Gary, et al --

...and then Gary Johnson said...
% 
% On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 05:46:09AM -0500, David T-G wrote:
% 
% > Please help me clarify...  Is it the case that $mime_forward does not
% > work at all for you, or simply that you do not want to forward the
% > message, with its attachments, in its own single attachment container?
% 
% OK, let me try to explain this by an example.  Someone sends me a

I just wanted to make sure I understood the problem; lots of people
started pointing to $mime_forward when I didn't think that that was the
answer Aleks sought.


...
% twice to select both parts of the message, then type ';f' to forward
% both parts.  After answering "n" to "Forward MIME encapsulated?
% ([n]/y):", mutt starts my editor with the text/plain part already there.

So you (or you in Aleks's shoes) want to be able to edit the text body as
though it were a reply.  OK.


% Great!  I finish editing and find that mutt has included the attachment

Right; this part I get.


% in the message.  Again great!  This is exactly the behavior I want.  But
% I want it as easily as I get the other forwarding behaviors, in one
% keystroke, maybe two.

So $mime_forward and putting any prologue in your envelope isn't good
enough.  Hey, if you want it, then that's fine.  It seems useless to me
but that's why we have a configurable MUA :-)

I repeat that it's time for a feature patch, so one of you guys either
start coding one or find someone who will.


HTH & HAND

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