Choose 'From:' address based on 'To: address

[Will Yardley]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 08:55:45AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 25Feb2021 09:56, Will Yardley <mutt-users at veggiechinese.net> wrote:
> >On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:11:02PM +0000, Alexander Huemer wrote:

> >> Is there a configuration option to choose which 'From:' email address
> >> shall be used if a mail to a certain 'To:' address is composed? If a
> >> 'To:' address isn't in the mapping, then the 'set from' configuration
> >> setting should be the fallback.

> >I do something like this:
> >
> >set use_from
> >set from="luser at example.net"
> >send-hook . 'unmy_hdr From:'
> >set reverse_name
> >alternates '(.*@example\.net|someuser at example\.com)'
> 
> reverse_name and alternates: this is only effective for personal email, 
> meaning email with one of your own addresses in the to/cc. Most mailing 
> lists do not do that, so there's no way to "reverse" from the to/cc to 
> the from of the reply.
> 
> You want Jon's send-hook based approach, setting from etc based on the 
> target address of the message you're composing.

Sorry, yes, I use that approach as well for lists - just in a different
section of my config

e.g.,

send-hook '~C ^mutt-users at mutt\.org$' 'my_hdr From: Will Yardley <...>'

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