* The "true" format of .mailrc
@ 1999-08-23 17:12 Jan Vroonhof
1999-08-23 17:31 ` Tibor Simko
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From: Jan Vroonhof @ 1999-08-23 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
mail-abbrevs.el has this
end)
(while start
;; If we're reading from the mailrc file, then addresses are delimited
;; by spaces, and addresses with embedded spaces must be surrounded by
;; single or double-quotes. Otherwise, addresses are separated by
;; commas.
(if from-mailrc-file
(cond ((eq ?\" (aref definition start))
(setq start (1+ start)
end (string-match "\"[ \t,]*" definition start)))
((eq ?\' (aref definition start))
However my other MUA (mutt) disagrees. It always wants comments in its
alias file and generates entries like
alias joe Joe User <joe@pobox.net>
mail-abbrevs.el turns this into three aliases: Joe, User,
<joe@pobox.net>.
Unfortunately mutt also doesn't remove the quotes from
alias joe "Joe User <joe@pobox.net>"
A quick glance at other MUA's show that they _all_ want commas
Jan
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* Re: The "true" format of .mailrc
1999-08-23 17:12 The "true" format of .mailrc Jan Vroonhof
@ 1999-08-23 17:31 ` Tibor Simko
1999-08-24 16:23 ` Edward J. Sabol
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From: Tibor Simko @ 1999-08-23 17:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
>>>>> "JV" == Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:
JV> However my other MUA (mutt) disagrees. [...] A quick glance at
JV> other MUA's show that they _all_ want commas
Don't believe them, the "true" ~/.mailrc separator is space. From the
mailx(1) manpage:
[...] The format for the alias command is a space-separated list of
recipients, while the format for an alias in either the .forward or
/etc/aliases is a comma-separated list. [...]
-TS
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* Re: The "true" format of .mailrc
1999-08-23 17:31 ` Tibor Simko
@ 1999-08-24 16:23 ` Edward J. Sabol
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From: Edward J. Sabol @ 1999-08-24 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
Excerpts from mail: (23-Aug-99) The "true" format of .mailrc by Jan Vroonhof
> Unfortunately mutt also doesn't remove the quotes from
>
> alias joe "Joe User <joe@pobox.net>"
Another data point for your argument: The standard `mailx' command on my
Silicon Graphics Indigo 2 with Irix 6.5.2 doesn't strip the double quotes
either. It's really quite annoying. I for one would like to see
mail-abbrevs.el changed.
Later,
Ed
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