mutt config: reply with address that mail was sent to

Question

Okay so here's the deal. I've got a school email adress (say [email protected]) that is held on an outlook server. Because I really dislike outlook, I have this mail forwarded to a gmail address (say [email protected]).

I've managed to set up mutt and gmail so that when I send a mail from the gmail account, it seems as if it is sent from the school account (the "from" and "reply-to" fields show [email protected] instead of [email protected]).

Now, I've started using the gmail account as a normal email address too (putting that in contact info) so poeple start mailing me at [email protected], yet some poeple still email me at [email protected].

Is there a way to set up mutt and gmail so that it automagically replies using the correct email address (eg the one the mail was sent too in the first place)?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '13 at 16:11

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First, you have to also set up your gmail, so it sends e-mail from both addresses.

Then you can add to lines in .muttrc:

alternates "[email protected]|[email protected]"
set reverse_name

answered Mar 06 '13 at 16:11

Trond Thorbjørnsen

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FYI, I was using regexp like alternates `alternates ^[email protected]$ ^[email protected]$ ` which didn't work, whereas this solution works. – Aif Mar 24 '17 at 15:56

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '12 at 14:12

You can use the folder-hook directive if you store your mails in folder.

folder-hook .      "set [email protected]"
folder-hook school "set [email protected]"

Otherwise you can use send-hook

send-hook '~t ^romeo@school\.com$' 'my_hdr From: [email protected]'

Look at the this page for hooks.

mutt config: reply with address that mail was sent to

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