Forwarding Mail Messages

[Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>]

Hello All,

There was some concern over my proposal to allow forwarding of
mail while entering a message that it might be difficult to implement.

Here is a way to implement it that I think would be very simple.
However, it requires a different mind set compared with mutt. 

1. The user goes to the group buffer, and marks (#) messages
that he/she wants to forward.

2. The user pushes special keystroke (to be invented), which invokes
a function. This function automatically copies and/or appends entries
to the buffer[1][2], in one of three formats:

A) reference message number

#part type="message/rfc822" group="nnml+private:mail.misc" message=1
#/part

B) reference message id

#part type="message/rfc822" group="nnml+private:mail.misc" message=<19991119091033.A23706@snoopy.apana.org.au>
#/part

C) include message
#part type=message/rfc822 disposition=inline
[...]
#/part

3. The use pushes C-y to insert buffer into message.

4. When the message is sent, it is fetched from the appropriate
group, as appropriate. This is similar to attaching a file.

Which one? A), B), or C)? Personally I prefer one of A) or B). When I
forward a message, I don't particular want to edit it, and these
methods are more convenient. However, C) would require fewer changes.
 
B) might be slowest, but might also be more convenient if typing in
the entry manually.

Note:
[1] I think the is the correct notation ;-)
[2] edited, so I can send it... put < and > at start and end of each entry
-- 
Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>