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Re: The order of the headers in Message Mode is peculiar!
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Eric Abrahamsen |
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Re: The order of the headers in Message Mode is peculiar! |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:20:40 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
rameiko87@posteo.net writes:
> I read on https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322.html#section-3.6 that
> the order of the headers does not matter when sending emails.
> But I can't explain why Message Mode defaults to the following order
> when crafting a new emails:
>
> To:
> Subject:
> From:
>
> given that the default value of message-header-format-alist is
> different! Is there any reason for this order (and where is such order
> decided?), and do you agree that the default order of the headers
> appearing after C-x m should be the default value of the variable
> message-header-format-alist ?
The short answer is, there is no code that attempts or guarantees to
sort the headers in a new message. The current ordering results from
code in `message-mail', where a header list containing "To" and
"Subject" is passed down, ultimately to `message-setup-1', which does
the actual header insertion (see the comment ";; Insert all the
headers").
The weird thing is that `message-sort-headers' is called before
*sending* a message, in `message-send' -> `message-fix-before-sending'.
Why sort order matters for an outgoing message I don't know.
Anyway, if I were you I would add `message-sort-headers' to the
`gnus-message-setup-hook', or if you don't want it to be gnus-specific,
to the `message-header-setup-hook', with a higher DEPTH argument.
HTH,
Eric