Discussion:
[VM] Differences between IMAP-FCC and FCC
blueman
2012-06-12 20:31:35 UTC
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1. Is there any reason that IMAP-FCC doesn't include a 'From:' line whereas
FCC does include a 'From:' line? The net result is that for IMAP-FCC,
the vm summary gets the sender from the "from" line which is often then
the meaningless "VM"

2. IMAP-FCC allows multiple comma-separated fcc imap folders, while FCC
only seems to allow a single file entry. Would it make sense to
transfer over the same parsing functionality to FCC as exists in
vm-imap-save-composition
Uday Reddy
2012-06-13 07:11:41 UTC
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Post by blueman
1. Is there any reason that IMAP-FCC doesn't include a 'From:' line whereas
FCC does include a 'From:' line? The net result is that for IMAP-FCC,
the vm summary gets the sender from the "from" line which is often then
the meaningless "VM"
FCC is a feature of the Emacs mail-mode, which obviously knows nothing about
IMAP. IMAP-FCC was added by Rob F to save a file copy *before* we hand the
message over to mail-mode.

To get a "From:" header in the IMAP-FCC copy, you should set the
`vm-mail-header-from' variable so that you don't depend on mail-mode to fill
it in for you. I think we had a discussion about it earlier in the mailing
list.
Post by blueman
2. IMAP-FCC allows multiple comma-separated fcc imap folders, while FCC
only seems to allow a single file entry. Would it make sense to
transfer over the same parsing functionality to FCC as exists in
vm-imap-save-composition
The comma-separated list is not documented in the manual, which probably
means that I don't approve of it.

Cheers,
Uday
blueman
2012-06-14 05:49:20 UTC
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Post by Uday Reddy
Post by blueman
1. Is there any reason that IMAP-FCC doesn't include a 'From:' line whereas
FCC does include a 'From:' line? The net result is that for IMAP-FCC,
the vm summary gets the sender from the "from" line which is often then
the meaningless "VM"
FCC is a feature of the Emacs mail-mode, which obviously knows nothing about
IMAP. IMAP-FCC was added by Rob F to save a file copy *before* we hand the
message over to mail-mode.
To get a "From:" header in the IMAP-FCC copy, you should set the
`vm-mail-header-from' variable so that you don't depend on mail-mode to fill
it in for you. I think we had a discussion about it earlier in the mailing
list.
Setting vm-mail-header-from still fails to give me a "From:" header in
the copy made by "IMAP-FCC:".

Also, it seems with "FCC:" that user-full-name and user-mail-address
*override* the setting of vm-mail-header-from which seems to defeat the
purpose.

Am I missing something or is this a bug?
blueman
2012-06-14 12:38:49 UTC
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Post by blueman
Post by Uday Reddy
Post by blueman
1. Is there any reason that IMAP-FCC doesn't include a 'From:' line whereas
FCC does include a 'From:' line? The net result is that for IMAP-FCC,
the vm summary gets the sender from the "from" line which is often then
the meaningless "VM"
FCC is a feature of the Emacs mail-mode, which obviously knows nothing about
IMAP. IMAP-FCC was added by Rob F to save a file copy *before* we hand the
message over to mail-mode.
To get a "From:" header in the IMAP-FCC copy, you should set the
`vm-mail-header-from' variable so that you don't depend on mail-mode to fill
it in for you. I think we had a discussion about it earlier in the mailing
list.
Setting vm-mail-header-from still fails to give me a "From:" header in
the copy made by "IMAP-FCC:".
Also, it seems with "FCC:" that user-full-name and user-mail-address
*override* the setting of vm-mail-header-from which seems to defeat the
purpose.
Am I missing something or is this a bug?
Never mind - I figured out the problem...

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