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From: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: elm 2.2 Patch #5
Keywords: elm patch
Message-ID: <5177@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 3 May 89 03:18:47 GMT
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Reply-To: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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The commentary in patch #5 reads (in part):
+This reinstates elm 2.1 functionality of saving a copy of an outbound
+message by name only if the folder preexists, while keeping the new
+functionality of allowing save-by-name to also occur regardless of
+the preexistence of the folder.
+From: Rob Bernardo <clib!rob>

I'd like to explain here just a bit about the change so that if you want
more info you'll know where to look in the RFM (revised FM ).  :-)

In elm 2.1 the save-by-name option was conditional.  That is, even if
copy = ON and savename = ON in your elmrc, a copy of the outgoing
message was saved by name only if the folder preexisted.  Elm 2.2 PL 0
changed that a bit.  The save-by-name was not conditional, but you could
change your mind about where to save a copy at runtime via the new 'c'
option of the "send" menu.

There were some complaints about this change.

To restore the old functionality (conditional save-by-name) and keep the
new functionality (unconditional save-by-name) it was necessary to add
another elmrc option: forcename.  If forcename = OFF, save-by-name will
be conditional on the preexistence of the folder; if on, unconditional.

Under ELM 2.2PL0, there was a special name you could enter for the
folder prompt under the 'c' option of the send menu, namely "=", to mean
"save by name" (whatever the logname of the first address winds up
being).  With patch 5, this was replaced with two special names: "=" now
means unconditionally save-by-name, while "=?" means conditionally
save-by-name.

For more information see, in the Reference Guide, the explanation of
copy, forcename, and savename in the elmrc section, and also the
explanation of the send menu in the commands section.
-- 
Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell UNIX/C Reusable Code Library
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