From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65236 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: idea for sending a recipient name correction back to e-mail author Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:10 +0200 Message-ID: <87abrc190x.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190640957 22703 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2007 13:35:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:35:57 +0000 (UTC) To: Ding Mailing List Original-X-From: ding-owner+M13749@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Sep 24 15:35:53 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IZo69-0001AJ-Ge for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IZo5r-0004Je-0V; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:35:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IZo5p-0004JM-MW for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:35:21 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IZo5j-0000YP-PO for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:35:21 -0500 Original-Received: from yxa.extundo.com ([83.241.177.38]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1IZo5Y-0007uI-00 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:04 +0200 Original-Received: from mocca.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [83.241.177.38]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id l8ODZA4I013817 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:11 +0200 OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Hashcash: 1:22:070924:ding@gnus.org::yQmjclth40sUybSU:44j0 In-Reply-To: (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:53:39 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=4.0 tests=SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on yxa-iv X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.2, clamav-milter version 0.88.2 on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65236 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > I've often had my name misspelled. It would be nice if I could reply to > someone with a message, using a > > X-Incorrect-Recipient: Ted Zlantanov > > header (indicating the misspelled address). Obviously the From header > would indicate the correct spelling. The e-mail address has to be the > same, so you can't indicate an e-mail address change (in this version), > only a misspelled name. Gnus would notice the header and ask if BBDB or > other address books need to be corrected (so this would require some > changes to accomodate address book backends). > > Any suggestions? Good idea, bad idea? How about sending a vcard instead, and have bbdb recognize it, and do a similar action? It would be somewhat more standards-conforming than using another X- header. And it would have the capability to correct other kind of information than just the name too. /Simon