Of course, the following simple patch is not intended for inclusion in the tree (i rather sent this upstream), but since mutt is probably used by several people round here, i thought i might share just in case anybody finds this useful...
With this patch, if you set askreply, mutt-1.5.16 will ask you for a Reply-To: header, just like it is asking for To:, Subject:, and optionally Cc: and Bcc:. Otherwise, i would often forget setting the Reply-To: properly. In case i do not want to set the header - like in this mail - hitting "enter" once is not that much work. OK, it's a matter of taste, so by default, askreply is still off. This patch is also available here: http://www.studis.de/Software/mutt-1.5.16p0u0.patch Or without OpenBSD ports markup: http://www.studis.de/Software/mutt-1.5.16-noport-u0.patch Enjoy, Ingo Index: snapshot/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/mail/mutt/snapshot/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.44 diff -u -r1.44 Makefile --- snapshot/Makefile 16 Sep 2007 00:17:05 -0000 1.44 +++ snapshot/Makefile 25 Sep 2007 00:44:39 -0000 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VERSION= 1.5.16 DISTNAME= mutt-${VERSION} -PKGNAME= ${DISTNAME}p0 +PKGNAME= ${DISTNAME}p0u0 MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITES_MUTT:=devel/} FLAVORS= idn sasl sidebar Index: snapshot/patches/patch-edit_c =================================================================== RCS file: snapshot/patches/patch-edit_c diff -N snapshot/patches/patch-edit_c --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ snapshot/patches/patch-edit_c 25 Sep 2007 00:44:39 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +$OpenBSD$ +--- edit.c.orig Sun Apr 1 23:58:55 2007 ++++ edit.c Tue Sep 25 02:13:26 2007 +@@ -311,6 +311,27 @@ static void be_edit_header (ENVELOPE *e, int force) + mutt_addrlist_to_idna (e->bcc, NULL); + addch ('\n'); + } ++ ++ if (option (OPTASKREPLY) || force) ++ { ++ addstr ("Reply-To: "); ++ tmp[0] = 0; ++ mutt_addrlist_to_local (e->reply_to); ++ rfc822_write_address (tmp, sizeof (tmp), e->reply_to, 0); ++ if (mutt_enter_string (tmp, sizeof (tmp), LINES-1, 10, 0) == 0) ++ { ++ rfc822_free_address (&e->reply_to); ++ e->reply_to = mutt_parse_adrlist (e->reply_to, tmp); ++ e->reply_to = mutt_expand_aliases (e->reply_to); ++ mutt_addrlist_to_idna (e->reply_to, NULL); ++ tmp[0] = 0; ++ rfc822_write_address (tmp, sizeof (tmp), e->reply_to, 1); ++ mvaddstr (LINES - 1, 10, tmp); ++ } ++ else ++ mutt_addrlist_to_idna (e->reply_to, NULL); ++ addch ('\n'); ++ } + } + + int mutt_builtin_editor (const char *path, HEADER *msg, HEADER *cur) Index: snapshot/patches/patch-init_h =================================================================== RCS file: snapshot/patches/patch-init_h diff -N snapshot/patches/patch-init_h --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ snapshot/patches/patch-init_h 25 Sep 2007 00:44:39 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +$OpenBSD$ +--- init.h.orig Sun Jun 10 04:29:21 2007 ++++ init.h Tue Sep 25 02:02:39 2007 +@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = { + ** If set, Mutt will prompt you for carbon-copy (Cc) recipients before + ** editing the body of an outgoing message. + */ ++ { "askreply", DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTASKREPLY, 0 }, ++ /* ++ ** .pp ++ ** If set, Mutt will prompt you for a reply-to address before editing ++ ** the body of an outgoing message. ++ */ + { "assumed_charset", DT_STR, R_NONE, UL &AssumedCharset, UL 0}, + /* + ** .pp Index: snapshot/patches/patch-mutt_h =================================================================== RCS file: snapshot/patches/patch-mutt_h diff -N snapshot/patches/patch-mutt_h --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ snapshot/patches/patch-mutt_h 25 Sep 2007 00:44:39 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +$OpenBSD$ +--- mutt.h.orig Wed Apr 11 05:14:01 2007 ++++ mutt.h Tue Sep 25 02:04:23 2007 +@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ enum + OPTASCIICHARS, + OPTASKBCC, + OPTASKCC, ++ OPTASKREPLY, + OPTATTACHSPLIT, + OPTAUTOEDIT, + OPTAUTOTAG, Index: snapshot/patches/patch-send_c =================================================================== RCS file: snapshot/patches/patch-send_c diff -N snapshot/patches/patch-send_c --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ snapshot/patches/patch-send_c 25 Sep 2007 00:44:39 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +$OpenBSD$ +--- send.c.orig Tue Apr 10 06:34:53 2007 ++++ send.c Tue Sep 25 02:15:34 2007 +@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ static int edit_envelope (ENVELOPE *en) + return (-1); + if (option (OPTASKBCC) && edit_address (&en->bcc, "Bcc: ") == -1) + return (-1); ++ if (option (OPTASKREPLY) && edit_address (&en->reply_to, "Reply-To: ") == -1) ++ return (-1); + + if (en->subject) + {
