bug#34898: 24.4; `message-separator' face only works for default value of `mail-header-separator'

[Emanuel Berg]

Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:

> [Sorry for the duplicate message Emanuel,
>  I think your Mail-Followup-To and
>  Mail-Copies-To headers caused my reply to be
>  sent to the wrong place.]

Np :)

> The issue doesn't lie with the
> message-separator face, but with how
> message-font-lock-keywords registers which
> text should be fontified with that face.
>
> Currently, message-font-lock-keywords
> registers only whatever non-empty value
> mail-header-separator had at the time
> message.el was loaded.

Well, I don't have any under-the-hood
understanding of this problem, but at least
from above the hood, it sure looks like a bug
all days of the week :)

Glad you made an effort to figure it out :)

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