set From when replying

Will Yardley mutt-users at veggiechinese.net
Thu Jul 18 18:06:39 UTC 2024


On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 11:03:46AM -0700, googly.negotiator862 at aceecat.org wrote:
> 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).

It will set it on a response to that message, which I thought was the
goal, but maybe I'm understanding the use case wrong.

w



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