Mutt doesn't have this functinality. Currently you can set up send-hook's for addresses which are exceptions to your default from address (this is what I do for switching between Mutt and non-Mutt mail), or use ESC-f in the send menu to edit your from address. There is not a way to manually edit the from address prior to editing the message.
Perhaps a couple of macros to send new mail with a certain address would solve your problem? Something along the lines of: macro index m ':my_hdr from: <primary.address>\n<compose>' macro index r ':my_hdr from: <primary.address>\n<reply>' macro index g ':my_hdr from: <primary.address>\n<group-reply>' macro index \em ':my_hdr from: <alt.address>\n<compose>' ... On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 11:00:26AM -0800, Daniel Sully wrote: > Hi - I'm not finding the functionality (or it's hiding from me) of when I > hit 'c' for composing a message, the ability to set a From: address right > there, just like a To: and Subject: line is set. > > No, I don't want to just edit the headers afterwards, I want this to be a > pseudo send-hook. I have a send-hook setup for when I reply to a message that > comes in to a a certain address, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to > do that when I want to compose a new email *as* that from address. > > Any ideas, or should I start hacking on compose.c ?