Ben --

...and then Benjamin Pharr said...
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% I am fairly new to Mutt, but I have RTFM and done a Google search, so

Welcome!


...
% First of all, I have several different e-mail addresses I use for
% different purpose. Is there a "right" way to switch between "From"
% addresses? 

To send a new message with a specified address, use a send-hook to run a
my_hdr command to set your From: header.


% 
% Also, I have this in my .muttrc:
% 
% set reverse_name = yes
% set reverse_realname = yes
% 
% , but Mutt doesn't seem to be honoring it. For instance, when I have an

You need to be sure $alternates is set up correctly.  Yours would
probably look about like

  set alternates="ben(|-lists)@benpharr.com"

if you only have these two addresses.


% e-mail come in to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I reply to it, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is put 
in the From header. I want the e-mail address that it was sent to to be used in the 
reply.

Yep.  That needs $alternates.


% 
% Finally, I get lots of signed messages off the Debian lists, so I have
% automatic verification turned off. Now I can't figure out how to
% manually verify a message. I did it once, but I don't remember how.

I think Nicolas's macro is probably the best answer here, though you might
be able to verify without opening the message for reading (untested).


% 
% If anyone can help me with any of this, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

HTH & HAND


% 
% Ben Pharr
% 


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