Please bottom post. Thanks. Discussion below.
On 18Dec2013 21:19, Pau <vim.u...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> wrote:
> > On 2013-12-18 13:53:47 +0100, Pau wrote:
> >> So, if you set
> >> alias Chris The Guy Who Replied ch...@chrisdown.name
> >>
> >> you see Chris The Guy Who Replied in your inbox?
> >
> > That's not the correct syntax.
> > Here is an example entry from my aliases:
> > alias mutt-users Mutt users <mutt-users@mutt.org>
> >
> > That is, `alias [short name] [replacement]'.
>
> Isn't that what I have?
Yes and no.
> alias Chris The Guy Who Replied ch...@chrisdown.name
>
> [short name] = Chris
> [replacement] = The Guy Who Replied
The alias text is the whole thing:
The Guy Who Replied ch...@chrisdown.name
That is required to be a valid email address, but it is not valid.
The correct syntax is:
The Guy Who Replied <ch...@chrisdown.name>
Note the <> around the "core" part of the address.
It is likely that by having the incorrect syntax, mutt will fail
to match your alias to the "core" part as it appears in the email
message, and so the replacement of the "real name" part will not
work.
Please adjust your test alias and try again and report.
Cheers,
--
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.
--Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
