GMail has a handy feature I got used to real fast where it'd allow me to send as different e-mail addresses (that don't have POP/IMAP access, but they do forward). Claws unfortunately does not have this feature. For example: *) Someone sends a message to primary@host.com. Replying to this e-mail is no problem because Claws already uses primary@host.com *) Someone sends a message to secondary@host.com. Replying to this e-mail is problematic: Claws uses my primary address instead of the secondary. This doesn't apply when replying to, say, a mailing list. Claws has very nice, intelligent mailing list detection, but this doesn't work for every scenario. Perhaps Claws could allow for a list of allowable "From" addresses and determine whether to auto-correct the "From" field if the replied message's "To" field matches one of those addresses?
I know this was reported years ago and never really implemented, but I'd like to *bump* it and say that I'd like this feature as well. I have about 10 email addresses in a single account and every time I reply, I have to manually select the correct From address. It would be nice if claws-mail was wise enough to detect the To: or Envelope-to: or something similar and choose the correct account when replying.
Add SMTP-only accounts for those other addresses. Or, filter them into their own folders, and set the From address in the Folder Template.
Unfortunately, adding SMTP-only accounts or filtering based on folders is not an option when we have too many email addresses. Please consider those people who have 10+ email addresses for their business and thus multiple inbox folders cause more work and they solve. It would be nice if claws was clever to compare the incoming To: address with the available From: addresses in the system and to choose cleverly when replying. Much better than to create lots of SMTP-only accounts or folders per email address. Thank you.
(In reply to comment #3) > It would be nice if claws was clever to compare the incoming To: address > with the available From: addresses in the system and to choose cleverly when > replying. Much better than to create lots of SMTP-only accounts or folders > per email address. That's what it would be able to do with those SMTP-only accounts. SMTP-only accounts are "addresses in the system"
(In reply to comment #4) > folders per email address. You wouldn't need to do this, you just need to add %t as the From value in the Folder Template. (One folder template)