teddywing/mutt-alias-auto-add

A display filter for Mutt to automatically add aliases for emails that you read

alias-auto-add

Adds unique aliases to a Mutt alias file.

When viewing an email in Mutt, this program is set as a display filter that stores an alias for the from address. Aliases will thus be generated automatically when reading email.

The program reads an email from STDIN and tries to add an alias for the from address listed. If the given alias already exists, a new unique alias is generated and used instead. This allows us to always capture an alias even if a person has multiple email addresses.

Inspired by W. Caleb McDaniel's aliasing script published at: http://wcm1.web.rice.edu/mutt-tips.html. This adds the advantage of creating a new unique alias for all email addresses regardless of whether the sender's name is duplicated.

Install

A binary built for Mac OS X is available on the releases page. Download the binary, put it in your PATH, and skip to step 2.

For other platforms, you'll need the Rust compiler.

1. Install with cargo:

    $ cargo install --git https://github.com/teddywing/mutt-alias-auto-add.git --root /usr/local
   

2. Add the program as a Mutt display filter. Add the following line to your .muttrc, specifying the location of your Mutt aliases file as an argument to alias-auto-add:

    set display_filter = '/usr/local/bin/alias-auto-add ~/.mutt/aliases'
   

Uninstall

$ cargo uninstall --root /usr/local alias-auto-add

Testing

Unit tests:

$ cargo test

Integration test:

$ make

License

Copyright © 2016 Teddy Wing. Licensed under the GNU GPL (see the included COPYING file).