Feedback on ticket 146 - $reverse_realname behavior

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 01:02:25PM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>That isn't what I want, and I have $reverse_realname=no in my own 
>config. But I agree with the change.

Thanks.  I appreciate feedback before approaching tweeks to old behavior 
like this.  I'll wait a few days to give others time to respond before 
making the change.

>Now I just need to see why my config doesn't do what I desire - insert 
>my preferred $realname in my replies...

The $realname is not used unless the From header is missing the name 
part.  When $reverse_name is checked, if it finds a match, the personal 
part will be cleared out (unless $reverse_realname is set).

But if it doesn't find a match, then later on the value of $from or a 
my_hdr will be used.  If those have a name part, they will disable the 
$realname setting, yet further below.

The flow is pretty complicated, and I get confused looking at it 
everytime.  I added a section to the manual 
<http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#compose-flow> but I'm not sure if it 
helps.

-- 
Kevin J. McCarthy
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