Re: new Mail-Followup-To patch...please take a look...

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>>> +(defvar message-subscribed-address-functions '(ignore)
> 
> Why put "ignore" in the list?

So Gnus can differentiate between the default value and the user's
explicit nil setting.  Gnus automatically adds its function only if
the user hasn't provided a setting.

>>> +  "*Specifies functions for determining list subscription.
> 
> "defvar" and "*" is a strange combination.  Either use defcustom, or
> drop the "*".

I think it's defvar because someone thought defcustom couldn't handle
a list of functions, or the '(ignore) default.  I have next to no
knowledge of customize, so I don't know if this is true.

> Why would we ever want MFT in the messsage buffer?  To test it?
>
> I thought it was supposed to be inserted automatically when the user
> send the message.

It's inserted automatically only if the user didn't supply one
manually.  It can be used manually just like Followup-To, to direct
the thread toward a subset of the lists, etc.


paul