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authorDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2025-10-21 09:38:30 +0300
committerDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2025-10-21 09:39:15 +0300
commit6cb20f98943aa4378c776feed3d6c37a7fdbcee5 (patch)
tree8f05108e107a08292c56dfc67dcd4736308f551b /mu4e
parente18fe2dbe3dc5078cb245c2d8524bbff22b7a2a1 (diff)
mu4e.texi: make reply-to-self avoidance clearer
Move near where it's useful Fixes #2876
Diffstat (limited to 'mu4e')
-rw-r--r--mu4e/mu4e.texi33
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
index 169ccfa..aa44b96 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
@@ -1786,10 +1786,12 @@ that, you can set (or @code{let}-bind) @code{message-cite-function} to
See @ref{(message) Reply} and @ref{(message) Wide Reply} for further details.
-Note: in older versions, @code{mu4e-compose-reply} would @emph{ask} whether you
-want to reply-to-all or not (there was no separate ``wide'' reply); if you are
-nostalgic for that old behavior, you could add something like the following to
-your configuration:
+@subsubsection Interactively deciding whom to reply to
+
+In older @t{mu4e} versions, @code{mu4e-compose-reply} would @emph{ask} whether
+you want to reply-to-all or not (there was no separate ``wide'' reply); if you
+are nostalgic for that old behavior, you could add something like the following
+to your configuration:
@lisp
(defun compose-reply-wide-or-not-please-ask ()
"Ask whether to reply-to-all or not."
@@ -1800,6 +1802,19 @@ your configuration:
#'compose-reply-wide-or-not-please-ask)
@end lisp
+@subsubsection Avoiding replying to self
+
+If you want to exclude your own e-mail addresses when issueing ``wide-replies''
+(a.k.a., ``reply-to-all''), you can use @code{message-dont-reply-to-names};
+i.e.,
+@lisp
+(setq message-dont-reply-to-names #'mu4e-personal-or-alternative-address-p)
+@end lisp
+
+In order for this to work properly, you need to pass your address to @command{mu
+init --personal-address=...} at database initialization time, and/or use
+the variable @code{message-alternative-emails}.
+
@subsection Forward
@cindex composing, forward
@@ -2041,16 +2056,6 @@ configuration:
@lisp
(setq message-kill-buffer-on-exit t)
@end lisp
-@item If you want to exclude your own e-mail addresses when issueing
-``wide-replies'' (a.k.a., ``reply-to-all''), you can use
-@code{message-dont-reply-to-names}; i.e.,
-@lisp
-(setq message-dont-reply-to-names #'mu4e-personal-or-alternative-address-p)
-@end lisp
-
-In order for this to work properly, you need to pass your address to @command{mu
-init --personal-address=...} at database initialization time, and/or use
-the variable @code{message-alternative-emails}.
@end itemize
@node Searching