Suggested features

[Mr Brian May <bam@silas-1.cc.monash.edu.au>]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de> writes:

Suggested features improvements for PGNUs (or perhaps these features
already exist but poorly(?) documented).

    >> - PGP signed MIME attachments (as mentioned on gnu.emacs.gnus).

    Colin> That would be the task of an external package,
    Colin> e.g. mailcrypt.

I will assume that supporting this in mailcrypt doesn't require any changes
to PGnus?

I have never tested mailcrypt yet (just saying what I have heard elsewhere),
so I had better test it before I end up stabbing myself in the foot... ;-)

    >> - ability to forward multiple messages as *seperate* rfc822
    >> mime attachments.

I like to do this in mutt, and a bit surprised Pgnus doesn't do it by
default...

    >> - even better - ability to attach attach a message while you
    >> are already composing a new outgoing message (I have done this
    >>> from mutt, for instance, when replying to one person and
    >>> quoting
    >> abother persons mail).

    Colin> You can always switch to another buffer and browse the
    Colin> groups as you like, copy the message and then return to the
    Colin> buffer "*reply to...*" or "*wide reply to...*" etc. But
    Colin> then, MIME of course. Hmmm.

I suspect that it would be easy to manually add the MIME tags
when pasting the copied message... (not tested - I might be confused -
I think the general idea is sane though).

However, I would much prefer to have that automated to some degree - eg
push keystroke that corresponds to 'attach message', which will allow
you to browse and select a message that you want to attach. Maybe this
is easier said then done.

Anyway, this is a list of the three features I commonly use in Mutt,
and would love to see them in PGnus...
-- 
Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>