From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/35278 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: drafts/queue and edited messages. Date: 09 Mar 2001 16:06:55 -0800 Message-ID: References: <2ng0gm352b.fsf@tiger.jia.vnet> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035171046 2103 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:30:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 15679 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2001 00:07:00 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 15674 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2001 00:06:59 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.networkone.net (209.144.112.246) by gnus.org with SMTP; 10 Mar 2001 00:06:59 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 29935 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2001 00:06:57 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO reader.local.lan) (209.144.117.151) by mail.networkone.net with SMTP; 10 Mar 2001 00:06:57 -0000 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.local.lan (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f2A06tK28078; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:06:55 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.local.lan: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <2ng0gm352b.fsf@tiger.jia.vnet> (ShengHuo ZHU's message of "09 Mar 2001 18:17:48 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/20.7 Original-Lines: 37 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35278 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35278 ShengHuo ZHU writes: > Harry Putnam writes: > > > This has come up a few times but I've lost track of any resolution to > > it. > > > > Using a semi-stock outgoing message archive and then several > > particular groups where I've set gcc in the group params. > > > > If I happen to edit a message that has collected in > > ~/News/drafts/queue > > > > The archived or gcc'ed copy is no longer a faithful copy. > > > > Is this just unavoidable or can we have code that governs drafts/queue > > and knows where the message came from, its file number and whether > > it is gcc'ed? If so write them back to the sending group overwriting > > the original. Maybe the same with the global archive, if the message > > is not gcc'ed. > > > > Maybe make it a requirement for this code that all groups involved be > > under that same backend. Avoiding that major problem. > > nndraft:queue is not designed for editing. nndraft:drafts is. Whether it is or not, it still servers that purpose in those cases where you think of something after posting and discover its queued and available. The drafts editing commands work there as well, so why not use it that way? he he... like I just did with this one when I realized I'd sent to both you and list. I caught it in queue and removed the Cc:. Very handy I think but still would like to make the saved copy be the same. My archived copy of this message will not have the above para or this line.