Dear all, Thank you very much for such responses. There are indeed several ways to do this.
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Marcus C. Gottwald <m...@cheers.de> wrote: > > Xu Wang wrote (Fri 2015-May-22 08:59:01 -0400): > >> I understand that I can do "ESC + f" and then enter it manually. But >> how can I switch quickly ... > > After having typed <Esc>f, you can use Ctrl+u to delete the current > value, and you can choose the new value from your aliases. The alias > selection supports tab completion. I am using a few aliases starting > with "_me_" (and no other aliases starting with "_") for exactly the > purpose of being able to quickly select a new value for "From:" (and > sometimes "Cc:" or "Reply-to:" or something else). > > >> ... and limit the choice to just those email >> addresses that I have set as alternates? > > alternates is a pattern, so which input would you like to get checked > against that pattern? Ah, I believe I see your point. How about checking aliases against this pattern then? This seems the most reasonable to me. Is there a common case where one would want to send an email from an address that does not match the alternate pattern? Xu
