Re: [Nmh-workers] The attach feature

[norm]

David Levine <address@hidden> writes:
>Norm wrote:
>
>> Of historical interest:
>>
>> Whatnow now has features not available to shell users. This represents,
>> the perhaps inevitable, denouement of an argument I lost decades ago. I
>> believed then, and believe now, that the whatnow feature was a mistake;
>> that the correct interface between mh and the user is the shell.
>>
>> It's  surprising that it took thirty five years.
>
>:-)
>
>If a user doesn't want to use whatnow but wants to use
>the attach feature, they could manage the magic headers
>manually or via simple scripts (or now, mhmail).

But what if she's not as smart or as knowledgeble as you?

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