Re: follow-up & CC

[Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>]

> * Reiner Steib <4.hpr.03.e.f@aheshrefcnz.qr> [2003-11-18 20:57:16 +0100]:
>
> On Tue, Nov 18 2003, Sam Steingold wrote:
>
>>> * Reiner Steib <4.hpr.03.e.f@aheshrefcnz.qr> [2003-11-18 17:05:42 +0100]:
> [...]
>>> Maybe it would be better to use something like (gnus-string-equal (nth
>>> 1 (mail-extract-address-components ...))).
>>
>> it depends on what you want.
>> I wouldn't want to see _both_ "bar@foo.invalid" and
>> "bar@foo.invalid.my.domain", I would prefer to either pick the shortest
>> or the "correct" one or...
>
> Maybe my examples were too strange.  "bar@foo.invalid" and
> "bar@foo.invalid.my.domain" are completely different addresses.
> E.g. I know about a domain where the local parts "au", "bau" and "nau"
> exist and belong to different persons.  It's wrong to assume that they
> belong to the same person.

OK, I guess your suggestion makes sense then.
you might compare just the user name and not the full e-mail address.

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