[Pan-users] Re: smtp server

[Duncan]

"Frederic Bezies" <address@hidden>
posted address@hidden,
excerpted below, on  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:56:12 +0200:

>> Any idea how I can use the Mail to field ?
>>
> English : It is used automatically when answering by mail, or am I wrong ?

The way pan handles the mailto header changed recently.  Let's see if I
can find the bug...

[Bug 352014] An icon for "reply to author" ?
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352014

A summary is as follows:

The original bug was because reply to author had the same icon as followup
to newsgroup.  The reporter found himself repeatedly hitting the wrong
one, sending mail to the individual when a reply to group was intended.

Charles' observation was that it was a problem, but the larger problem was
one of finding a suitable icon.  He suggested it be discussed on this
list/group, which it was.

Based on the heads-up here, I commented on the bug that from my
perspective, there really needn't be a toolbar button for that function
in any case.  By definition, a poster posting to a public group should
expect responses to be directed to the group.  There's a replyto: header
that can be used to redirect the default to the poster's own mail rather
than the group, if desired.  Additionally, no matter which function, reply
to poster or reply to group, is chosen, both the newsgroups and mailto
headers appear in the post article dialog and can be filled out if
desired.  My preference was to remove the reply to poster from the toolbar
entirely, to gently encourage posting to the group, tho I didn't expect
everyone would like the solution and as such didn't really expect my idea
to be used.

Charles (a bit to my surprise <g>) liked the idea and the reply to poster
toolbar button is no more, tho he mentioned GNKSA required the function
remain (regardless of the fact that the field is there anyway, to be
filled out if desired), as it does in the menu.

So... reply by mail to poster remains on the menu (and thus remains a
function users can assign a customized keyboard accel to if desired), and
can be activated in any case by filling out the appropriate field in the
post article dialog.

As for getting pan to do the right thing when the field is filled in, you
are absolutely correct.  Pan hands off to the configured mail client (pan
preferences, application tab, as you noted). Thus, if that setting isn't
correctly configured, it'll go nowhere.

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