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Re: A basic Wish List

#5454
From: Karl Tombre
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 11:10
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In article <1066@philmtl.philips.ca> ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Raymond Dunn) writes:

   1)  When saving (s), the messages are flagged with a "D".  This is the same as
       when they are deleted (d).

       I would strongly suggest that saved messages be flagged differently from
       deleted ones.  I consider this a serious bug.

I agree.

   2)  The user should be able to configure personal preferences as to how elm
       should dispose of messages when you quit, so that, for example you don't
       have to go through the delete/save/leave-alone dialogue for each
       category.

There are options for that in .elm/elmrc. Among others, ask = OFF

   6)  Mail header generation and editing during mailing and replying.

I strongly agree. This is very important ; I should be able to edit
the From: and Reply-To: headers as I want. The system only has to add
a Sender: field automatically. I think this is also what is said by
the RFC-whatever-number-it-is. A secretary should be able to send a
mail with the From: header referring to his/her boss, and we should
also be able to ask for replies to go to another person... And I agree
that the best is to include all these headers in the texte being
edited. In emacs mail, you have a line saying "--text follows this
line-- which can be easily removed by the mailer when the user quits
editing..

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Karl Tombre - INRIA Lorraine / CRIN
EMAIL : tombre@loria.crin.fr - POST : BP 239, 54506 VANDOEUVRE CEDEX, France
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From: tombre@crin.fr (Karl Tombre)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: A basic Wish List
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Date: 26 Feb 90 11:10:44 GMT
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