Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add $mbox_lax_parse, default set, to allow for verbose return paths.

[Kevin J. McCarthy]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 02:47:40PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:

We could change is_from() to return true for a line starting with "From "
followed by something, parsable or not.

I think so.

But also change it to use the new reverse_scan() function, since
that parses out a date/time in cases where the old scanner would
not.

Why?

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I mentioned this in the other subthread, but to repeat. Mutt does make use of the value. It's stored in HEADER->received and can be used for sorting and display in the index. I did see you where you disagreed with the idea, but those are just the current facts.

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