Re: mutt writes Fcc: even if the MTA fails to deliver
* Nicolas Rachinsky [Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:17:54 +0200]:
> * David Champion <dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-08-11 16:04 -0500]:
> > Personally I'd rather see fcc: not file copies unless $sendmail
> > succeeded, but Thomas has spoken, and the issue seems settled. My only
> > real addition to the discussion per se is that perhaps a boolean option
> > would be suitable. The FCC code could be relocated after the $sendmail
> > code, and conditioned to execute on success or if $fcc_anyway is set.
> > $fcc_anyway would be set by default for compatibility. The only real
> > cost would be yet another option, but that's not something I tend to
> > worry about, myself.
> My concern is, that mutt should only try to send the mail _after_ it's
> sure it is stored in the fcc.
> I would consider it a bug to send out a mail and not store it in the
> fcc because, for example, the disk filling up in between.
which (just if was not clear enough) could happen for every value of
$fcc_anyway.
thanks to Nicolas for this and other posts in the thread, which have
been particularly enlightening for me.
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