[MlMt] New messages now have "To:" pre-filled-in

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 21 Mar 2012, at 14:18, David Vereschagin wrote:

>> The new thing is that the `To` header is also pre-filled if there is 
>> a `List-Post` header available in the current context.
>>
>> How to change this behavior [...]
>
> So, if I'm understanding this correctly, I can turn off the derivation 
> of the "To" address by turning off the derivation of the "From" 
> address.  Since I like MailMate deriving the "From" address, and now 
> that I have a better understanding of how this works, I'll just be a 
> little more careful.

I have disabled the pre-filled `To` header in the latest test version of 
MailMate. It can be fetched by holding down ⌥ when clicking “Check 
Now” in the Software Update preferences pane. **Warning to everyone:** 
It is fine to do this when asked to do so, but in general, a test 
version can be anything. It can be unstable, slow, write out tons of 
debug output, etc. It is often a version of MailMate made to debug a 
single issue for a single user. That said, the current version should be 
fine.

I have also disabled the existing derivation of the `From` header, but 
this has been replaced by something else. The main idea is to replace 
the black box heuristic by an explicit setting. This also makes it an 
opt-in feature. I would appreciate feedback on this from anyone relying 
on `From` header derivation. The following is the release notes of the 
test version. (I know the description of the new feature should be 
improved.):

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Derivation of the `From` address for replies has been changed. Until now 
it has been based on a heuristic using the `X-Original-To` header and 
others, but examples from users have shown that this approach is a dead 
end. This heuristic has now been disabled. The replacement is an 
optional account setting named “Address Pattern” which is disabled 
by default. The value for this option is a regular expression which 
describes the format of any aliases for the account. For example, I can 
use the following pattern for `freron.com`: `"mm-.*@freron\.com"`. When 
replying to a message MailMate scans various delivery related headers 
(such as `X-Original-To`) and if anything matches the pattern then it is 
used for the `From` address. This happens after checking for addresses 
matching any explicitly defined addresses in “Email Address(es)” in 
the account settings.

Introduced `makeFirstResponder:` for key bindings. It can be used to 
bind a key to directly activate a view. The identifiers for the views 
can be found in the layout files. Here is an example for binding `m` to 
activate the message view:

	"m" = ( "makeFirstResponder:", "messageView" );

Other changes:

* Improved headers editor for recipient addresses in the composer. 
Previously, multiple tokens were created if pasting text in the middle 
of an existing token or if tab'ing when the cursor was in the middle of 
an existing token.
* IMAP mailbox states are now cached. This makes scrolling in the 
mailboxes outline smoother. (Still work in progress.)
* Now bounces “Download” folder instead of opening it when saving an 
attachment.
* Fixed “Edit ▸ Find ▸ Mailbox Search” menu item. It now works 
correctly when selected using the mouse (previously it switched to 
“All Messages”).

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I won't be able to reply to messages until Sunday afternoon, so be 
patient if the test version does not work for you. Go back to 
[r2802](http://updates.mailmate-app.com/archives/MailMate_r2802.tbz) if 
you have any serious problems.

-- 
Benny
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