From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65283 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: idea for sending a recipient name correction back to e-mail author Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:57:52 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190923148 30587 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2007 19:59:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:59:08 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M13795@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 27 21:59:04 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 1IazVn-0003oV-Qj for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:59:04 +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 1IazVg-0003dY-QW; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:58:56 -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 1IazVf-0003dE-Dv for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:58:55 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IazVZ-0000A9-6y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:58:55 -0500 Original-Received: from blockstar.com ([170.224.69.95] helo=mail.blockstar.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1IazVQ-0001Nh-00 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:58:40 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz (c-24-14-57-89.hsd1.il.comcast.net [24.14.57.89]) by mail.blockstar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D2B23F80DB for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:13:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:47:24 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50 (darwin) X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65283 Archived-At: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:47:24 +0200 Reiner Steib 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 >> >> 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> ,----[ 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 " versus "John Q. Smith ". 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