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From: Sam Holden <sholden@pgr...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Python filesystem
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:26:32 GMT

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:18:45 GMT, Boyd Roberts <boyd@fr.inter.net> wrote:
>> whats hellish about MH?
>
>There is a fundemental design flaw in 'comp'.  When you quit the
>editor it says (IIRC):
>
>    What now?

'comp' doesn't do that. 'whatnow' does that (well on my version comp
pretends to be whatnow if whatnowproc is called whatnow - but that's a
bug imho).

>Well this is just no good.  Composition and delivery should be
>decoupled and you should be able to edit multiple messages at
>once and deliver them at will.

You can.

That's what the -draftfolder and -draftmessage switches are for.

I compose messages for later sending quite often using mh (well nmh). Not
for doing automated script things I asmit (I just send as I go) but when
composing a message which I wish to put off for a few hours/days. I've had
more than one of these at the same time, and happily sent and recieved other
mail in the meantime...

-- 
Sam Holden