From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Forward option for Mail
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:12:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1AWFvr-0003f0-Gt@t40.swtch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:16:25 +0200." <20031216161625.A13462@cackle.proxima.alt.za>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:47:42PM +0100, Axel Belinfante wrote:
> >
> > In (e.g.) mh there is a separate command to do that:
> > redist(ribute), which uses Resent-* headers.
>
> Elm and Mutt use "bounce" and it's a very nifty feature.
The Resent- dance is awful. Most mailers don't present
resent messages very well, causing the recipient to think
it's a direct message, which usually leads to "now how on
earth did this get to me?" or "I didn't know I was on that
mailing list!".
> But
> forwarding then is a case of Mime-enclosing (or otherwise isolating)
> the original message in a bigger scope where the forwarder can add
> her comments.
This is exactly what acme Mail does, no?
Russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-16 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-15 8:47 Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-15 9:04 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-12-15 10:17 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-15 16:53 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-15 10:28 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-16 1:27 ` Russ Cox
2003-12-16 1:53 ` Jim Choate
2003-12-16 1:52 ` Russ Cox
2003-12-16 2:56 ` Jim Choate
2003-12-16 7:26 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-16 13:38 ` Jim Choate
2003-12-16 13:47 ` Axel Belinfante
2003-12-16 14:16 ` Lucio De Re
2003-12-16 14:12 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2003-12-17 2:10 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-12-17 11:16 ` David Lukes
2003-12-17 6:06 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-17 5:14 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-12-17 6:41 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-17 8:20 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-12-16 14:36 David Presotto
2003-12-16 14:15 ` Russ Cox
2003-12-16 15:05 ` David Presotto
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