On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Chris Barnes wrote: >2) use a different email program which will allow me to edit the original >text, while keeping the headers intact. > >#2 is really the tricky part as finding such a program is VERY difficult. >The only one that *really* works well is Mailbook, which runs only on VM/CMS >systems. That's one part of my now-deceased VM/CMS mail account that I miss. It allowed you to forward a message with "Resent-" headers and edit it in the mail program. I've found no other program that does this without using kludges such as you describe below. >However, if your email is setup to use IMAP rather than POP, *and* >you have shell access, you can use a program like Pegasus to forward those >messages you don't have to edit, leaving those you need to tweak on the >server. Edit the /var/spool/mail/moderator-userid file (assuming a un*x >system) being careful to edit the text and not mung-up the headers. Then go >back into Pegasus and send the modified messages. > > >Geez, I really wish a Pop3/Imap client would allow a Resend/Bounce *and* >allow the text to be edited first.... I certainly don't know of any... Dennis