Re: Apology

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Jan 10 2005, Klaus Straubinger wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> wrote:
>
>> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Mail") ]
>> | `gnus-confirm-treat-mail-like-news'
>> |      If non-`nil', Gnus also requests confirmation according to
>> |      `gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' when replying to mail.  This is
>> |      useful for treating mailing lists like newsgroups.
>> `----
>
> What is the reason behind this indirection? Should
> gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news in itself not be sufficient?

Probably the effect of non-nil `gnus-confirm-treat-mail-like-news' and 
`gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' could be achieved by setting
`gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' to some fancy regexp.

> As stated originally, I think it is a good idea to have the default of
> this variable set to t, or to gnus-novice-user (since the documentation
> explicitly mentions "new users").

Sounds reasonable to me.  I'll suggest it on the ding mailing list.

Bye, Reiner.
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