84876 (MTA Config patch) Funness

[J. Paul Reed]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Gervase Markham wrote:

> If fixing both at once is the right thing to do, then go ahead :-)

One of the "interface is nicer" things is clients (i.e. .cgis) specify
which template file they want to send, and then pass the template the
information it wants.

> Any particular reason, given that the two will always be combined in the
> same way? ("It stops people messing things up when editing templates"
> could well be a valid reason :-)

That, and what Justdave said.

The SMTP RFC (2822, is it?) is pretty specific about what can go in a
header (7-bit vs. 8-bit, etc.), but as Justdave points out, lots of things
can go in a message, and we may put different things in bodies based upon
formats (when I did the design, I actually thought about MIME and sending
attachments in emails, both of which are filed bugs).

> I'd go for email, personally.

We have a vote for "email."

I'll go ahead and create that directory in the next couple of days unless
anyone stops me.

Later,
Paul
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