set From when replying

[Dan Ritter]

googly.negotiator862 at aceecat.org wrote: 
> I'm sure this has been asked before, and it is even likely that at one
> time I knew the answer. But I'm getting old, and the world is
> enshittifying at a pace that makes me lose my mind :(
> 
> So; I need to set the From when replying to the address which the
> original message was To. More precisely, and this is important, I need
> to set the *from* *variable*, i.e. a my_hdr command is not enough. My
> current configuration already inserts the correct From header, but
> leaves the variable empty, with unsatisfactory results (because I use
> the variable for another setting later in the config).


       from
              Type: e-mail address
              Default: “”

              When  set,  this  variable contains a default from address.  It can be overridden using “my_hdr” (including from a “send-hook”)
              and $reverse_name.  This variable is ignored if $use_from is unset.

              This setting defaults to the contents of the environment variable $EMAIL


Since this is a mutt variable, you can set it with 
  set from="googly.negotiator862 at aceecat.org"

right after you set the my_hdr from.


-dsr-

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