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From: todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm monthly posting - August 1989
Message-ID: <1989Jul29.163127.15265@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
Date: 29 Jul 89 16:31:27 GMT
References: <1989Jul27.131046.15633@DSI.COM>
Organization: Disillusioned Graduate Hackers, Santa Barbara, CA
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This has been discussed before, but I'm going to bring it up again,
as I don't see it on your fix list.

syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) writes:
~2.  Elm(1) bugs

~EB03 When `f' (forwarding) a message, if the user doesn't elect
~     to edit the forwarded message at first but later does so on
~     the ``send menu'', the text of the message is not quoted
~     with the prefix string.

Please don't "fix" this.  Many other people and I consider this "bug"
a "feature".  There are many times when I want to forward a message to
someone (like if a message get's bounced and I don't feel like sending
them all the bounce info) without the included-text character.  All I
do is hit 'f' to forward the message, then lie and say 'n' to "Do you
want to edit the message (y/n)?".  Then, when it comes down to command
time, I tell it I want to edit the message first, and, bingo... no
included-text characters.

If you feel you must fix this, then provide a facility for forwarding
mail without the included-text character.  I don't like typing
:1,$s/^~//
on each one of my forwarded bounced letters.

Thanks.

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