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LYNX-DEV mail header editing verboten?
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LYNX-DEV mail header editing verboten? |
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Sat, 11 Jan 97 00:09 EST |
I like mail programs that allow the user to edit the headers.
Lynx 2.3 allowed that but ti was changed in 2.4 because:
<blockquote>
* Don't allow the editing of Unix mail headers because that is error
prone (no change on VMS; editable pseudo-headers are included for
informational purposes, but the real headers are those of the
account running Lynx - FM).
</blockquote>
Considering that the typical Lynx setup I have seen allows the
user to enter their own personal name and email address, how
serious of a problem is this really?
I just hacked my copy to allow it again, and while I was at it
threw in a crude bit that appends the letter to $MAILRECORD
if that variable is set. I had found it kinda annoying that lynx
was the only program I ever used to send mail which didn't have
some sort of option for that.
Incidentally, the personal name and email address are usually
enocded like this:
From: Personal name <address@hidden>
or
From: address@hidden (Personal name)
(Or close, I don't have RFC822 in front of me.) Why doesn't
lynx follow this convention?
Elijah
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