From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/85075 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: multiple mail accounts in Gnus Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:55:24 +0800 Message-ID: <87vbo01r37.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87oatt3nhm.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412391433 1044 80.91.229.3 (4 Oct 2014 02:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 02:57:13 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M33319@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Oct 04 04:57:04 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XaFWo-0003um-4o for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:57:02 +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 1XaFVe-0004vQ-Gv; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:55:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1XaFVb-0004v0-AD for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:55:47 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XaFVQ-00034C-Fy for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:55:46 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XaFVO-0006tS-IL for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:55:34 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XaFVO-0003OZ-02 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:55:34 +0200 Original-Received: from 123.123.17.134 ([123.123.17.134]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:55:33 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 123.123.17.134 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:55:33 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 123.123.17.134 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VNDocjdBaGpmjd144n15zzFyTaI= X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:85075 Archived-At: Filipp Gunbin writes: > Eric, thanks for the reply > > On 03/10/2014 06:17 +0400, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > >> This is a general issue with Gnus, and one that probably needs a >> generalized built-in solution, but in the meantime what you're doing is >> fine. You still want `message-alternative-emails' in addition to posting >> styles, because that variable is a little more comprehensive -- it works >> for *any* reply, regardless of the group you're replying from (and also >> overrides posting styles if there's a conflict). > > You mean it will work even there are no specific posting styles? But I > set them up for all groups. Sure, you could certainly do it that way, and posting styles is certainly useful for many things, including composing new messages. But my feeling is that message-alternative-emails is somehow "safer": it will always work, even if you haven't set up posting styles for a group, and 99% of the time the most important thing is simply replying to a message using the same From: as the To: you received it at. You'll want posting styles for the other headers and all that, but I do think it makes sense to use both in conjunction. Just my opinion! Eric