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Article #214Re: Suggested fix to vm-pipe-message-part
From: Uday S Reddy
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:27
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:27
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blueman wrote: > Since the usual reason for splitting/piping messages to an external > shell command is to pass the message to some standard 3rd program, it > would be helpful to use standard conventions -- by which I mean > something relatively consistent with 'formail' or better yet the RFC's. > In particular, when you ask for the "entire message", I at least expect > the entire message. Boy, you guys are really busy today, aren't you? Unfortunately, it looks like 'formail' has let you down. Julian is right. RFC 2822, which specifies the format of internet messages, only allows headers and body in the messages. The leading "From " line and the trailing empty line are *separators* used in the "mbox database" format, as specified in RFC 4155. These are not part of the messages themselves. Your change will break all users that are trying to interface to standards-compliant tools. You can have either a 4-prefix-argument version or customization variables to include the separators in the "message". Which would you prefer? Cheers, Uday
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