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From: plocher%sally@Sun.COM (John Plocher)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm monthly posting - August 1989
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Date: 1 Aug 89 00:21:25 GMT
References: <1989Jul27.131046.15633@DSI.COM> <1989Jul29.163127.15265@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
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In article <1989Jul29.163127.15265@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) writes:
>~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

Sun Mailtool under X11/NeWS offers this behavior:

		Me		Computer
	------------		----------------
	Compose Mail
				New. Reply, or Forward?
	Forward
				Bracketed or Indented?	(Could add 'Prefixed')
	Bracketed
				Editwindow with message as follows:
				X---------------------------------------X
				| [v]  Mailtool: Reply or Compose Mail  |
				+---------------------------------------+
				| [include] [deliver] [clear] [headers] |
				|					|
				| To:___________________________	|
				| Subject:______________________	|
				+---------------------------------------+
				| --- Begin Included Text ---           |
				| From blah                             |
				| Blah: Blah                            |
				|                                       |
				| Blah Blagh Blah ...                   |
				|                                       |
				|  -Joe                                 |
				| --- End Included Text ---             |
				|                                       |
				X---------------------------------------X

Maybe a choice of "quoting" styles could be offered by elm (with some default
and of course an obligatory .elmrc keyword :-)

    -John