* Anders Helmersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-12 18:44]: > > well - "reply" to your own mail and add the missing info. > > you could use the resend-mail command, of course, > > but that might start a new thread. > > What concerns me with this method is that in-reply-to > will include my own mail id, even if it is not > a reply but a resending of my own mail.
yes, that's a grave problem, of course. i think... not. > One applicable situation could be when I would like to arrange a > meeting, with someone (say Beth). However, after sending the > first mail, I discover that I forget to say when the meeting is > going to take place. I resend the mail with the date and time. > I do not consider this as a reply and, thus, In-reply-to should > not be set, but only References (according to RFC2076, para 3.6). what does the RFC say about users who want a special technical solution with each possible situation in life then? anything? ;-) > Though, I may be to restrictive in definition of reply. loosen up! > What I had in mind in my original thinking was to have a quadoption > question in the resend function for including the reference > of the original mail. That would keep the To: field intact. use resend-message then. use your editor to add the necessary changes. and let the MTA let its work by giving the message a new Message-ID. and don't forget to wear your sun screen! ;-) Sven -- Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.
