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Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach |
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:42:44 -0500 |
jon wrote:
> Ken Hornstein writes:
> > >It depends on priorities: I'd rather be able to customize
> > >an attachment than manually insert a simple Nmh-Attachment
> > >header (I think that's the option you mention). I've never
> > >done that.
> >
> > It's just that when I hear the word "customize", I ask the question:
> > "If you want to customize your MIME content, why aren't you just adding
> > a mhbuild directive to your draft?" What are you customizing, exactly?
> >
> > Also, the semantics behind:
> >
> > Nmh-Attachment: foo.pdf
> >
> > are clear to me as a casual user.
> >
> > The semantics behind:
> >
> > Nmh-Attachment: #application/pdf {attachment} foo.pdf
> >
> > are less clear to me and requires me to parse the BNF in the mhbuild
> > man page. Also, more to get wrong! The only reason I want an
> > Nmh-Attachment header to cause a failure is from being unable to read
> > the file.
> >
> > --Ken
>
> I agree with Ken here. I do want to point out that the attach command
> reports an error if it can't attach a file. So the only time you'd get
> an error from send is if the file vanishes between the "at" and the "s".
> Pretty small window. Is this a real problem or just theoretical?
ignorance speaking: are whatnow and send guaranteed to run from the
same directory? (this has bitten me with constructing mhbuild directives
in the editor with unqualified pathnames.)
paul
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach, David Levine, 2013/12/11
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach, David Levine, 2013/12/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach, David Levine, 2013/12/12
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