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Article #1038My rmail bug/wish list
From: Eric Benson
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1988 19:33
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1988 19:33
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I've been using rmail for about three years now, having used ZMail and MM previously. For the most part I've been happy with it, but there are a few things I find annoying. These might be taken as suggestions for Version 19. I would like to see something analogous to the ZMail "Examine" command, to permit reading an rmail file read-only. The behavior I would like occurs when the file is not writable by me; I would like to be able to specify that behavior even if the file is writable. I would prefer to have each "mail" or "reply" command create a new *mail* buffer, even if a buffer already exists and the message has been sent. It's easy enough to kill buffers and it's nice to be able to look at messages previously sent during the same session. It's also convenient to be able to respond quickly to a message while in the middle of composing a longer message. I know this is a simple hack; I put it in my init file. I think it is useful enough to be the default. Messages are marked "answered" as soom as the "reply" command is used. This is misleading if the reply is never sent. It would be preferable wait until the reply is sent before marking the message as answered. It might be useful to have another attribute to indicate that a reply is being composed.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!bu-cs!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!LUCID.COM!eb From: eb@LUCID.COM (Eric Benson) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: My rmail bug/wish list Message-ID: <8809301933.AA00531@blacksox> Date: 30 Sep 88 19:33:30 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 24