[MlMt] Account addresses and address [atterns

[Randall Gellens]

--Randall

On 10 Feb 2018, at 12:22, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 10 Feb 2018, at 4:15 (-0500), Randall Gellens wrote:
>
>> I have both a list of frequently-used addresses and an address patter 
>> in the form “*@foo\.examle\.org | *@bar\.example\.org” set for 
>> several accounts.  Yet most replies have the wrong default address.  
>> As a test, I tried deleting the list of explicit addresses, and 
>> deleted the spaces around the pipe in the address pattern, but to no 
>> avail
>
> Those are both flawed. The pattern must be a regular expression, in 
> which a leading '*' isn't meaningful, since it means 'zero or more of 
> the prior character.' Also, spaces ARE meaningful in regular 
> expressions, so you shouldn't have any in a pattern for an email 
> address.

Thanks.  In the help pages, it _looks_ (at least to me) like there are 
spaces around the pipes.  Thanks for reminding me that :*: needs 
something in front.


>> 1: Is it correct to set both a list of explicit addresses and an 
>> address pattern for an account?
>
> Sure. The addresses mentioned in my signature AND OTHERS are matched 
> by my combination of a list and a pattern.

Thanks.


>> 2: Is it correct to have spaces around the pipe in the address 
>> pattern?
>
> No. I suppose it is possible that Benny cleans up the input to remove 
> all spaces not inside double-quotes (address syntax has weird edge 
> cases...) but I doubt that. A major advantage to using regular 
> expressions instead of a simpler pattern syntax is that thee is a lot 
> of mature free code
>
>> 3: Is it correct to have a space after the comma in the explicit 
>> address list?
>
> Works for me. I don't know if it is required.
>
>> 4: Is the default reply address determined on message reception or 
>> reply generation?
>
> Yes. :)
>
> Benny has explained the heuristics involved in picking a sender here 
> before, but I'm almost certain to get it wrong if I try to explain it 
> myself.

OK.

Is there a way to associate a default reply address with an address 
pattern or set of domains?


>> 5: is a pattern of the form “*@domain” acceptable?
>
> No, but '.*@domain' is. '*' always has to refer to something before 
> it.

I must have been thinking shell globing, thank you.
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