Re: Silly mutt/debian list question
dman muttered:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:41:19PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> | I've recently changed my email address, and of course I've been playing
> | with my mutt and exim configurations to get the new address to show up
> | in the From: header. This seems to be working, but I've noticed a
> | change: When I look at the debian-user list in mutt, my posts no longer
> | show my name, Paul Mackinney. Instead "To debian-user@" is displayed.
> |
> | I figure that either a) my headers are munged and everyone is seeing "To
> | debain-user@", or b) mutt has some setting where it helpfully shows me
> | the To: header on messages that I originated. Which is it?
>
> It's the latter. Here is an except from my .muttrc which prevents
> this annoying (IMO) feature.
>
> ------------------
> # let mutt recognize other stuff from me
> # this is needed so that mutt doesn't display my name in the "Sent" mailbox,
> set alternates = "dsh8290@.*rit.edu"
>
> ################################################################################
> # Folder hooks :
>
> # default action (index_format is default, except it displays "From" instead)
> folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s"
>
> # sorting for inbox
> folder-hook "!" set sort=date-received
>
> # display To, not From, in Sent folder
> #folder-hook Sent set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s"
>
> # sorting for lists
> # display the author's real name, not the list (or my name!) in index view
> folder-hook lists.* set sort=threads ; set sort_aux=date ; \
> set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n(%4l,%3M) %s%| "
>
> #
> ################################################################################
>
> ------------------
>
> Based on my comments I think it is the index_format string that is set
> by my folder-hook's that corrects the situation.
>
> HTH,
> -D
Thanks! I'm sure this'll do it. Note that this behavior is great when
looking at your outbox (what inspired me to think of option b), just not
when looking at lists.
Paul
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Paul Mackinney
paul@mackinney.net <- Please note new email address
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