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Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file
| Jeff Haferman | | Christopher Nehren | | Sven Guckes | | Jeff Haferman | | Sven Guckes |
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| | From: | Jeff Haferman | | Subject: | Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file | | Date: | 16 Dec 2004 21:28:50 GMT |
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Weirdness: when i do a "mutt " from the shell,
expands into something that is not in my alias file.
I've search to see if there is a systemwide alias file, and
I can't find it. The systemwide muttrc points to
~/.aliases, and I don't have much in there.
For example, when I do "mutt john", the address expands
to something not in my alias file. What's going on here?
Jeff
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| | From: | Christopher Nehren | | Subject: | Re: Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file | | Date: | 17 Dec 2004 00:16:12 GMT |
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On 2004-12-16, Jeff Haferman scribbled these
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> Weirdness: when i do a "mutt " from the shell,
> expands into something that is not in my alias file.
Does it happen to expand to something like this?
From: Real Name in GECOS field
If so, it's supposed to do that.
Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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| | From: | Sven Guckes | | Subject: | Re: Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file | | Date: | 17 Dec 2004 04:11:58 GMT |
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| * Jeff Haferman [2004-12-16]:
> when i do a "mutt " from the shell,
> expands into something that is not in my alias file.
> I've search to see if there is a systemwide alias file,
> and I can't find it. The systemwide muttrc points
> to ~/.aliases, and I don't have much in there. ..
> What's going on here?
wild guess: your alias file isn't source by the muttrc - or it
is overridden by another definiton using the same abbreviation.
check your setup!
Sven
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| | From: | Jeff Haferman | | Subject: | Re: Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file | | Date: | 17 Dec 2004 16:52:05 GMT |
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| Sven Guckes wrote:
> * Jeff Haferman [2004-12-16]:
>> when i do a "mutt " from the shell,
>> expands into something that is not in my alias file.
>> I've search to see if there is a systemwide alias file,
>> and I can't find it. The systemwide muttrc points
>> to ~/.aliases, and I don't have much in there. ..
>> What's going on here?
>
> wild guess: your alias file isn't source by the muttrc - or it
> is overridden by another definiton using the same abbreviation.
> check your setup!
>
The explanation about the GECOS field being expanded is the correct
explanation. And I guess this is the "expected" behavior, though
I would like to shut it off.
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| | From: | Sven Guckes | | Subject: | Re: Help - addressees expanding, not in aliase file | | Date: | 17 Dec 2004 17:44:58 GMT |
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| * Jeff Haferman [2004-12-17]:
> Sven Guckes wrote:
>> * Jeff Haferman [2004-12-16]:
>>> when i do a "mutt " from the shell,
>>> expands into something that is not in my alias file.
>>> I've search to see if there is a systemwide alias file,
>>> and I can't find it. The systemwide muttrc points
>>> to ~/.aliases, and I don't have much in there. ..
>>> What's going on here?
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>> wild guess: your alias file isn't source by the muttrc - or it
>> is overridden by another definiton using the same abbreviation.
>> check your setup!
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> The explanation about the GECOS field
> being expanded is the correct explanation.
why is this "correct" when you have an alias by "username"?
alias joe Joe Doe
> And I guess this is the "expected" behavior,
> though I would like to shut it off.
well, if there really is no such alias
then what else would you expect mutt to assume
other than it being a uid on the localhost?
after all, mutt cannot know what the MTA knows,
so it cannot tell whether "username" exists or not.
Sven
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