[Alpine-info] Option to allow Resending a mail

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Fri, 23 May 2008, Chris Shelton wrote:


>> sometimes it is necessary to resend a mail previously sent.

>> I would like to have an option in alpine to do so.

>> Currently the only options is to use forwarding, which modifies the To addresses, the Subject and also the text itself.

>>

>> Actually the option I request is to load a message into composer unmodified, like e.q. if I copy the message to postponed-msgs and select compose afterwards.

>>

>> Most cases I use this:

>> - Send a message later to another person also

>> - Resend a message, when no answer was received (usually adding [2] in subject)

>> - For some automanagement mails (e.g. list management), where retyping all

>>  the stuff would not be necessary.

>

> This sounds like a good case to use the bounce command, available by

> pressing "b" when viewing a message.  The basic help within alpine

> describes this as:

>

> BOUNCE (redirect) message to :

> Enter the address or nickname of the intended recipient.  Alpine will resend

> the message, which will retain the original author's From: address.


No.
a) I do not want such headers in the mail.
b) Usually I want to edit the mail:
    - add a short note, that mail is resent
    - insert e.g. a [2] in the header
    - correct typos I probably made in the first mail
    - correct/add things, which maybe have been update in the time inbetween
      (I usually resent mails after 5-10 days waiting for an answer)

Actually the request above is for a short command, which allows the same 
result, as the "SAVE to postponed and compose" command chain.

When do I resent mostly:
a) e.g. my boss asks to also get the email I sent to xxx.
b) xxx did not answer to the mail for some time, but answer is required
    (i.e. mail may have been lost or forgotten)
c) A persion yyy should also get the mail, but I find out about this only
    after I composed the mail.

In no case I want to send the message unmodified. Little additions about 
the resent status are neraly always necessary.

Anyway thanks for the mentioning the bounce command. I also have use cases 
for this, where I used forward command till now.

Ciao
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