Re: [Nmh-workers] Attach and disposition

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> i'm just a user.  i used the most convenient method of forwarding an
> entire mail message that nmh provides -- the method that i've been
> encouraged to switch to over writing build directives, and i didn't
> get the results i expected.  sounds like maybe someone else had a
> similar surprise with calendar programs, so i don't seem to be alone.

That may be, but this is the nmh-WORKERS list, and you have a commit bit, 
therefore you are being held to a much higher standard.  There is an 
expectation that anyone hacking on this code understands not only all the 
relevant standards documents, but the interoperability issues at play in 
the field of deployed software, past and present.

You're dealing with people who have been doing MUA/MTA development for 
over three decades in some cases.  We are a tough crowd :-)  But we are 
also *here* because we care about using a mail client that is correctly 
engineered; anything that gives that up for the sake of "but my friend 
does it" is not going to cut it in this bunch.

> pardon me for having higher expectations than i should have.

We will forgive you for not understanding the underlying standards 
documents as well as you should.  We won't forgive whining.  As with any 
sort of engineering work, you must be able to recognize two things: 1) I 
was wrong, and 2) I don't have enough knowledge to make a correct 
decision.  Neither of those are bad things.

By all means, come play.  But always remember you are dealing with a bunch 
of old billy goats, and we (okay, I, these days) will deploy horns when 
and where-ever deemed necessary :-)  It's a chance to learn -- treat it as 
such!

--lyndon