* Malcolm Herbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020702 03:11]: > Not sure if my list subscription has gone through yet (I haven't seen > any confirmation so it might not have) but you might want to know about > this anyway ... > > Is there any way to limit the scope of the changes made with the -hook > commands? For instance, I have several mailing lists for which I use a > different address to post from, so I use something like > > send-hook blah 'my_hdr From: Malcolm Herbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' > > to set my From: header appropriately. Unfortunately if I send to these > lists my From: header remains changed, for the life of the session.
Right. Others have already pointed out the correct way of doing things (using a "default" hook). I think it's worth pointing out that the hooks do not introduce any sort of temporary environment -- that is, whatever command they execute, it's exactly the same as if you had just executed that same command manually. They just do it automatically when they match a certain pattern. They never remember an old setting and set it back when they're "finished" -- they have no concept of that. They only are matched at certain times: folder-hook when you enter a folder, send-hook after getting a recipient list, message-hook before formatting a message, etc. There are no hooks for leaving a folder, leaving the compose menu, or leaving the pager. You just use the default hook to set a sane value next time you "enter" one of those areas. > > Is there any way to limit the scope of the send-hook change to just > the message being composed, then either reverse the change, or have it > revert automatically? In the time between when this message is sent and the next message is started, it doesn't matter what the From: header says. So setting the default hook is fine: next time the send-hook is applied, it'll be set back. It can be seen as "lazy", but it works. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -E.W. Dijkstra
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