[mew-int 01267] Re: Replying to messages - retaining name information

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

Sorry for the late response.

From: Geoff Leach <gl at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 01259] Replying to messages - retaining name information

> One feature I would really like is when replying to emails that the
> "names" associated with addresses are copied into the draft message.
> Currently the names are removed.  I know I can use the address book
> to capture names (C-uC-cC-a) and then expand them back in (M-tab),
> but in many cases I would rather the names just get copied. 

This topic has been repeatedly discussed. And nobody give a good idea.

There are two difficulties:

Syntax: many UAs encode addresses on To:, Cc:, and/or From: in a wrong
	manner. Simply copying such names+addresses results in
	violation of the RFCs.  Correcting such broken encodings is
	not so easy.

	Eg.
	1) "encoded-word" <address>
		should be unquoted.
	2) "Foo B. Baz" <address>
		should not be unquoted since "." is one of the special
		characters.

Semantics: some users configure their address book with nicknames
	which they carelessly chose. These nicknames appears on To: or
	Cc: and some receivers feel bad. Simply copying such
	names+addresses would give the same bad impression to the
	receivers.

	Note that copying name+address on From: might be a good idea
	since it was produced by him/herself. But we can't avoid
	the syntax error above.

--Kazu