Hi boB,
On Monday, 15 February at 21:53, boB Stepp wrote:
> The current ongoing thread about lists and subscribe have led to my email. I
> don't think I am understanding the differences and interactions to these
> different Mutt configuration possibilities.
>
> From the other thread if I am understanding correctly for those mailing lists
> that I am subscribed to and actively participating in in real life, it is to
> my benefit to set these up with
> setting subscribe for each such list. For these lists there is no point in my
> using the lists configuration option. If I a just following a list, then
> using lists configuration option is probably more appropriate.
>
> As to the group option I was under the impression that I could give a nice
> shortcut name and assign a list of email addresses to it and then use it as an
> alias. But that does not appear to be the case. For instance I had forgotten
> to explicitly subscribe to Mutt-Users, so today added to my muttrc:
>
> subscribe -group Mutt-Users mutt-users@mutt.org
>
I've got a simple 'subscribe mutt-users' in my muttrc. It works.
Subscribing to a list allow replying to that list with 'L'.
> and had the expectation that since I used "-group", I could type "Mu" and hit
> <Tab> in the "To:" field and get the Mutt-Users address inserted. I was sadly
> mistaken! I had to explicitly add
>
> alias Mutt-Users <mutt-users@mutt.org>
>
> to my aliases file before that would occur. So I am not seeing how to use
> "group". Can someone explain please? BTW, typing "Mu" into the "To:" field
> and then hitting <Tab> does *not* fill in the email address; instead, it
> brings up a browser view where I have to hit <Enter> before the address is
> inserted. Is there a way, when there are no conflicting "Mu" entries, to just
> *immediately* have hitting <Tab> insert the address?
>
If you change your alias line to:
alias Mu Mutt-Users <mutt-users@mutt.org>
typing Mu and <Enter> will work, not <Tab>.
> I haven't done it yet, but what I would like to do is have different groups
> that I can type a shortcut and have all the email addresses inserted. For
> instance, I would like to have a group "Kids" which when typed would
> auto-expand into my kids' email addresses. Also, I would like to be able to
> type in abbreviations like "Jess" and have that expand to my daughter's email
> address. How would I go about doing this without having a browser view come
> up with numbered entries?
I think what you want is this. Given the kids' email addresses:
alias Joe Josephine Murphy <j...@someaddress.com>
alias Moe Moe Murphy <m...@anotherisp.com>
you can alias them as:
alias fam Joe Moe
and typing fam and <Enter> will auto-expand.
>
> And from reading the Mutt manual I have encountered the alternates option, but
> now I am not sure what it is useful for and how to most effectively use it.
>
> I think that sums up most of my current head scratching.
>
> --
> Wishing you only the best,
>
> boB Stepp
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