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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: Mutt not generating Mail-Followup-To header?
From:       Gary <mutt-users () garydjones ! name>
Date:       2010-05-03 17:29:45
Message-ID: 83y6g0opva.fsf () garydjones ! name
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Michael Elkins writes:
> On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 04:28:59PM +0200, Gary wrote:
>>set alternates="*@garydjones.name"
>>
>># mailing lists
>>lists test-list@garydjones.name
>>subscribe test-list@garydjones.name
>>
>>What I did to test was set up an address on my domain and test that as a
>>"mailing list" (see last section) and then reply to posts to that
>>"list".
>>
>>The problem only occurs when the "alternates" line is included, but I
>>don't know if it's faulty config there (should it be ".*@gary..."?),
>>that mutt knows the mailing list is on my domain and therefore decides
>>not to generate a header (i.e. my test case is wrong) or if it is a bug.
>
> The problem is your alternates setting states that any address at your
> domain is an alias for your personal address.  This is probably
> interferring with the list detection code.  When generating the
> Mail-Followup-To header field, Mutt will check each address, and the
> alternates check comes first.  In this situation, Mutt will never see it
> as a mailing list, and thus will not add the header field.

Okay. Well, normally the mailing lists aren't on my domain...
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