On 24Mar16 11:51 +1100, m...@raf.org wrote: > Cameron Simpson wrote: > > > On 23Mar2016 13:56, John Long <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 08:40:21AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > >>On the othe hand, I do not think mutt makes the header. I'm in > > >>compose mode right now with headers and the Date: header is not > > >>there. > > > > > >Aside from the Received: header that was already mentioned upthread, Mutt > > >can add headers when it sends meil that you don't see in compose mode. I > > >don't think it's a proof of anything that you don't see it. > > > > How irritating.
Is it? Besides Date: mutt adds many more when actually sending. Think about mime, charset, msgid, ... > but it makes sense for the Date: header not to be present when composing the > email. it hasn't been sent yet. it might get postpone, or it might take a > lot of time to write, etc. it makes sense for it to be added when it is sent > and not before. perhaps if you put your own Date: header in while composing, > mutt would not replace it. In fact mutt replaces any Date: header. Play around with a simple sendmail= script [1] and you can see what mutt pipes towards the mta. 1: http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc6.3 Cheers, -- Bastian
