On 2021-02-15 18:04:03, boB Stepp wrote:
> On 21/02/16 00:28, Øyvind A. Holm wrote:
> > On 2021-02-16 00:17:22, Øyvind A. Holm wrote:
> > > On 2021-02-15 16:01:06, boB Stepp wrote:
> > > > And "alternates" is still a mystery...
> > >
> > > It is used if you have any alternate or old email addresses.
> > > `alternates` makes it possible for Mutt to mark messages in the
> > > index with "F" (from one of your addresses), "+" or "T" (to one of
> > > your addresses), etc. For example,
> > >
> > > alternates job_em...@example.net
> > > alternates old_em...@example.com
> > > alternates another_...@example.org
> > >
> > > Now Mutt knows that all these addresses belong to you.
> >
> > A small correction (even though the above example will work). The
> > parameter after `alternates` is a regexp, so a more correct way to
> > write them would be
> >
> > alternates ^job_email@example\.net$
> > alternates ^old_email@example\.com$
> > alternates ^another_old@example\.org$
> >
> > to avoid false positives with for example
> > "yet_another_...@example.org".
>
> So is this mostly to provide labeling information in the index? I
> suppose it might be usable for some sort of filtering purposes...
Yes, it also works with limiting ("l") and search ("/") in the index.
For example,
~P|~p
will search for or limit the view to all mails to/from you. It also
makes reply a bit more intelligent. For example, when I replied to the
first mail I sent it didn't address it to me, but either you ("r") or
the list ("L").
Regards,
Øyvind
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