Re: One recipient per line

[Andrew Korty <ajk@iu.edu>]

Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:

> Andrew Korty <ajk@iu.edu> disait récemment que :
>
>> Greetings.  Is there a configuration option to make message.el put no
>> more than one recipient per line in the header when I reply to a
>> message?  Currently, message.el puts as many recipients as will fit
>> onto each line.  So, it would normally do something like
>>
>>         To: recipient1@example.com, recipient2@example.com,
>>                   recipient3@example.com
>>
>> But I want
>>
>>         To: recipient1@example.com,
>>                   recipient2@example.com,
>>                   recipient3@example.com
>>
>> If this behavior isn't configurable, could someone point me to the
>> code I need to advise or override?
>
> I don't have the solution to your problem even if I didn't search too
> much :) I am just curious : why do you want that behaviour ? Any
> technical reason ?

It would make it easier to see each and every recipient.  It would be
especially useful when replying to a long list of people, like

        To: "Co-worker One" <coworker1@example.com>,
                  "Co-worker Two" <coworker2@example.com>,
                  "Friend One" <f1@example.com>, boss@example.com,
                  "Friend Two" <f2@example.com>

It's easy to miss boss@example.com, and not just because it has no
associated full name.  If it were on its own line, it would be
slightly easier to notice.

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Indiana University