Re: idea for sending a recipient name correction back to e-mail author

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:47:24 +0200 Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote: 

RS> [ Resent. ]
RS> On Thu, Sep 20 2007, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

>> 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 <tzz@lifelogs.com>
>> 
>> 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

RS> BBDB already asks:

RS> ,----[ <f1> v bbdb-quiet-about-name-mismatches RET ]
RS> | bbdb-quiet-about-name-mismatches is a variable defined in `bbdb.el'.
RS> | Its value is nil
RS> | 
RS> | Documentation:
RS> | *If this is true, then BBDB will not prompt you when it notices a
RS> | name change, that is, when the "real name" in a message doesn't correspond
RS> | to a record already in the database with the same network address.  As in,
RS> | "John Smith <jqs@frob.com>" versus "John Q. Smith <jqs@frob.com>".
RS> | Normally you will be asked if you want to change it.
RS> | If set to a number it is the number of seconds to sit for while
RS> | displaying the mismatch message.
RS> | 
RS> | You can customize this variable.
RS> `----

BBDB name change prompting is very different, although useful: it's a
passive mechanism that notices discrepancies, and it augments rather
than replaces the record.  I want an active mechanism to replace wrong
name data, for when I keep seeing my name misspelled and it annoys me.

Ted