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From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: gnus+qmail:  set envelope sender?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:54:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafy9a3s3pt.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <y9a4cv0c.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de> (Clemens Fischer's message of "Sat, 14 Sep 2002 19:59:31 +0200")

Clemens Fischer <ino@despammed.com> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Grojohann) writes:
>
>>> 	 (address
>>>            (cadr (setq message-qmail-inject-args `("-f" ,user-mail-address))))
>>>         )
>>
>> I think that's not a good idea.  I think you can set local variables
>> from posting styles.  Why not use that feature?
>
> but that's what i'm doing!

No, you're executing Lisp code by side-effect from a place where this
is not intended to happen.

> also, the info page states that attributes in list-form get eval'ed.

Yes.  I'm not saying it doesn't work, I'm saying it's bad style.

It's like avoiding "goto" in imperative programming languages.

>> You might have to add message-qmail-inject-args to
>> gnus-newsgroup-variables, though.
>
> well, to be honest, i don't know which of these features i can trust
> more, and i have this strong feeling towards keeping related stuff in
> one place.

Well, you can put the two Lisp statements together in your .gnus...

kai
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~/.signature is: umop 3p!sdn    (Frank Nobis)



      reply	other threads:[~2002-09-15 14:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-12  2:45 clemens fischer
2002-09-12  8:41 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-12  9:59 ` Frank Tegtmeyer
2002-09-12 15:23 ` Paul Jarc
2002-09-12 23:21   ` Clemens Fischer
2002-09-13 19:58     ` signature separator (was: " Paul Jarc
2002-09-16 11:36       ` signature separator Reiner Steib
2002-09-13 20:25     ` gnus+qmail: set envelope sender? Kai Großjohann
2002-09-14 17:59       ` Clemens Fischer
2002-09-15 14:54         ` Kai Großjohann [this message]

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