Re: Name instead of To in From: ?

[dman <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 10:29:01PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
| Message Index in Mutt.  I see everyone elses mail fine.  It is only
| mail from myself that shows up as the To: Header.  

Maybe you'll like

"%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n(%4l) %s"

instead.  I have mail sorted into folders based on the list it came
from.  I use this format so I see my own name rather than the list
name when I post a message to the list.  In the Sent folder, however,
seeing the From name is pointless (duh, I sent it :-)) so I use a
folder-hook to change it.

It also makes a difference when you use the 'subscribe' command in
your .muttrc to identify lists you are subscribed to.  If you don't
have filters, then mutt's default of showing the list in the "from"
field would be helpful.


| I tried changing %L to %F.  No difference.  What is L and F?  F=From
| L=?List?

 From the manpage :

       index_format
              Type: string
              Default: "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"

              This  variable  allows you to customize the message
              index display to your personal taste.

              "Format strings" are similar to the strings used in
              the  "C"  function printf to format output (see the
              man page for more detail).  The following sequences
              are defined in Mutt:



              %a     address of the author


              %b     filename  of  the  original  message  folder
                     (think mailBox)


              %B     the list to which the letter  was  sent,  or
                     else the folder name (%b).


              %c     number of characters (bytes) in the message


              %C     current message number


              %d     date  and  time of the message in the format
                     specified  by  "date_format"  converted   to
                     sender's time zone


              %D     date  and  time of the message in the format
                     specified by "date_format" converted to  the
                     local time zone


              %e     current message number in thread


              %E     number of messages in current thread


              %f     entire From: line (address + real name)


              %F     author  name,  or recipient name if the mes­
                     sage is from you


              %i     message-id of the current message


              %l     number of lines in the message


              %L     list-from function


              %m     total number of message in the mailbox


              %M     number of hidden messages if the  thread  is
                     collapsed.


              %N     message score


              %n     author's real name (or address if missing)


              %O     (_O_riginal  save  folder)  Where mutt would
                     formerly have stashed the message: list name
                     or recipient name if no list


              %s     subject of the message


              %S     status of the message (N/D/d/!/r/*)


              %t     `to:' field (recipients)


              %T     the appropriate character from the $to_chars
                     string


              %u     user (login) name of the author


              %v     first name of the author, or  the  recipient
                     if the message is from you


              %y     `x-label:' field, if present


              %Y     `x-label'  field, if present, and (1) not at
                     part of a thread tree, (2) at the top  of  a
                     thread,  or  (3) `x-label' is different from
                     preceding message's `x-label'.


              %Z     message status flags

              %{fmt} the date and time of  the  message  is  con­
                     verted  to  sender's time zone, and "fmt" is
                     expanded by the library function "strftime";
                     a leading bang disables locales


              %[fmt] the  date  and  time  of the message is con­
                     verted to the local time zone, and "fmt"  is
                     expanded by the library function "strftime";
                     a leading bang disables locales


              %(fmt) the local date and time when the message was
                     received.   "fmt" is expanded by the library
                     function "strftime"; a leading bang disables
                     locales


              %<fmt> the current local time. "fmt" is expanded by
                     the library function "strftime";  a  leading
                     bang disables locales.


              %>X    right justify the rest of the string and pad
                     with character "X"


              %|X    pad to the end of the  line  with  character
                     "X"


-D