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some vm bugs and suggestions

#8743
From: David B. Rosen
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 23:51
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I am using VM 5.32 (beta).  Thanks for a great piece of software --
I'd never go back to rmail!  By  the way, what is the latest version
and where can I get it?

Here are some  problems I've noticed:

	incremental search doesn't work (error on exit from search)
	C-g during query "delete excess backup files" leads to runaway loop
	g (get new mail) when primary folder is not yet visited leadss
		to visiting and getting new mail before one has a chance to
		recover-file  due to "backup version is newer",
		leading to new mail moved into non-current folder.
	appears to supersede write-file-hooks instead of appending, or in
	   any case zcat.el doesn't properly rename .Z to ~.Z on save.
	if do vm-save-message from Summary buffer (with
		vm-visit-when-saving 't), you end up with
		written-to buffer (assuming saved as buffer) mapped in place
		of your original summary buffer (may depend on whether
		you already are visiting this file).
	When primary mail file empty: "Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil"
	vm-resend-message to
		louie@seismo.unr.edu (John Louie)
	    leads to 3 recipients:
		Resent-To: louie@seismo.unr.edu, (John, Louie)
	followup to To: distribution.@uu2.psi.com; (see end of body)
		doesesn`'t  get recips from end of body	 (is this standard?)

And some additional suggestions:

	default folder to which to save a msg. should not be same
		folder the msg is already in
	when msg is from this user, show "To: ..." instead of from in
		summary (as in rmail)
	selecting message from summary buffer should map corresponding
		folder buffer to window if not already mapped
	labels like in rmail would be useful
	ability to change physical order of messages in folder
	ability to actually sort msgs
	ability to re-mark a message as unread or new after reading.

And a question:
	If the major mode of a vm folder buffer is changed to, say
	text-mode, is it possible that unflushed changes may be lost?

Here is my .vm file:

(defvar rmail-ignored-headers 'nil)
(setq 
 ; following three must be in this order:
 vm-folder-directory "~/mail/"
 vm-primary-inbox (concat vm-folder-directory "in.mail")
 vm-crash-box  (concat vm-primary-inbox ".CRASH")
 vm-berkeley-mail-compatibility 't ;; sure, why not read/write Status header?
 vm-highlighted-header-regexp "^From\\|^Subject"
 vm-reply-subject-prefix "Re: "
 vm-visit-when-saving 't  ;; in case folder is compressed
 vm-auto-center-summary 0
 ;; following make the interface more like rmail:
 vm-preview-lines 'nil
 vm-follow-summary-cursor 't
 vm-auto-next-message 'nil
 vm-circular-folders 'nil
 vm-confirm-new-folders 't
 vm-move-after-deleting 't
 vm-invisible-header-regexp rmail-ignored-headers
)

;; check mbox before system spool (but don't add to list if already there):
(or (equal "~/mbox" (car vm-spool-files))
    (setq vm-spool-files (cons  "~/mbox" vm-spool-files)))

;; so long as vm is loaded, use vm-mail by default instead of regular mail
(global-set-key "\C-xm" 'vm-mail)
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