nmh-workers
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.5 release, minor nits, and an open call to Jerry Peek

2012-02-03 12:58:42
On 2/3/2012 5:42 PM, Ken Hornstein wrote:
Alright, here are some things I've been thinking about in no particular
order:
...

i am +1 to your recommendations. i have some comments on alternatives.

- I discovered that with making REALLYDUMB the default, I've run into
  a number of cases where my draft doesn't have a From: header (this
  happens when using dist or forw), and the constructed one is wrong
  (either it's "kenh" which our SMTP server now rejects, or at home
  it's "kenh@pendragon.internal", which is also rejected. I've
  realized that we should deal better with this.  I propose we have
  a new .mh_profile entry that is used as the default From: when one
  isn't supplied in a draft.  Objections?

i think that we should not emit a From: without an @FQDN, or fail to
emit a From:. if the components file did not give us a From: then we
should autogenerate From: `whoami`@`hostname` and let the gods sort it out.

- Jerry Peek, this is for you, assuming you're still around.  The MH/nmh
  book is a great resource, but it hasn't been updated in a while.  Would
  you be interested in updating some stuff for some of the newer nmh
  features?  I'm thinking specifically of the new format/mhl filter,
  SMTP server/port selection, authentication with Cyrus-SASL, those
  sorts of things.  I could help you with that, it's just that I'm not
  really a writer.

this likely depends on ORA thinking that a new edition might sell,
perhaps electronic-only.


_______________________________________________
Nmh-workers mailing list
Nmh-workers(_at_)nongnu(_dot_)org
https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>