Re: [Nmh-workers] Dealing with missing From: header during send.

[Ken Hornstein]

>I'm currently using Claws Mail as my principle interface to nmh, largely
>for threading and some other interface improvements vs. exmh. One huge
>'win' of Claws Mail over bare nmh is that it makes the selection of
>identity (From:, Reply-To:, Fcc:, signature) very simple when composing a
>new message.  Having said that, I still use comp directly for much of my
>mail, so I'm also in the position of editing headers to set my identity
>per-message.

As an aside ... does Claws use any of nmh underneath of the hood?  I confess
I've not heard of it until now.

>Because of this, I think that nmh should continue to permit the absence
>of any defined From: at all phases until "send" is called.

I think we're all in agreement here; if you want to have a component file
which doesn't include a From: by default, we're not proposing to change
that.

--Ken