Feedback on ticket 146 - $reverse_realname behavior

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

Ticket 146  has a patch to 
tweek the behavior of $reverse_realname slightly.


Right now, if a To address is missing the personal (name) part, the From 
will be filled in with $realname in the reply.


The ticket submitter expects that if the To address was missing a name, 
the reply From address should be the exact same: missing a name too.


I think it's a reasonable expectation, but would like to confirm that 
opinion with others before I merge the patch.


Thanks!

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Re: Feedback on ticket 146 - $reverse_realname behavior

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 02:20:49PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
I think it's a reasonable expectation, but would like to confirm that 
opinion with others before I merge the patch.


Sorry, I forwarded this to the list a bit too quickly.  After just a bit 
more thought I realized the patch is incorrect, and the effect requested 
is difficult to achieve.


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Kevin J. McCarthy
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Re: Feedback on ticket 146 - $reverse_realname behavior

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 02:41:40PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 02:20:49PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
I think it's a reasonable expectation, but would like to confirm 
that opinion with others before I merge the patch.


Sorry, I forwarded this to the list a bit too quickly.  After just a 
bit more thought I realized the patch is incorrect, and the effect 
requested is difficult to achieve.


Replying to myself again, I don't think this is too hard after all.  So 
my question stands.  I'd appreciate any feedback about the original 
intent: to keep the "personal" part empty if the $reverse_realname match 
didn't have a personal part.


Thanks again.

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Kevin J. McCarthy
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Re: Feedback on ticket 146 - $reverse_realname behavior

[Cameron Simpson]

On 08Jun2019 14:59, Kevin J. McCarthy  wrote:

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 02:41:40PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 02:20:49PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
I think it's a reasonable expectation, but would like to confirm 
that opinion with others before I merge the patch.


Sorry, I forwarded this to the list a bit too quickly.  After just a 
bit more thought I realized the patch is incorrect, and the effect 
requested is difficult to achieve.


Replying to myself again, I don't think this is too hard after all.  
So my question stands.  I'd appreciate any feedback about the original 
intent: to keep the "personal" part empty if the $reverse_realname 
match didn't have a personal part.


Having reread the manual, I agree with that - when set, if the To: 
matches your alternates use the email address as it is in the To:.


That isn't what I want, and I have $reverse_realname=no in my own 
config. But I agree with the change.


Now I just need to see why my config doesn't do what I desire - insert 
my preferred $realname in my replies...


Cheers,
Cameron Simpson