Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach

[David Levine]

Ken wrote:

> >[Ralph wrote:]
> >If "attach" instead appended an mhbuild directive to the draft, would
> >that make the path after that simpler?
> 
> No.
> 
> My feeling is that if you put a mhbuild directive in the draft,
> you're prepared to deal with any issues arising from it.  But I
> don't think it's reasonable to use attach and have it put mhbuild
> directives in the body of the email.

Why wouldn't that be reasonable?  The logic would be simpler:

In WhatNow?

- If you run "mime", run mhbuild on the draft.
- If you "attach", add the appropriate mhbuild directive.  Do not do
  this if there is a MIME-Version header.

In post(8):

- Run "mhbuild -auto -nodirectives".

David