[Users] How to make claws put my correct address to the to-field?

[wwp]

Hello Dave,


On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:06:04 +0100 Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:24:13 +0200
> wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:03:57 +0200 claws at dragony.name wrote:
> >   
> > > Ihre Mail vom Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:22:52 +0200:
> > >     
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:14:50 +0200 claws at dragony.name wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > I have many different e-mail accounts and all mails are
> > > > > forwarded to my main mail account. Unfortunately when I reply
> > > > > to a mail, claws automatically fills in my primary e-mail
> > > > > address in the from-field, which is absolutely not desired. I
> > > > > always have to edit the from-field by hand to change it to the
> > > > > e-mail address originally used by the sender, i.e. the e-mail
> > > > > address saved in the former to-field.        
> > > > [snip]
> > > > 
> > > > I'd suggest to:
> > > >  - use filtering rules at incorporation in order to distribute
> > > > incoming emails to different folders, following the account that
> > > > is forwarding. One folder per forwarding address. See
> > > >    Configuration/Filtering.
> > > >  - in every of these folders, define a default account to use
> > > > (right click the folder, Properties, Compose, set the default
> > > > account).
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > >       
> > > 
> > > So if I understand you correctly, lets say I have 400 different
> > > addresses. I would need to create 400 accounts and 400 folders?
> > > This is very inconvenient and is not really a solution. I just want
> > > claws mail to do the following:
> > > 
> > > newmail.header.from = oldmail.header.to
> > > 
> > > In case you wonder why the heck do I have 400 different addresses?
> > > I use a database-driven wildcard email server, so I can sign up to
> > > every website with a different e-mail address, which is very good,
> > > because I can find out spam sources easily and block them.    
> > 
> > The solution I've suggested is obviously not ideal in such situation,
> > but you would have saved me few minutes of life by saying first what
> > situation you were exactly in. You're obviously not a human being but
> > a robot or some kind of heartless automatism, probably not deserving
> > to use a MUA like Claws Mail but a MTA in a house of scripts that
> > would rewrite headers accordingly to your needs. Good luck with all
> > your 400 database-wildcarded email adresses, robot!  
> 
> I think that's pretty uncalled for and insulting. The original mail did
> say 'many'. It's also the situation I'm in although with a slightly
> different implementation and the situation is one I would recommend to
> anybody who is in a position to implement it (i.e. one-time addresses
> for untrusted correspondents), so by implication you're also accusing
> me and anybody else with a similar arrangement of being a robot.
> 
> And if you meant it humorously, then you forgot a smiley :)

Sorry, guy, but true robots don't smile.

No harm or insult intended! ;-) I'm afraid I'm living in a life full of
scripts and automated processes as well..


Regards,

-- 
wwp
https://useplaintext.email/
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