[MlMt] Warning when replying to a "noreply" address?

[— — Malcolm Fitzgerald]

I had imagined that you would process them on the way in, not on the way 
out. Filter them as they arrive, provide them with a background colour 
or a flag so that you have a more visible signal alerting you to the 
presence of no-reply addresses.


Malcolm




On 8 Oct 2025, at 7:58, Randall Gellens wrote:

> On 7 Oct 2025, at 10:44, — Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>> Hi Randall,
>>
>> That request sounds like something I'd appreciate.
>>
>> It also feels like something that can be personalised with incoming 
>> mail rules. I'm racing to get away from my desk and into work so I 
>> can't offer anything immediately. Perhaps someone else here can offer 
>> a rule that formats incoming mail or that works on outgoing mail.
>
> Hi Malcom,
>
> I think this really needs to be a built-in feature that is able to pop 
> up a warning dialog, similar to the existing attachment warning.
>
> I did try adding a rule on the "Drafts" virtual mailbox:
>
> Conditions:
> [any] of the following are true
>   [any address] [contains] noreply
>   [any address] [contains] no-reply
>   [any address] [contains] do not reply
>
> Actions:
> [Play sound] [bark]
> [Set Tag/Keyword] [Bad Address]
>
> However, it doesn't work as expected; it appears that new compositions 
> don't go into the Drafts virtual mailbox until they are sent or saved, 
> so the rule can't be triggered until much later than one would desire.
>
>
> --Randall
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