Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Suggestion for next Elm release Message-ID: <170@uwm.edu> Date: 23 Sep 89 06:43:42 GMT References: <819@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Lines: 31 From article <819@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>, by wb8foz@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher): > I'm still hoping for the ability to have elm called by rn. > Rod looked at this some months ago, and said a new startup > option switch would be needed. > Yeah, and me too! I use the "vn" newsreader, and I use Elm. I *always* save a copy of outgoing messages. They are a useful record of what I send out, and besides that I'm paranoid -- I want that record of what I said just in case someone else has "different ideas". In any case, I can't get Elm to work "properly" as the mailer from vn, probably for the same reasons it doesn't work from rn. And the mailer that I *can* use lacks the ability to save copies of outgoing messages. I should note that the mailer is invoked as " ", where is something like /usr/ucb/Mail, and is a previously created file containing the entire message, headers and all -- specifically, the "To:" and "Subject:" headers are in this file. I see no facility in Elm (currently) to allow this form of input. (Unless, as is always possible, I have missed the obvious.) -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu UUCP: !uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire