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[solved] Re: using unix type mail alias file with gnus?
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John Velman |
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[solved] Re: using unix type mail alias file with gnus? |
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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:36:28 -0800 |
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Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
> On 2009-02-17 14:57 (-0800), John Velman wrote:
>
>> One answer I haven't been able to find yet is how to use my
>> .mail_alias file with gnus. It seems it wouldn't be too hard to write
>> some elisp to do that, but perhaps someone has done it?
>
> This may not answer exactly your question but ~/.mailrc file work too.
> The format is nearly the same as Mutt's alias file:
>
> alias shortname "First Lastname <email@address>"
>
> Aliases will be expanded in message-writing buffer when editing
> recipient headers.
Thanks, Teemu.
I should have known (or found this) but never thought to
look for mailrc. I haven't used vanilla mail since about 1986 (with
at&t pc, small local network, and uucp for anything outside the
building). I'd completely forgotten about .mailrc. I had to do some
editing on my .mail_alias file (still have some to do), but it was a
small file and needed to be pruned anyway.
Thanks again,
John V.