[Alpine-info] understanding role automaticity

[Mike Miller]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, M.RossARR wrote:


> As I now understand, when Reply, Forward or Compose is first selected, 

> Roles are automatically triggered for review & selection sequentially 

> from the top of the list in searching for a match (so similar roles in 

> the wrong sequence can be a problem just like filters). Then Roles are 

> executed accordingly if a match is found before you are offered an 

> opportunity to fill-in any blanks! Any reply to any message should 

> trigger the search for a matching role. Though none may be found, & none 

> may exist.


Oh.  It's the order of matches, like in procmail.  Well that can be 
tricky, partly because I don't know how to reorder things.  Does this mean 
that if I start at the top of the roles config page (MSRR select role), 
that Alpine starts at the top of that page and works its way down 
searching for a match?



> The 'Participant' pattern demands a match be found in From OR To OR Cc. 

> A hidden address, as from a 'Bcc' or this Alpine-list distribution, will 

> not provide a match as it cannot be found in searching for any 

> particular participant / recipient.


Right.  That's what I thought.  But suppose I have a message in a mail 
folder with mbmiller+x at gmail.com appearing in at least one of the the To, 

>From or Cc fields.  When I reply, I want my From address on the outgoing 

reply to be *always* mbmiller+x at gmail.com.  I am using these options for 
the role with everything else kept at the default:

Nickname          = x - whatever
Comment           = X messages.\n

Current Folder Type =
             Set    Choose One
             ---  --------------------
             (*)  Any

Partic pattern    = mbmiller\+x at gmail.com

Set From        = Mike Miller <mbmiller+x at gmail.com>

Reply Use =
             Set    Choose One
             ---  --------------------
             ( )  Never
             ( )  With confirmation
             (*)  Without confirmation

Forward Use =
             Set    Choose One
             ---  --------------------
             ( )  Never
             (*)  With confirmation
             ( )  Without confirmation

Compose Use =
             Set    Choose One
             ---  --------------------
             ( )  Never
             (*)  With confirmation
             ( )  Without confirmation

So what is wrong with what I am doing?  Alpine will revert to the default 
address when the message was To: mbmiller+x at gmail.com unless I hit Ctrl-T 
and explicitly change the From address to mbmiller+x.

Mike