[2899] in Athena Bugs
bug in zwrite in 6.2 and later releases (rt & vax)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Lillibridge)
Wed Aug 16 19:47:29 1989
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 89 19:46:44 -0400
From: Mark Lillibridge <chariot@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, zephyr-bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: chariot@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Zwrite uses the following default format for all normal zwrites:
--start of default format--
Class $class, Instance $instance:
To: @bold(recipient)
@bold($1) <$sender>
$2
--end of default format (there is no newline on the last line)--
For personal zwrites this is fine, abet the signature looks
weird. I.e., you get:
Class message, Instance personal:
To: chariot
Richard Basah <probe>
Hi there!
Which looks stupid. There should be a From: in front of the signature.
The real problem, however, is when you send to a instance. In this case
the recipient is "" so the user gets:
Class message, Instance white-magic:
To:
Richard Basah <probe>
Hello white magic!
This is very confusing to native users. Zwrite either should omit the
To: field when it sends messages to an instance or do something like
"To: <everyone listening>" or the like.
- Mark
