On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 06:50:24PM +1100, raf <m...@raf.org> wrote: > My advice is, don't worry about the default. > If you don't like it, just change it. > > "man muttrc" and look for "forward_format". > > I think you want something like this in your ~/.muttrc: > > set forward_format = "Fwd: %s" > > or: > > set forward_format = "FW: %s" > > They are both common patterns. > > And they are both much shorter than the default, > since they don't include the forwarder's email > address or the enclosing square brackets. > > Don't get me wrong. You have a good point. The > forwarder's email address doesn't need to appear in the > Subject: header because it also appears in the From: > header (even though many mail clients don't show that > for some reason which is a bad thing), and if it > matters that an email was forwarded, that fact can be > indicated in the Subject: header. > > But changing defaults affects others that might like > things the way they are. Although, I suspect that many > users probably wouldn't mind one way or the other. > I admit that I've never liked "FW:". "Fwd:" is better. > But I'm also OK with it how it is. I don't think I > forward emails very often, so my opinion probably > doesn't matter. > > cheers, > raf
Sorry, I just realised that the default forward_format contains the *original* sender's email address. That's not what ends up in the From: header of the forwarded email like I said earlier. That shows how often I forward emails. :-) I think I prefer that to the dominant convention of adding FW: or Fwd: and not including where it is forwarded from. cheers, raf
