Re: bypassing $reverse_alias in $index_format

2020-10-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 22Oct2020 13:08, Cameron Simpson wrote: >On 29Jul2020 09:13, Cameron Simpson wrote: >>On 28Jul2020 13:27, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: >>>I don't know if this helps, but have you tried a format pipe *just* in >>>one of the index-format-hook with %f and using the script to extract >>>the name part

Re: bypassing $reverse_alias in $index_format

2020-10-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
ing which accesses the "raw" full name >>>from the message header instead of the name from $reverse_alias. >>> >>>Is this possible, one way or another? >> >>I don't know if this helps, but have you tried a format pipe *just* in >>one of th

Re: bypassing $reverse_alias in $index_format

2020-07-28 Thread Cameron Simpson
m the message header instead of the name from $reverse_alias. >> >>Is this possible, one way or another? > >I don't know if this helps, but have you tried a format pipe *just* in >one of the index-format-hook with %f and using the script to extract >the name part of the f

Re: bypassing $reverse_alias in $index_format

2020-07-28 Thread Kevin J. McCarthy
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:52:02PM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: What I would rather do is keep the full name in my alias, but have some kind of $index_format format string which accesses the "raw" full name from the message header instead of the name from $reverse_alias. Is this pos

bypassing $reverse_alias in $index_format

2020-07-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
I run with: set reverse_alias=yes and aggressively manage my aliases, with autogenerated aliases for almost every email address I've ever received direct email from. Generally this is pleasing, with nice reliable "full name" parts shown for almost everything via the &qu

Re: [Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-16 Thread Christian Ebert
in my ~/.mail_aliases file: > >| From: Robert Mutter >| To: Zuvaz Clooless >| Cc: Frank Oobarsen > > Much better if you ask me! reverse_alias works with some but not all of your cases, especially not Frank Oobarsen. But why do you care, when they don't? c -- \black

Re: [Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-15 Thread Cameron McCormack
Cameron McCormack: > > Maybe even changing what %n in index_format expands to in this regard > > would be good. David Obwaller: > Isn't that what reverse_alias=yes does? Ah, I actually wasn’t aware of reverse_alias; I thought that was part of the proposal from the OP. -

Re: [Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-15 Thread David Obwaller
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 01:44:40PM +1100, Cameron McCormack wrote: > Maybe even changing what %n in index_format expands to in this regard > would be good. Isn't that what reverse_alias=yes does? Would be great to have this kind of behaviour on replies and attribution as well, though. David

Re: [Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-14 Thread Cameron McCormack
725...@gmail.com: > Now, on hitting "g" for "group reply", I'd like Mutt to rewrite the > "Real name" part of the addresses with the corresponding neat and tidy > names in my ~/.mail_aliases file: > > | From: Robert Mutter > | To: Zuvaz Clooless > | Cc: Frank Oobarsen > > Much better if you as

Re: [Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-14 Thread Vance Shipley
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 02:45:19AM +0100, 725...@gmail.com wrote: } I'd like Mutt to rewrite the "Real name" part of the addresses } with the corresponding neat and tidy names in my ~/.mail_aliases file: That would be awesome! -- -Vance

[Feat Req] reverse_alias workalike for replies

2010-02-14 Thread 7252d9
Wouldn't it be nice if Mutt would gain the following cool feature for us friends of clueless email users? An obnoxious friend sends email with headers like: | From: zuvaz "da hellraizer" clooless | To: bob.muttr | Cc: "foo...@example.net" Now, on hitting "g" for "group reply", I'd like Mutt t

Re: reverse_alias

2002-06-25 Thread Sven Guckes
* Sascha Huedepohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-06-25 19:01]: > > > I musst add that the friend uses multiple email-addresses > > > and mutt than only converts the entrys in the index > > > with the email-address whitch occures first. > > you need an alias for each address then. > i have aliases for

Re: reverse_alias

2002-06-25 Thread Sascha Huedepohl
only converts the entrys in the index > > with the email-address whitch occures first. > > you need an alias for each address then. i have aliases for every address. But it doesn't work. > > After i "unset reverse_alias" in my > > .muttrc again mutt still "

Re: reverse_alias

2002-06-25 Thread Sven Guckes
* Sascha Huedepohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-06-25 18:06]: > > > but rather than rewriting all messages - > > > how about using mutt's reverse_alias feature? > > ah - cool feature. > > I testet it but it seems to only "convert" the > > f

limit-to and reverse_alias

2001-01-12 Thread Mike E
This is debatable, but I think I found a bug. I have reverse_alias set, so email/names are mapped on incoming mail. If I do a 'l'imit messages to, I'd like to be able to use the displayed name, but I still have to limit to the email addy. understand? alias :r alias foo

Re: alternates in reverse_alias

2000-06-20 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Baurjan Ismagulov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tue, 20 Jun 2000: > i've searched the archive but couldn't find anything related: > most of my correspondents use more than one address to write to me. i > want to reverse_alias them so the index looks uniformly. i don'

alternates in reverse_alias

2000-06-20 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
hi, i've searched the archive but couldn't find anything related: most of my correspondents use more than one address to write to me. i want to reverse_alias them so the index looks uniformly. i don't want to setup aliases for each address. is there a way to list them in

reverse_alias and 2 people using same address

2000-02-01 Thread Franz Gorkotte
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> set attribution="Hello %v!\n\n%n wrote:\n"' set index_format="%F" set reverse_alias=yes The first strange behavior occurs in the index menu. Although Person2 mailed with | From: Person2 Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The index-menu shows |

Re: generating mailbox from reverse_alias

1999-07-27 Thread David Thorburn-Gundlach
like to be able to % generate mailboxes based upon the reverse_alias of the sender. Been asked before. % % I have these in my .muttrc % % set reverse_name % set reverse_alias % alias joe Joseph User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % % plus other things that I don't think are related. % % I wou

generating mailbox from reverse_alias

1999-07-25 Thread Frisco Rose
Greetings all, I am *very* much a newbie to mutt. First I would like to say that I found most of the documentation relatively easy, thanks to the author. My problem, perhaps a trivial one, is that I would like to be able to generate mailboxes based upon the reverse_alias of the sender. I have

generating mailboxes from reverse_alias

1999-07-25 Thread esoR ocsirF
the following in my .muttrc set reverse_name set reverse_alias alias joe Joseph User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> plus other settings which ( I think :-) are not relevant. Can I get mutt to create a default mailbox name of joe instead of 12345? TIA, ps. I have RTFM, even if I didn't understan

Strange reverse_alias behaviour

1999-07-07 Thread Renaud Colinet
Hello there, Yesterday I received an email from a friend whose address is in my .mutt.aliases file, but his name did not appear in the index as I had defined it, but as his personal name as set by his mailer. I compared the address in the alias file and in the header, they were the same. I then