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mutt config: reply with address that mail was sent to


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

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 romeo@school.com instead of romeo@gmail.com).

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 romeo@gmail.com, yet some poeple still email me at romeo@school.com.

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)?


Solution

  • 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 "romeo@school.com|romeo@gmail.com"
    set reverse_name