has askcc=yes been set in the .muttrc file? If yes, why does the use of aliases block the prompt from being displayed?
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, Felix Finch wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:20:29 > From: Felix Finch <fe...@crowfix.com> > To: users <mutt-users@mutt.org> > Subject: Re: Aliases > > On 20181119, steve wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using the alias functionality very often, but there is one thing > > lacking or that I haven't found yet. > > > > Let's say I have a group alias like this > > > > alias group1 a,b,c,d > > > > and a simple one like this > > > > alias joe j...@example.com > > > > Now, I would like to create a new message with m, then the TO field > > appears and I type group1 which fills that field with the four > > recipients. Then I get the subject field and then I can edit the message > > with my editor, vim in my case. > > > > Now if I want to add joe to the CC field, I cannot use the alias, I must > > enter it manually. This case happens so often for me that I'm looking > > for a way to simplify this process. I don't know if using aliases is the > > right way to go, I don't see how to add joe to the group group1 AND ask > > that it goes in the CC filed and not in the TO field. > > You can use aliases in the editor, they just don't autocomplete. Put "joe" in > the Cc: header with the editor; when mutt picks up the edited email, it > expands > it. The few times I forget someone's alias and would otherwise rely on mutt > expansion, I edit the alias file to remind myself. > > --
