set From when replying

[googly.negotiator862 at aceecat.org]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 01:58:29PM GMT, Will Yardley wrote:

> > So; I need to set the From when replying to the address which the
> > original message was To.

> Does setting $reverse_name true and defining a regex in $alternates
> to match the address pattern(s) work for you?

I don't think it would; according to the documentation, the effect is to
override the setting of "from" in some circumstances, not to actually
_change_ it (temporarily or not).

Anyways, I found a work-around. The set of addresses I want to use in
this way is finite, and I already generate the part of my .muttrc
where they are relevant with a script. So I told the script to
generate another line per address, namely a reply-hook with a "~t
$ADDRESS" match and "set from=$ADDRESS" as the payload.

-- 
Ian