I need some clarification of what 'reply-hook' does please

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:34:18PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 07:46:00PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > When the documentation says "reply-hook is matched against the message
> > you are replying to," does that mean I can use it to hook all messages
> > sent to just one of my 'alternates' addresses?
> > 
> > I want to execute an action only when I am replying to an E-Mail which
> > has been sent to 'cl at isbd.net' and not one sent to any of my other
> > addresses.  Will reply-hook do this for me?
> 
> Yes, pattern operators will be matched against the message you are
> replying to.
> 
> They will be matched using the order specified in your muttrc, so you
> should apply default settings first, and then more specific overrides
> afterwards:
> 
>   reply-hook ~A 'unset bar'                 # Default bar off
>   reply-hook '~t ^cl at xxxx\.net$' 'set bar'  # Except for this address
> 
Thank you, that's brilliant.

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Chris Green