Re: Replying with a specified posting style

[Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> writes:
>
>> Hi, this smells like a FAQ, but I couldn't find anything about it:
>>
>> Sometimes I receive messages to my account A, while I want to reply to
>> them from my account in server B.
>>
>> As far as I know, posting styles are only selected when composing new
>> messages.
>
> No, posting styles are in effect based on replies/followups as well. In
> fact, I think the only time they *aren't* in effect is when composing
> new messages, unless you call a message composition command with a
> prefix arg, in which case the group under point is used.
>

You are right, otherwise my solution would not work.

>
>> As a low-tech solution, I just move the message from A to B's INBOX and
>> reply from there.
>>
>> Is there a more elegant solution?
>
> The "match" part of the posting style can be more complicated than a
> simple string match on group name. If you need to match on both "From"
> header and group name, I think the simplest thing might be to use your
> own function that checks those two things (the function is called with
> point in the message that you're replying to), and then sets the From
> and GCC and maybe SMTP server appropriately.
>
> Does that make sense?

Yes, it does.  My use case is not generalist, since I do not have any
rules that I can write beforehand, but from time to time someone
addresses me at the wrong email identity.

I was somehow looking for a function that could set up those fields you
mentioned in the reply process, but if it is not straightforward, I am
sticking with my procedure: move the message to the group it should
belong, and then benefit from its posting style when replying.

Thank you very much for the heads-up.

-- 
Alberto