[Alpine-info] email+TAG@domain

[Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2025, Iosif Fettich via Alpine-info wrote:


> Hi dear fellow alpine users,

>

> I'm trying to refine my roles a bit and am not really sure if what I want can 

> be achieved in some way with what we have or if this message of mine is 

> rather something like a feature request.

>

> In order to use say emails like myemail+TAG at domain when subscribing to some 

> newsletter or service, I'm currently having a handful of roles, one per 

> service(TAG).

>

> But by doing so, for each new service I have to define a new role, which is 

> rather tedious.

>

> When I get an email that has the +TAG in the To: header, I switch to the 

> respective role when replying and then things are fine.

>

> But that requires attention - and often enough, especially if I'm in a hurry, 

> I forget about selecting the proper role and end up sending the mail with my 

> regular, untagged FROM address.

>

> Ideally, I'd wish that whenever there's a '+TAG' in the TO: header of a 

> message that reaches my Inbox, my replies would automatically use the 

> received TO: header as FROM: for the new mail.

>

> Can this be achieved easily, am I just missing the proper way to do it?


I have set
 	copy-to-address-to-from-if-it-is-us
and
 	 alt-addresses=email.*@domain
(I use email.TAG at domain,
  not sure whether the . and + are magic in this case).

For some newsletters this works, but or others it does not.

-- 
Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    andrew at aitchison.me.uk