Differences and interactions between subscribe, lists, group, alternates and alias.

[Øyvind A. Holm]

On 2021-02-15 16:01:06, boB Stepp wrote:
> > On Monday, 15 February at 21:53, boB Stepp wrote:
> > > And from reading the Mutt manual I have encountered the alternates 
> > > option, but now I am not sure what it is useful for and how to 
> > > most effectively use it.
>
> And "alternates" is still a mystery...

It is used if you have any alternate or old email addresses. 
`alternates` makes it possible for Mutt to mark messages in the index 
with "F" (from one of your addresses), "+" or "T" (to one of your 
addresses), etc. For example,

   alternates job_email at example.net
   alternates old_email at example.com
   alternates another_old at example.org

Now Mutt knows that all these addresses belong to you.

HTH,
Øyvind

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