Re: 'From' field modification patch

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 27 Feb, Barry Haddow wrote:
> Hi
> 
> This is something I was looking for, but I have a couple of problems with
> this patch
> i) It alters the 'From' field of the mail, not the 'Reply-to' field. So if
> the recipient is using  Balsa  or Netscape and clicks 'reply', the reply
> still goes back the address in your global preferences. I haven't checked
> whether this is still the case with other mail clients.

  I am afraid you are right - this is the way every standard-compatible
  mail client would behave; balsa should not (IMO) add Reply-To field if
  not asked to. I will fix it soon.

> ii) By default the 'from' field is not shown in the message composition
> window and you have to go to the menus to add it. I would prefer if the
> list of default fields visible in the composition window was configurable
> - you can always configure it by editing the source but that doesn't
> really count!

  This is a next item on my TODO list.

/Pawel