I am a longtime mutt user (actually switched to neomutt) some time ago and there is one thing I never quite managed to configure to my liking:
I have several accounts that I map to several folders. I adjust my IMAP/SMTP credentials as well as mailboxes etc. via folder and account hooks. Since I also use sidebar, I can easily switch from one mail account to the next. I also adjust the 'From:' header via a folder hook, such that when sending an email, my name and email are chosen automatically to match the account I am sending from. If I want to reply to an email that was send to account A from account B, I usually copy/move the message from folder/server A to folder/server B, switch folders/accounts (letting those hooks do their thing) and reply from there. That is a bit cumbersome but happens rare enough so I do not really care.
However, I also happen to have two accounts/mailboxes that receive mail sent to several email-adresses (think [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]). I can send email from all of those by manually adjusting the 'From:' field when composing an email. However, I would like this to happen automatically when replying to an email: If I reply to an email that was sent to [email protected], I do not want to reply from [email protected], even though this might be my preferred default configured via the my-domain folder/account hooks.
This answer suggests set reverse_name=yes
to do just that (if I understood correctly) but adding that to my .neomuttrc
didn't have the desired effect. I suspected the hook setting From:
might override that setting and commented it out for testing, but now I simply compose/reply from my-local-user@hostname.
I am aware of but not interested in mutt-vid since it is way overkill for my simple needs: I am fine with manually setting my sender's address when starting a new email thread (in case I am not happy with the default configured through my hooks). So there is no need to learn the most likely most appopriate sender's address based on the recipient and past interaction. I just don't want have to remember to manually change my sender's address if I reply to an email I receive via a non-default address.