Bug 4002 - "reply all" not functional in exmh
Summary: "reply all" not functional in exmh
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: exmh
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-12 18:40 UTC by glenn
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-09-25 03:38:49 UTC
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Description glenn 1999-07-12 18:40:42 UTC
The current release (and future ones, apparently!) are not
completely compatible with nmh.  In particular, the reply
all function doesn't work.  exmh invokes 'repl' with
-cc to -cc cc when reply all is used.  The 'replcomps'
file in nmh doesn't comprehend the -cc flags, and they
get dropped.

This patch (per Richard Coleman) fixes exmh to work properly
with nmh:

*** app-defaults        Mon Jul 12 14:25:19 1999
--- /usr/local/lib/exmh-2.0.2/app-defaults      Wed Dec 30
11:59:39 1998
***************
*** 373,379 ****
  *Mops.reply.m.l_reply:        Reply to sender <Key-r>
  *Mops.reply.m.c_reply:                Msg_Reply -nocc to
-nocc cc
  *Mops.reply.m.l_replyall:     Reply all <Key-R>
! *Mops.reply.m.c_replyall:     Msg_Reply -cc to -cc cc

  *Mops.reply.m.t_sep:  separator
  *Mops.reply.m.l_help: Defining more...
--- 373,379 ----
  *Mops.reply.m.l_reply:        Reply to sender <Key-r>
  *Mops.reply.m.c_reply:                Msg_Reply -nocc to
-nocc cc
  *Mops.reply.m.l_replyall:     Reply all <Key-R>
! *Mops.reply.m.c_replyall:     Msg_Reply -group -nocc me

  *Mops.reply.m.t_sep:  separator
  *Mops.reply.m.l_help: Defining more...

It's also possible to change nmh to work with nmh by
changing the replcomps file.

As far as I know, exmh will work properly with a stock
mh release.

Comment 1 glenn 1999-09-01 14:04:59 UTC
A fix for this bug has been committed to the CVS sources on
25 Aug 1999, by Anders Hammarquist <iko.se>.
I haven't been able to check it out yet to see if it works.

Here's a description of the fix:

> I have a patch that has been in the Debian exmh package for a while
> that does determine it at runtime. (Basically, it checks at startup
> whether repl lists -group in the help, and if so, uses it for
replies
> to all). It will not survive switching between nmh and mh underneath
> a running exmh though.
>
> The reason I haven't applied it is that I thought I saw someone on
> the nmh mailing list saying it would go away from some not to
distant
> nmh. I may have been hallucinating however, so I guess I'll just
apply
> it.
>
> /Anders
>

Comment 2 Michael K. Johnson 1999-09-20 15:04:59 UTC
Lorax and RawHide have a new version of nmh that I expect fix this.
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/lorax/i386/RedHat/RPMS/nmh-1.0-2.i386.rpm

Comment 3 Michael K. Johnson 1999-09-25 03:38:59 UTC
Please re-open this bug if the update mentioned before does not
fix the problem.  We've also got a new release of exmh, though
I did not apply the patch on the assumption that using the newer
nmh was the right way to fix this.


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