On July 1, 2003 at 00:17, Bill Wohler wrote:
I think a Fcc out of the box is entirely appropriate for new users. The
Dcc usage that Earl suggests is a little more advanced, and is typically
used with procmail which is even more advanced (although it is
absolutely necessary these days). And remember that Dcc is still
undocumented and thus shouldn't be added to the default files.
I never recommended that dcc should be in any default files. I just
explained why I choose to use it over fcc.
I've been using "Fcc: +out" for years. Inevitably, I get a "I lost your
mail, please resend" at least once a month, and I often remind myself
what I said. Perhaps Earl hasn't quite hit the magic-40 senility barrier
yet ;-).
While I use +out, I think +outbox is more MH-like than +sent-mail and
would vote for +outbox for the default and may well edit my own
components file accordingly now that I'm thinking of it.
After some thought, and reading the responses, I no longer have
objections to it. As for the name, it should be "outbox" (with
a lowercase 'o') since it complements the default name of "inbox"
used when incorporating new mail.
The only potential confusion for new users about "Fcc: +outbox" is
that when they see it the first time when composing a message, they
may be confused on exactly what that means.
Other MUAs do the copying of sent mail "behind the scenes". There is
no explicit indication during message composition that a copy of the
message will be filed when sent (it is a general setting of the MUA).
If you want to truly mirror the behavior of other MUAs, the filing
into the outbox would be done by send(1). For example, a .mh_profile
would have:
send: -fcc +outbox
When nmh if first initialized for a user, this could be a default
.mh_profile setting.
Either way, being a more advanced user, I do not care, but I think
it worth pointing out some behavioral issues with a default Fcc:
in components and how it compares with other MUAs.
--ewh