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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,1997,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node Rmail, Dired, Sending Mail, Top
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5 @chapter Reading Mail with Rmail
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6 @cindex Rmail
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7 @cindex reading mail
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8 @findex rmail
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9 @findex rmail-mode
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10 @vindex rmail-mode-hook
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11
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12 Rmail is an Emacs subsystem for reading and disposing of mail that you
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13 receive. Rmail stores mail messages in files called Rmail files.
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14 Reading the message in an Rmail file is done in a special major mode,
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15 Rmail mode, which redefines most letters to run commands for managing
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16 mail. The command @code{rmail-mode} is used to switch into Rmail mode,
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17 and it runs the hook @code{rmail-mode-hook} as usual, but don't run this
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18 command by hand; it can't do a reasonable job unless the buffer is
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19 visiting a proper Rmail file.
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21 @menu
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22 * Basic: Rmail Basics. Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use.
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23 * Scroll: Rmail Scrolling. Scrolling through a message.
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24 * Motion: Rmail Motion. Moving to another message.
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25 * Deletion: Rmail Deletion. Deleting and expunging messages.
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26 * Inbox: Rmail Inbox. How mail gets into the Rmail file.
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27 * Files: Rmail Files. Using multiple Rmail files.
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28 * Output: Rmail Output. Copying message out to files.
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29 * Labels: Rmail Labels. Classifying messages by labeling them.
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30 * Attrs: Rmail Attributes. Certain standard labels, called attributes.
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31 * Reply: Rmail Reply. Sending replies to messages you are viewing.
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32 * Summary: Rmail Summary. Summaries show brief info on many messages.
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33 * Sort: Rmail Sorting. Sorting messages in Rmail.
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34 * Display: Rmail Display. How Rmail displays a message; customization.
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35 * Coding: Rmail Coding. How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
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36 * Editing: Rmail Editing. Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
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37 * Digest: Rmail Digest. Extracting the messages from a digest message.
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38 * Out of Rmail:: Converting an Rmail file to mailbox format.
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39 * Rot13: Rmail Rot13. Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
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40 * Movemail: Movemail. More details of fetching new mail.
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41 @end menu
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42
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43 @node Rmail Basics
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44 @section Basic Concepts of Rmail
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46 @cindex primary Rmail file
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47 @vindex rmail-file-name
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48 Using Rmail in the simplest fashion, you have one Rmail file
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49 @file{~/RMAIL} in which all of your mail is saved. It is called your
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50 @dfn{primary Rmail file}. The command @kbd{M-x rmail} reads your primary
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51 Rmail file, merges new mail in from your inboxes, displays the first
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52 message you haven't read yet, and lets you begin reading. The variable
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53 @code{rmail-file-name} specifies the name of the primary Rmail file.
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55 Rmail uses narrowing to hide all but one message in the Rmail file.
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56 The message that is shown is called the @dfn{current message}. Rmail
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57 mode's special commands can do such things as delete the current
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58 message, copy it into another file, send a reply, or move to another
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59 message. You can also create multiple Rmail files and use Rmail to move
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60 messages between them.
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61
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62 @cindex message number
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63 Within the Rmail file, messages are normally arranged sequentially in
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64 order of receipt; you can specify other ways to sort them. Messages are
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65 assigned consecutive integers as their @dfn{message numbers}. The
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66 number of the current message is displayed in Rmail's mode line,
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67 followed by the total number of messages in the file. You can move to a
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68 message by specifying its message number with the @kbd{j} key
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69 (@pxref{Rmail Motion}).
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71 @kindex s @r{(Rmail)}
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72 @findex rmail-expunge-and-save
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73 Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file
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74 become permanent only when the file is saved. You can save it with
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75 @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-expunge-and-save}), which also expunges deleted
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76 messages from the file first (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). To save the
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77 file without expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail
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78 file after merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}).
