Re: Ident patch

[wil <wil dready org>]

>
>	- When replying, the "To" address are used to search for
>	  a match in the list of identities.  The first matching
>	  address is used to set the new messages identity.
>	  If no matches are found, the default identity is used.

This is definitely useful.

>
>	- When selecting a new identity while composing a message,
>	  the subject is checked for "Re" and "Fwd" strings, and
>	  replaced with the one from the new identity if present.

Maybe it's just me, but this seems unnecessary.

>
>	- The body of the new message is searched for the signature
>	  from the old identity, and is replaced with the one from
>	  the new identity.  If not present, the signature is simply
>	  added to the message body in the appropriate place.
>
>Note that if you edit the signature, or if you use an external program
>to generate a random signature, the code won't be able to find the old
>sig in the message body, and you'll wind up with two signatures - one
>from the old ident, one from the new.
>
>This seems to be a rather haphazard way of doing this.  What we need is
>a way to keep the signature separate from the message body until the
>message is sent - perhaps by having a separate text box in the compose
>window, similar to the headers in the message view.  Any thoughts?
>

I wouldn't like my MUA to do that. It is quite unlikely that I want the 
signature that is already present in a message 'replaced'. It would also 
be complicate things to separate the signature.

The above is IMHO.

wil.