Re: gnus-posting-styles confusing

[Slackrat <s4Qlackrat@azurservers.com>]

आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla <wahjava@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using Gnus v5.11 on GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (Fedora 7). I'm quite
> confused regarding the use of "gnus-posting-styles". Can someone post
> here an example of "gnus-posting-styles" with also an example to show
> that "gnus-posting-styles" really work. I press 'm' key to compose
> email messages in Gnus, where "To" field is empty and all other stuff
> filled in properly. So what I'm interested in knowing is when does
> "gnus-posting-styles" gets activated, after I press "Send" button, or
> before I press "m" key.
>

...and here's mine - Linux Slack 11 with Gnus 5.11 on Emacs 22.1


I can assure you that it works


;; ##################
;; POSTING HEADERS ##
;; ##################
;;

;; Set some default email and news headers
(setq message-default-mail-headers
"Fcc: ~/Mail/outbox")

(setq message-default-news-headers
"Fcc: ~/News/sent.news.archive")

(setq message-required-mail-headers
      (nconc message-required-mail-headers
             (list '(Face . (lambda ()
                              (gnus-face-from-file "~/.signature/facesmtp.jpg"))))))

(setq message-required-news-headers
      (nconc message-required-news-headers
             (list '(Face . (lambda ()
                              (gnus-face-from-file "~/.signature/facenntp.jpg"))))))

(setq gnus-posting-styles
      '((".*"
	 (name mail-user-name)
	 ("X-Guarantee" "This email is certified to have been free
             of UCE and any other Malicious, Harmful or
             Annoying Content when originally sent by
             <user>@azurservers.com - Azurservers post
             SPF records and do not condone SPAM type
             emails")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/bill")
	 ("X-Homepage" "http://azurservers.com")
	 ("X-Operating-System" "Slackware GNU/Linux")
	 ("X-Azurservers-AuthNo" "Registered as AZSV bghkd8332277")
	 (organization "Not very much!"))

;; USENET
;;=======

	 ("rec*"
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/davey")
	 (name "Davey Crockett")
	 (address "dav4Qeycrockett@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-rec")
         )

	 ("gnu.emacs*"
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/slackrat")
	 (name "Slackrat")
	 (address "s4Qlackrat@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-gnu"))

;; MAILING LISTS
;;==============
	 ("tlug"
	 ("To" "tlug@ss.org")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/slackrat")
	 (name "SlackRat")
	 (address "slackrat4Q@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-tlug")
         )

	 ("xitami"
	 ("To" "Xitami Users General Discussion <xitami@lists.xitami.org>")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/slackrat")
	 (name "SlackRat")
	 (address "slackrat4Q@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-xitami")
         )

;; INDIVIDUALS
;;============

         ("sublet-nicola"
	 ("To" "Nicola Nunu <bought@hotmail.it>")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/bill")
	 (name "William E.Henderson")
	 (address "billhenderson@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-sublet-nicola")
	 ("Bcc" "inconnu@azurservers.com")
         )

 	 ("tanya"
	 ("To" "Tanya Kim Henderson <tanyah@ualberta.ca>")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/dad")
	 (name "Bill Henderson")
	 (address "billhenderson@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-tanya")
	 ("Bcc" "inconnu@azurservers.com")
         )

 	 ("gaukroger"
	 ("To" "Kath et John <john.gaukroger@virgin.net>")
	 (signature-file "~/.signature/bill")
	 (name "Bill Henderson")
	 (address "billhenderson@azurservers.com")
	 ("Fcc" "~/Mail/sent-gaukroger")
	 ("Bcc" "inconnu@azurservers.com")
         )
))


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