indeed, the $alternatives variable was the culprit.
thank you for the quick response.
greetings,
uLI
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:28:05AM -0700 or thereabouts, Michael Elkins wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:38:20PM +0200, Christoph Ulrich Scholler wrote:
> > the relevant config line is:
> > set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15F (%4c) %s"
> >
> > the headers of these messages look quite normal to me. neither of the
> > three messages above is from myself. all have been sent to me.
> >
> > a problem that is probably related to this one is that replying to a
> > message like the first two shown above suggests sending the email to
> > myself instead of to the person who sent it to me. this behaviour
> > puzzles me.
>
> %F will show who the message was sent TO (rather than FROM) if Mutt thinks
> the message was sent by YOU. Use %f instead if you don't like that behavior.
>
> The reason it suggests sending back to yourself when you reply is because
> Mutt thinks YOU were the one who sent it. :-) if that is not the case,
> double check your $alternatives variable to make sure you aren't catching
> email addresses that don't belong to you.
>
> me
