From: Jinwoo Lee Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:26:17 +0000 (+1600) Subject: Re: emacs: Wrong "From" address when forwarding a mail X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed015639cb7225194c982d5029d36ff4a19b3520;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: emacs: Wrong "From" address when forwarding a mail --- diff --git a/ee/b4efedba1e861009b2d3f8469ae16f7ceefc61 b/ee/b4efedba1e861009b2d3f8469ae16f7ceefc61 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c23dc0a51 --- /dev/null +++ b/ee/b4efedba1e861009b2d3f8469ae16f7ceefc61 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012FC6DE0BF6 + for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:23 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.562 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.562 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[AWL=-0.011, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, + DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, + SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id JwxWWUz4Colc for ; + Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:21 -0800 (PST) +Received: from mail-pa0-f66.google.com (mail-pa0-f66.google.com + [209.85.220.66]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9FD06DE0244 + for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:20 -0800 (PST) +Received: by mail-pa0-f66.google.com with SMTP id fl14so9968384pac.1 + for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:20 -0800 (PST) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id + :mime-version:content-type; + bh=uglWMRNvWqfrCK/QV/h3JOK4WU8A45wA3wYeVOQNozU=; + b=z4VYIcnwTt+KlusHZY7IpG239FAeC42aIOaunIu74Sa283ucorYI3SKhDpMCkxgKiv + hqoTePiFN7d5SXpOitbhXPXnT8mQJFPifUmEWWiBc+D/MkjqPl41rRagSakBG42ddGNc + Ad7Xc/Nrd9PUeT0uNqXMPjVY1Ei88MzIkv6b35aQls1IqPgh5abXFehh6VheFfXnAssP + B2N7sdAfy352G4sI6cBLEjbO/5cEs/9ZZxtIswpu/5+HFnvrQzyoNA7oCIUGihvuHAR2 + TQFf9ushXJK3EllJnWh5Vm1Ztx8i+joUT/NTTmI3RHFZUShWiSKZxCBo4l82kBHOnTUl + erFg== +X-Received: by 10.66.102.97 with SMTP id fn1mr22322726pab.131.1450646779636; + Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:19 -0800 (PST) +Received: from jinwoo-macbookair.roam.corp.google.com.gmail.com + ([2601:647:4b02:71ea:4538:cef7:31d8:a56f]) + by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id by2sm34654608pab.20.2015.12.20.13.26.18 + (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:19 -0800 (PST) +From: Jinwoo Lee +To: Mark Walters , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: emacs: Wrong "From" address when forwarding a mail +In-Reply-To: <8760zsyh5z.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> +References: + <8760zsyh5z.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+26~g8881a61 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0.0) +Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:26:17 -0800 +Message-ID: +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:26:23 -0000 + +On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Mark Walters wrote: +> You can get around some of this by setting +> notmuch-always-prompt-for-sender to t (it is a customizable +> variable). This means that whenever you create a new message or forward +> a message you will be prompted to choose a sender address. + +I think forwarding should be more symmetric with replying than with +sending a new message. Forwarding is an act of sending a mail you +received at your account A to another person, and so the default account +that it's sent from must be account A, not one of your other accounts. + +Isn't it really weird if a mail was "forwarded" from an account that +never had received that mail? + +> Indeed, I am surprised you don't find it annoying that, when you start a +> new personal email (e.g., with "m"), notmuch uses your corp address. + +I'm not surprised because it's a new mail and not associated with any of +my accounts yet before I send it. Forwarding is different because it's +already associated with one of the accounts and that one should be the +default From address when forwarding. That's my expectation and I think +it's intuitive. + +>> Can we make notmuch-show-forward-message behave like +>> notmuch-show-reply-sender, which chooses the From address correctly? +> +> We could do this, but it's not clear to me that it is better than what +> we have. Indeed, under your suggestion, suppose someone with their +> personal address as their primary address received an idiotic email from +> their boss, which they forward to their wife saying "what an +> idiot". Suddenly, it is now being read by work... + +Agreed that this issue can happen in this case. Let's forget about the +privacy issue. + +> Overall, I don't think is is possible for notmuch to get this right +> enough of the time to make anything other than +> notmuch-always-prompt-for-sender sensible in this sort of situation. +> +> Best wishes +> +> Mark