Hi, thanks! I should have been more detailed. I know that, and I tried that too. Actually, I think that the <> are not very much relevant. I think that mutt "greps" the part of the text with an "@" and then declares the first word after alias as the shortname and the rest the displayed name... So, with or without <> it is not working for me in the inbox... in the outbox, it is.... (??)
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > 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.
