on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:02:57PM -0800, Vineet Kumar insinuated:
> * Nori Heikkinen (nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu) [021216 16:59]:
> > on Sat, 14 Dec 2002 04:13:00PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated:
> > > It _should_, but it didn't. To fix the crazy pager settings,
> > > use this
> > >
> > > folder-hook . 'set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b%d} %-15.15n(%4c)
> > > %s"'
> > >
> > > It makes the From: appear normally for mailing lists in the
> > > pager.
> >
> > okay, only one catch: that's perfect for every box except for
> > sent. how do i (or where should i read to find out how) tell
> > mutt's pager to display whom it's to, but only in the sent box?
>
> Well, you can do one better. Change the 'n' to an 'F' above. Then
> mutt will show the author's name, unless the author is you, in which
> case it shows "To recipient". To determine if it's from you, mutt
> looks at $alternates, which is is a regex signifying the addresses
> which are yours. So set alternates = your@address and use F in your
> index_format, and it will work for all your folders, and give you
> useful information about each message.
>
> Some people might like %n instead of %F, especially in the case of
> list addresses, but like you see, it's dumb for a folder containing
> sent messages. You could make use of both (choosing a different one
> per-folder) by using folder-hooks. For my purposes, I just use
>
> set index_format="%4C %Z %[!%b%d] %-17.17F(%?M?#%3M&%4c?) %s"
>
> and don't use a folder-hook for it.
cool, thanks!
</nori>
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