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80 @kindex q @r{(Rmail)}
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81 @findex rmail-quit
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82 @kindex b @r{(Rmail)}
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83 @findex rmail-bury
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84 You can exit Rmail with @kbd{q} (@code{rmail-quit}); this expunges and
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85 saves the Rmail file and then switches to another buffer. But there is
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86 no need to ``exit'' formally. If you switch from Rmail to editing in
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87 other buffers, and never happen to switch back, you have exited. (The
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88 Rmail command @kbd{b}, @code{rmail-bury}, does this for you.) Just make
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89 sure to save the Rmail file eventually (like any other file you have
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90 changed). @kbd{C-x s} is a good enough way to do this
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91 (@pxref{Saving}).
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92
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93 @node Rmail Scrolling
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94 @section Scrolling Within a Message
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96 When Rmail displays a message that does not fit on the screen, you
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97 must scroll through it to read the rest. You could do this with
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98 @kbd{C-v}, @kbd{M-v} and @kbd{M-<}, but in Rmail scrolling is so
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99 frequent that it deserves to be easier to type.
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100
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101 @table @kbd
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102 @item @key{SPC}
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103 Scroll forward (@code{scroll-up}).
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104 @item @key{DEL}
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105 Scroll backward (@code{scroll-down}).
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106 @item .
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107 Scroll to start of message (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}).
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108 @end table
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109
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110 @kindex SPC @r{(Rmail)}
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111 @kindex DEL @r{(Rmail)}
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112 Since the most common thing to do while reading a message is to scroll
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113 through it by screenfuls, Rmail makes @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} synonyms of
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114 @kbd{C-v} (@code{scroll-up}) and @kbd{M-v} (@code{scroll-down})
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115
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116 @kindex . @r{(Rmail)}
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117 @findex rmail-beginning-of-message
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118 The command @kbd{.} (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}) scrolls back to the
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119 beginning of the selected message. This is not quite the same as @kbd{M-<}:
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120 for one thing, it does not set the mark; for another, it resets the buffer
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121 boundaries to the current message if you have changed them.
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122
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123 @node Rmail Motion
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124 @section Moving Among Messages
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125
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126 The most basic thing to do with a message is to read it. The way to
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127 do this in Rmail is to make the message current. The usual practice is
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128 to move sequentially through the file, since this is the order of
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129 receipt of messages. When you enter Rmail, you are positioned at the
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130 first message that you have not yet made current (that is, the first one
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131 that has the @samp{unseen} attribute; @pxref{Rmail Attributes}). Move
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132 forward to see the other new messages; move backward to re-examine old
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133 messages.
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134
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135 @table @kbd
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136 @item n
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137 Move to the next nondeleted message, skipping any intervening deleted
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138 messages (@code{rmail-next-undeleted-message}).
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139 @item p
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140 Move to the previous nondeleted message
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141 (@code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}).
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142 @item M-n
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143 Move to the next message, including deleted messages
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144 (@code{rmail-next-message}).
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145 @item M-p
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146 Move to the previous message, including deleted messages
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147 (@code{rmail-previous-message}).
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148 @item j
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149 Move to the first message. With argument @var{n}, move to
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150 message number @var{n} (@code{rmail-show-message}).
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151 @item >
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152 Move to the last message (@code{rmail-last-message}).
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153 @item <
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154 Move to the first message (@code{rmail-first-message}).
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155
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156 @item M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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157 Move to the next message containing a match for @var{regexp}
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158 (@code{rmail-search}).
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159
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160 @item - M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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161 Move to the previous message containing a match for @var{regexp}.
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162 @end table
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163
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164 @kindex n @r{(Rmail)}
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165 @kindex p @r{(Rmail)}
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166 @kindex M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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167 @kindex M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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168 @findex rmail-next-undeleted-message
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169 @findex rmail-previous-undeleted-message
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170 @findex rmail-next-message
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171 @findex rmail-previous-message
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172 @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} are the usual way of moving among messages in
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173 Rmail. They move through the messages sequentially, but skip over
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174 deleted messages, which is usually what you want to do. Their command
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175 definitions are named @code{rmail-next-undeleted-message} and
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176 @code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}. If you do not want to skip
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177 deleted messages---for example, if you want to move to a message to
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178 undelete it---use the variants @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p}
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179 (@code{rmail-next-message} and @code{rmail-previous-message}). A
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180 numeric argument to any of these commands serves as a repeat
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181 count.@refill
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182
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183 In Rmail, you can specify a numeric argument by typing just the
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184 digits. You don't need to type @kbd{C-u} first.
