mh-identities: what purpose ?

Hi,

I know what they are and what they do _but_ I do not see in what they are useful
compared to MH templates (comp, repl, etc...).

All of what mh-identity provides can be done at MH level and thus be used either
into the MUA or directly from a shell command.

Why not provide *official* support for templates and rely on them instead of
reinventing the wheel ?

I see there are solutions to compose a message according to a template, but they
look like *hacks* and not reliable solution.

WDYT ?

Regards,

Xavier

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