[PATCH] reverse_name: optionally read {,X-}Envelope-To:

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 08:37:10PM +0200, Tobias Girstmair wrote:
>By setting $reverse_envelopeto the reverse_name functionality is
>extended to also search the Envelope-To: and X-Envelope-To: headers when
>looking for a suitable From: address.

Hi Tobias,

Thanks for sending the patch.  Right now we're in the middle of the 
freeze for 1.12.0, so no commits of this sort are happening.  However, I 
do have some feedback.

sample.muttrc is me's personal muttrc, and shouldn't be included in a 
patch that adds a new option.

It looks like you left out the part of the patch that is setting 
env->envelope_to.  Also, a new envelope field would need to be saved and 
restored in hcache.c.  This might invite further discussion of patterns 
such as ~t, ~C, etc.

If something like this were to go in, I think it should be bundled with 
the $reverse_name functionality, not as a new option.

All that said, my impression is that this is too specific.  The header 
you are referencing is non-standard, and varies based on the MTA. 
Others gave suggestions in the threads you mentioned for various 
workarounds.  I'm -1 on this, but I'll give it some more thought.

-- 
Kevin J. McCarthy
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