[pmmail-list] Clean Up Message Forwarding

[Gene Gough]

AMEN!


On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 13:15:09 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:

>When PMMail/2 forwards a message, the entire header of the forwarded
>message is inserted in the new message.  I would like to have only:
>	To:
>	From:
>	Date/Time:
>	Subject:
>included.  Possibly, if there is a:
>	Reply-To:
>that is different from the "From:" it should be included also.
>
>The main objective is to eliminate all of the extraneous:
>	Received:
>	X-Mailer:
>	MIME...:
>	Content...:
>	Precedence:
>	Message-ID:
>	etc...
>from the forwarded message.  I cannot imagine why any of this would be
>of any interest to the recipient of the forwarded message.  Yes, there
>is one exception:  If you are forwarding a message to an ISP Help Desk,
>ISP Abuse ID, etc.  But these are exceptions that should be handled on
>an exception basis.
>
>I have looked a the Filter Builder description.  If there is a simple
>way to do this it is not obvious to me.  Has anyone out there devised a
>way to make this happen?  
>
>Certainly, the most desirable way would be to have an option in the
>PMMail or Account Settings to cause this to happen.  i.e., Maybe just a
>check list of the header sections to include/omit would be nice.  Then,
>possibly, an option on the Message->Forward drop down menu that would
>provided:
>	Message->Forward->Full_Header
>	                ->Abreviated_Header
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Carl
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