jeffrey wrote:
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 13:09, Paul Vixie <vixie(_at_)isc(_dot_)org> wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:01:04 -0500
Ken Hornstein <kenh(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com> wrote:
Rather than guess, we should treat the absence of a From: header in
an outgoing message as a configuration error and abort the send. This
change makes the creation of a components file with a 'From:' header
mandatory; the code that initializes the Mail/ folder should
probably be extended to prompt for a default From address which is
then used to create a minimal components file.
So, what do people think of this idea? This would be arguably the
most correct solution, but it would be a significant change from
the way nmh has behaved in the past.
i think this is fine. nmh should gradually encourage people to make a
few changes here and there.
If we are going to change the behavior in any significant way then we
should make it a major release (i.e. 2.0).
bear in mind that many people may not normally do their own builds --
i haven't needed to, for years now, thanks to debian/ubuntu
packaging. if it's a big change, and configuring around it is
difficult (i don't think this one is, particularly), then a run-time
switch for backwards compatibility would be preferable to a build-time
switch.
(i just checked, and realized that i'd be affected -- i have scripts
that sometimes munge the draft to create a From: header based on current
folder, and i see by the way i wrote them that there's an assumption
that there's no such header by default.)
paul
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where it's 32.2 degrees)
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