From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:04:09 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Default message-forward-as-mime to nil X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~5274 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c22677bf00e420e7049bd4fca8e0c05772e973c2;p=emacs.git Default message-forward-as-mime to nil * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Summary Mail Commands): Ditto. * doc/misc/message.texi (Forwarding): Note the new default. * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-forward-as-mime): Default to nil since it's been reported that many recipients can't read MIME digest forwards (bug#24878). --- diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi index 6c165424dd2..efda7f20b57 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi @@ -5658,8 +5658,7 @@ as an rfc822 @acronym{MIME} section; if the prefix is 3, decode message and forward as an rfc822 @acronym{MIME} section; if the prefix is 4, forward message directly inline; otherwise, the message is forwarded as no prefix given but use the flipped value of (@code{message-forward-as-mime}). By -default, the message is decoded and forwarded as an rfc822 @acronym{MIME} -section. +default, the forwarded message is inlined into the mail. @item S m @itemx m diff --git a/doc/misc/message.texi b/doc/misc/message.texi index 0a2a6ce49d2..1d27ff1c585 100644 --- a/doc/misc/message.texi +++ b/doc/misc/message.texi @@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. @item message-forward-as-mime @vindex message-forward-as-mime -If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are -included as inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded -messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, -non @acronym{MIME}-savvy versions of Gnus would do. +If this variable is @code{t}, forwarded messages are included as +inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil} (the default), +forwarded messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like +previous, non @acronym{MIME}-savvy versions of Gnus would do. @item message-forward-before-signature @vindex message-forward-before-signature diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 2847384a3a6..12b72eb25b1 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ achieve this, add 'message-sign-encrypt-if-all-keys-available' to '"foo@bar.com" ', Message will elide the repeated "name" from the address field in the response. +*** The default of `message-forward-as-mime' has changed from t to nil +as it has been reported that many recipients can't read forwards that +are formatted as MIME digests. + * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 27.1 +++ diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el index 250cdc6b128..f7c3ec04ffc 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/message.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ The provided functions are: (function-item message-forward-subject-name-subject) (repeat :tag "List of functions" function))) -(defcustom message-forward-as-mime t +(defcustom message-forward-as-mime nil "Non-nil means forward messages as an inline/rfc822 MIME section. Otherwise, directly inline the old message in the forwarded message. @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ message. When forwarding as MIME, certain MIME-related headers in the forwarded message may be removed/altered to ensure that the resulting mail is syntactically valid." - :version "21.1" + :version "27.1" :group 'message-forwarding :link '(custom-manual "(message)Forwarding") :type 'boolean)