Re: Sending attachments

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Cc: Miles Bader <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>         address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:56:04 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> Is adding layers and layers of poorly integrated leaky bandaids to
> >> mail-mode really the path we want to follow?
> >
> > I have no idea why you thought I was about to add ``leaky bandaids''.
> 
> RMS has suggested adding simple attachment functionality to mail-mode,
> e.g. via etach.  I haven't had time to look at the code of etach, but I
> suspect that all this will accomplish is an incremental and incomplete
> extension of mail-mode's feature set---not enough to catch up with
> message-mode, but adding more code duplication.

Even if I would agree with your point, it's still a far cry from leaky
bandaids.