Re: Simplify inline forward headers

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <m2ps3kmmjv.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk> Leo wrote:
> ----- Katsumi Yamaoka (2007-06-25) wrote:-----

>>> I often have to inline forward messages to people who are not using
>>> Gnus. However, almost all headers in the original messages are
>>> included which make the emails look messy.
>>
>>> I wonder how to make inline forward only include headers in
>>> gnus-visible-headers.
>>
>> `gnus-visible-headers' is unlikely to contain some headers which are
>> indispensable for forwarding MIME messages.

> By `forwarding MIME messages' do you mean the non-inline alternatives of
> `gnus-summary-mail-forward'?

I meant just inline, i.e., using MML.  But I might have
misunderstood; though I'm not quite sure of it, even if removing
all headers in the case where MML is used, it might cause no
problem if `message-remove-ignored-headers' is performed in the
present way.  Please note, Gnus doesn't use MML by default when
forwarding signed or encrypted messages.

> We could use another variable (e.g. message-forward-kept-headers) to
> contain headers that should be kept.

I don't want a new variable which is simply an inverse of an
existing variable.

>> You can modify the `message-forward-ignored-headers' variable instead.
>> I don't have an idea of making it remove more headers by default.

> I want to make something like this to work by modifying
> `message-remove-ignored-headers':

>   if message-forward-kept-headers is nil,
>   `message-forward-ignored-headers' is used; otherwise,
>    message-forward-kept-headers is used.

> Ideas?

I don't know what may become *the default values* that satisfy
many users.  Although I humbly think adding "^Received:" to the
default value of `message-forward-ignored-headers' might be a
good idea, I'm satisfied with deleting some headers manually. ;-)