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From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
Subject: Re: gnus-posting-styles
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:34:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9ejz0faxb.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hd3w6yjq.fsf@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 11 2006, Hadron Quark wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> Therefore, the default uses the `parens' style in such a case.  See
>> `<f1> v message-from-style RET'.
>
> But my point is that its ONLY if I include the "." in the "name" that it
> switches to the other form.

Yes, the dot causes the switch because «Hadron A. Quark
<hadronquark@gmail.com>» is not allowed according to the relevant
RFCs.  «Hadron A Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>» is allowed.  It's a
feature, not a bug.  You can customize `message-from-style' if you
prefer the angle style.

Bye, Reiner.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-11 22:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-11 16:45 gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-11 17:36 ` gnus-posting-styles Steven E. Harris
2006-05-11 21:35   ` gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-12 17:53     ` gnus-posting-styles Steven E. Harris
2006-05-11 18:42 ` gnus-posting-styles Reiner Steib
2006-05-11 21:28   ` gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-11 21:44     ` gnus-posting-styles Adam Sjøgren
2006-05-11 22:06       ` gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-11 22:31         ` gnus-posting-styles Adam Sjøgren
2006-05-11 22:34     ` Reiner Steib [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-09-21  6:41 gnus-posting-styles John
2005-09-21 12:35 ` gnus-posting-styles Glyn Millington

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