Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OFF-TOPIC but IMO necessary] 'Reply-to' braindamage. | Date | Mon, 05 Oct 1998 15:25:57 +0100 | From | Tethys <> |
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David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com wrote:
>I didn't contribute the the recent thread about it, as I assumed >that the idea of Reply-to munging would be stomped upon from a >great height. I didn't expect the list administrators to actually >_implement_ the bloody thing. > >_PLEASE_ could this be stopped. > >Alternatively, could someone set up an alternative mailing list >forwards the posts from linux-kernel without the offending >Reply-to line. (The current l-k setup does still include the >original one if it exists.)
Just a quick comment to say that people using customizable MUAs can still reply with the old behaviour (which is not to imply that I agree with the new behaviour, just that it's not the end of the world -- personally, I think it has some merits, but whether these outweigh the problems it causes I'll leave for someone else to decide :-).
With exmh, for example, add the following to your ~/.exmh-defaults file:
*Mops.ubuttonlist: repl repls *Mops.repl.text: Repl *Mops.repl.command: Msg_Reply *Mops.repls.text: Repl-s *Mops.repls.command: Msg_Reply -form /path/to/kernelcomps
Then put the following in /path/to/kernelcomps:
%(lit)%(formataddr %<{from}%?{sender}%?{return-path}%>)\ %<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr To: )\n%>\ %(lit)%(formataddr{Cc})%(formataddr{cc})%(formataddr{To})%(formataddr{to})\ %<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr cc: )\n%>\ %<{fcc}Fcc: %{fcc}\n%>\ %<{subject}Subject: Re: %{subject}\n%>\ %<{date}In-reply-to: Your message of "\ %<(nodate{date})%{date}%|%(pretty{date})%>."%<{message-id} %{message-id}%>\n%>\ --------
Add the following line to ~/.mh_profile:
repl: -filter /path/to/replfilter
Finally, put the following in /path/to/replfilter:
: width=80 body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0 : :-- :My .sig here
This gives you 2 buttons: "repl" doing a normal reply, and "repl-s" which replies to the original sender, as given in the "From:" line in the header, ignoring any "Reply-to:" lines.
*Now* I remember why I use Unix -- it lets me do what *I* want, not what a given application *thinks* I'll want. Reminds me of a quote:
``Unix: because everything else is just a pathetic toy.''
-- Stephen S. Edwards II <phlaxior@primenet.com>
Tet
PS. Naturally, users of command line MH (or nmh) can use the same technique by aliasing "repls" to "repl -form /path/to/kernelcomps"
PPS. Yes, I know that not everyone has a free choice of MUA -- I'm meant to be using M$ Outlook for this, but judicious use of an Inbox Assistant autoforwards everything to my Linux box where procmail and MH take care of the rest :-)
PPPS. This assumes a correctly set up replcomps for "normal" replies.
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