Re: RMAIL, MIME-related bug

[Ehud Karni]

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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:20:48 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I don't understand why is it important to have the message in its
> original pre-`rmail-reformat-message' form.  All the necessary MIME
> information is still there, part of it before EOOH, part of it
> after.  So you ought to be able to figure out how to process the
> message, right?  What am I missing?

It is important if you wish to run external command on it. I use
metamail frequently on the mail buffer. With the  current `rmail' I
use the `rmail-edit-current-message' function to restore (almost) the
original message (it has the `x-Coding-System' line added and the
Mail-from: pseudo header prefixed).

Also, you need the mail in its "undisturbed" form, if you want to
resend it like a mail-relay (another function that I use a lot).

Ehud.


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