashed" addresses. In my Unix email client I have a feature in which
S> if the mail is addressed to shantanu-xyz at example.net then automatically
S> when I reply to the mail, the From: address becomes shantanu-xyz at example.net

I take it that you mean to say that you've got mail to different
addresses being delivered to one account and that you want to use the
same address for the reply as the original message used as
destination.

This can't be done with TB, at least not as a clickable option.
What you can do is use this macro:
%From="%OToAddr"
That'll substitute the to-address from the original message for the
from-address of your reply. However, if the original reply is
addressed to multiple recipients, this macro is going to fail, because
then it'll use to the address of the first recipient (whether that's
you or not) as from-address for the reply.
This problem can be solved by using some regular expressions in your
macro, but they're above my head.

However, I've got roughly the same setup as you do: mail for multiple
addresses all being delivered in one account.
Among other reasons I'm doing this to filter my mail, some addresses
are known to certain groups of people, some addresses are used for
certain jobs and so on.
But because I'm filtering those addresses to different folders I can
set the address I'm using for those folders
   folder -> properties -> identity
This means that for those addresses that I'm keeping in separate
folders I don't have to worry about setting the right address for a
reply.
Since I'm using sent filters to filter my sent messages into the
folder corresponding with the from-address I'm keeping my threads with
alternate addresses together and threaded.

This way you can do what you asked for, though it's not just a click
away, but it takes a conscious effort from your side that helps you to
organize your mail efficiently.

-- 
Groetjes, Roelof


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