[sylpheed:36713] Re: On my Sylpheed wish list

[Gene Goldenfeld]

[sorry, I'm going to top post because of the length of your reply)

Forwarding: The received email addresses I typically want to forward
from are in my list of accounts. With one, the only difference is the
ending, .fm vs .com. With others, they are completely different. 

Re-edit as Folder option: I don't see "Actions" or anything similar in
the Win32 version.

Gene




On Tue, 22 May 2018 09:27:45 +0200
Antonio Ospite <ao2 at ao2.it> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 May 2018 18:40:00 -0600
> Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > [Retry: I posted this earlier from my .fm address, but it doesn't
> > seem to have made the rounds]
> > 
> > For me, there are a couple of changes (Win32) that would make using
> > Sylpheed a little easier, not that it's difficult(!):
> > 
> > - With Forward, have "From" use the address the email came to, not
> > the first in my accounts list
> >
> 
> I observe that the "From" field of a new forwarded message matches the
> "To" of the original message if it is a known account, and apparently
> it falls back to the first in the account list when the "To" is not
> recognized.
> 
> What does the "To" of the original message look like when you see the
> undesired behavior?
> 
> > - Allow Re-edit via the drop-down menu to be done from any folder,
> > not just the Send folder
> >
> 
> This one can be done with "Actions":
> 
> 1. Add a new Action:
>      Configuration -> Actions...
> 
>      Menu name: Edit message
>      Command line: gvim -f %F
>      [Add]
> 
> 2. From any folder you can select a message and:
> 
>      Tools -> Actions -> Edit message
> 
>    The save and the changes will be in the original message.
> 
> I use this functionality mainly to adjust headers (missing
> In-Reply-To).
> 
> Ciao,
>    Antonio
> 
> -- 
> Antonio Ospite
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> 
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?