sieve - editheader - edit in place

[Hajo Locke]

Hello,

Am 21.03.2016 um 17:57 schrieb Stephan Bosch:
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> Op 21-3-2016 om 10:24 schreef Hajo Locke:
>> Hello,
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>> i do some tests with sieve editheader extensions. deleteheader and 
>> addheader are working, but i noticed that new headerlines are always 
>> prepended to current header.
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> They can also be appended with ":last".
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>> So new lines can be found always on top. I am looking for a 
>> possibility to edit a headerline in place, without moving the new 
>> line to top of stack(replaceheader?). It is not looking good if a 
>> Subject-Line suddenly moves to top of header.
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> Things not looking good in the header is not really a good reason for 
> wanting this, is it? :)
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> I do understand the sentiment, though.
yeah, an ordinary mailheader with lines in "natural" order looks best.
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>> Is there a possibility for me?
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> Well, the editheader extension was born with a replaceheader command:
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> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-degener-sieve-editheader-00
I think replaceheader was designed as shortcut for 
deleteheader->addheader. so there was no additional value.
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/sieve/current/msg02977.html
replacing without losing position would be nice.
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> But it was quickly removed after the first draft. I am not sure why.
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> So, there is currently no standard way to achieve this.
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> I could create a "vnd.dovecot.replaceheader" extension to reinstate 
> it, but no GUI would use it.
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> Is anyone else longing for this ability?
i hope more people would like this. if not, i would have sympathy for 
not implementing this.
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> Regards,
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> Stephan.
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Thanks,
Hajo