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>>>>> On 20 Mar 91 13:42:38 GMT, kiggans@cme.nist.gov (Bob Kiggans -
>>>>> pdes) said:

Bob> Generally I want to see the <sender-name> when I'm looking at
Bob> messages I've received, and I would rather see the
Bob> <first-recipient-name> when I'm looking at messages I've sent.
Bob> But all visits currently show <sender-name>.  If my visits to
Bob> messages I sent changed the default behavior to show
Bob> <first-recipient-name>, it would be more helpful.  

Well we all have our own favorite ways of doing things so the question
is how to best support the probably multitude of ways you can organize
your mail folders.

Bob> I keep them in separate files and directories from the received
Bob> messages, so a good solution would be to be able to set a .emacs
Bob> variable that was the list of all places in which I want the
Bob> summary line to use <first-recipient-name> instead of the default
Bob> <sender-name>.

Hmm... Nice but maybe a little restricted. What about a list of
summary formats that you could toggle or select from? (If you have
tried 'nn', the news reader, you know what I'm talking about.) This
would mean less automatic selection but easier adoption. (You wont
need to maintain a list of the different folders you got but still you
can, "at the tip of your finger", get the right summary format for the
occasion. Assuming all the right things are available in the summary
format that is.)

One example of how this could be used in practice is to have one short
format, maybe for your normal mail reading, and a long format for
getting more info.

Yours
%% Mats Lidell 
etxmsll@juno.ericsson.se