ken wrote:
pgf wrote:
i didn't know about user_extension until just now. it's a pretty modern
feature, as these things go, though it would probably be more generally
useful if it allowed for substituting the entire username, rather than
just appending to it. in any case, i suspect it's a new enough feature
(the man page even references qmail :-) that people are probably still
using it.
Sigh. So you want to keep this? Or do you want to have this instead?
sorry. i was rambling. i'm only saying that it should be dropped,
because, a) it's a pretty new feature,
so there are probably people actively using it, and b) it's quite a
useful feature -- on the fly modification (albeit limited) of the From:
address, in a way that caters to the variable-recipient feature found
in all major MTAs today. (i.e., pgf+mh@... or pgf-mh@...)
okay, as long as you're in there -- i'll lobby for an environment
variable that lets one replace the whole From: line -- it would be used
in favor of .mh_profile if it exists.
Well, the plan is you would run all drafts through mh-format, and you
could do that with the existing format language today. So how about
default component formats which got your From line from the enviroment?
oh, sure that would be fine. i didn't realize that was possible with
mh-format. forget i said anything.
in any case, be sure and keep "cleanup" separate from "new features"
in your own mind, since some of us kibitzing from the sidelines keep
forgetting the distinction. :-) :-/
paul
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where it's 32.7 degrees)
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