conditional automatic cc header?

[raf]

Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:01:38PM +1100, raf wrote:
> > Jens John wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, at 06:22, raf wrote:
> > > > e.g. Add a CC header to fred at work.com whenever
> > > > sending/replying/forwarding from me at work.com unless the email is
> > > > already going to fred at work.com.
> > > 
> > > I think a combination of hooks or only a send2-hook could be used.
> > > 
> > > How about something along these lines (not tested):
> > > 
> > > send2-hook "~f me at work.com !(~C fred at work.com)" "my_hdr cc: fred at work.com"
> > 
> > thanks. that looks really promising but i can't get it to have any
> > effect. i tried reply-hook and send-hook as well but it never triggers.
> > i have other (simple) send-hooks that work fine.
> 
> Mutt's send-hook and reply-hook are useful for making configuration and
> from-header changes based on recipients.  They aren't designed for the
> reverse, because they trigger after recipients have been determined.
> 
> The link you posted (albeit at the wrong website) ;-),
> <http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/#compose-flow>, is a good place to look for
> the details.
> 
> In bullet 2, my_hdr is processed to add to the initial Cc recipients. Bullet
> 3 then prompts using those recipients.  All the hook processing occurs
> afterwards, so a hook adding Cc my_hdr won't affect the *current*
> composition session.
> 
> Unfortunately, that means you have to get creative to do what you want to
> do.  The perl script you wrote sounds like a good idea.  Another idea might
> be to set the my_hdr in advance via a folder hook, or via a macro that also
> changes the $from setting.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin J. McCarthy
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Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the explanation. It's much appreciated.
I think I'll stick with the perl script since it's
already working. And thanks for all your effort
on mutt. It truly does suck less.

cheers,
raf