question/suggestion

[raf]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 06:50:24PM +1100, raf <mutt at raf.org> wrote:

> My advice is, don't worry about the default.
> If you don't like it, just change it.
> 
> "man muttrc" and look for "forward_format".
> 
> I think you want something like this in your ~/.muttrc:
> 
>   set forward_format = "Fwd: %s"
> 
> or:
> 
>   set forward_format = "FW: %s"
> 
> They are both common patterns.
> 
> And they are both much shorter than the default,
> since they don't include the forwarder's email
> address or the enclosing square brackets.
> 
> Don't get me wrong. You have a good point. The
> forwarder's email address doesn't need to appear in the
> Subject: header because it also appears in the From:
> header (even though many mail clients don't show that
> for some reason which is a bad thing), and if it
> matters that an email was forwarded, that fact can be
> indicated in the Subject: header.
> 
> But changing defaults affects others that might like
> things the way they are. Although, I suspect that many
> users probably wouldn't mind one way or the other.
> I admit that I've never liked "FW:". "Fwd:" is better.
> But I'm also OK with it how it is. I don't think I
> forward emails very often, so my opinion probably
> doesn't matter.
> 
> cheers,
> raf

Sorry, I just realised that the default forward_format
contains the *original* sender's email address. That's
not what ends up in the From: header of the forwarded
email like I said earlier. That shows how often I
forward emails. :-) I think I prefer that to the
dominant convention of adding FW: or Fwd: and not
including where it is forwarded from.

cheers,
raf