Re: Fixed order of headers in Rmail messages

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* irek <mail@gumen.pl> [2022-02-10 11:24]:
> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> > RFC 5322: Internet Message Format
> > https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5322.html#section-3.6
> >
> > Quote:
> >
> > ,----
> > | It is important to note that the header fields are not guaranteed to
> > | be in a particular order.
> > `----
> 
> Thanks for source.  I don't expect from the messages to arrived with
> headers in particular order.  I just want to display them sorted in
> Rmail buffer.
> 
> I will try to look at rmail-copy-headers function suggested by Eli and
> keep headers in original messages unchanged.

You are right. I can see that other mail user software also displays
headers in particular order, like in Mutt, I see 1) Date, 2) From, 3)
To, 4) Cc, 5) Bcc, 6) Subject always in the same order.

Consistent order of those most important header fields is user
interface accessibility issue. 

IMHO, RMail should display basic headers in consistent order.

-- 
Jean

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