Re: [PATCH] add sendbox feature

[Aron Griffis <agriffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:  [Thu Aug 14 2008, 01:05:06PM EDT]
> Why not simply use 
> 
> set record=imaps://your.courier.host/INBOX.Outbox
> set sendmail='cat > /dev/null' ## or equivalent
> 
> No need for a patch, or did I miss something?

I agree that seems like the obvious solution, but it has a number
of problems.  I detailed some of the history of this patch at
http://blog.n01se.net/?p=10 but here's the relevant excerpt:

    I tried setting $sendmail=/bin/true and used $record to fcc
    the message to the IMAP Outbox. This hack generally worked.
    The fcc-status patch is needed to prevent "Status: RO"
    (screws up the recipients that use mboxes; the mail shows up
    as already-read). Additionally mutt doesn't provide a method
    to fcc to more than one folder, so to get an fcc other than
    the Outbox, I used the write-fcc function in the compose
    menu. That was broken because it lacks the Message-ID,
    encryption/signing, date, etc!

    Moreover it all falls apart when bouncing (remailing)
    messages, because that code path calls mutt_invoke_sendmail
    directly, and of course no fcc is done.

Thanks,
Aron