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185
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186 @kindex M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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187 @findex rmail-search
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188 @cindex searching in Rmail
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189 The @kbd{M-s} (@code{rmail-search}) command is Rmail's version of
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190 search. The usual incremental search command @kbd{C-s} works in Rmail,
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191 but it searches only within the current message. The purpose of
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192 @kbd{M-s} is to search for another message. It reads a regular
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193 expression (@pxref{Regexps}) nonincrementally, then searches starting at
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194 the beginning of the following message for a match. It then selects
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195 that message. If @var{regexp} is empty, @kbd{M-s} reuses the regexp
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196 used the previous time.
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197
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198 To search backward in the file for another message, give @kbd{M-s} a
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199 negative argument. In Rmail you can do this with @kbd{- M-s}.
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200
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201 It is also possible to search for a message based on labels.
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202 @xref{Rmail Labels}.
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203
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204 @kindex j @r{(Rmail)}
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205 @kindex > @r{(Rmail)}
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206 @kindex < @r{(Rmail)}
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207 @findex rmail-show-message
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208 @findex rmail-last-message
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209 @findex rmail-first-message
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210 To move to a message specified by absolute message number, use @kbd{j}
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211 (@code{rmail-show-message}) with the message number as argument. With
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212 no argument, @kbd{j} selects the first message. @kbd{<}
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213 (@code{rmail-first-message}) also selects the first message. @kbd{>}
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214 (@code{rmail-last-message}) selects the last message.
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215
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216 @node Rmail Deletion
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217 @section Deleting Messages
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218
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219 @cindex deletion (Rmail)
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220 When you no longer need to keep a message, you can @dfn{delete} it. This
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221 flags it as ignorable, and some Rmail commands pretend it is no longer
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223 message number.
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224
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225 @cindex expunging (Rmail)
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226 @dfn{Expunging} the Rmail file actually removes the deleted messages.
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227 The remaining messages are renumbered consecutively. Expunging is the only
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228 action that changes the message number of any message, except for
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229 undigestifying (@pxref{Rmail Digest}).
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230
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231 @table @kbd
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232 @item d
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233 Delete the current message, and move to the next nondeleted message
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234 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}).
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235 @item C-d
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236 Delete the current message, and move to the previous nondeleted
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237 message (@code{rmail-delete-backward}).
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238 @item u
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239 Undelete the current message, or move back to a deleted message and
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240 undelete it (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}).
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241 @item x
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242 Expunge the Rmail file (@code{rmail-expunge}).
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243 @end table
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244
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245 @kindex d @r{(Rmail)}
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246 @kindex C-d @r{(Rmail)}
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247 @findex rmail-delete-forward
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248 @findex rmail-delete-backward
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249 There are two Rmail commands for deleting messages. Both delete the
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250 current message and select another message. @kbd{d}
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251 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}) moves to the following message, skipping
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252 messages already deleted, while @kbd{C-d} (@code{rmail-delete-backward})
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253 moves to the previous nondeleted message. If there is no nondeleted
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254 message to move to in the specified direction, the message that was just
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255 deleted remains current. A numeric argument to either command reverses
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256 the direction of motion after deletion.
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257
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258 @vindex rmail-delete-message-hook
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259 Whenever Rmail deletes a message, it runs the hook
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260 @code{rmail-delete-message-hook}. When the hook functions are invoked,
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261 the message has been marked deleted, but it is still the current message
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262 in the Rmail buffer.
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263
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264 @cindex undeletion (Rmail)
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265 @kindex x @r{(Rmail)}
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266 @findex rmail-expunge
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267 @kindex u @r{(Rmail)}
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268 @findex rmail-undelete-previous-message
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269 To make all the deleted messages finally vanish from the Rmail file,
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270 type @kbd{x} (@code{rmail-expunge}). Until you do this, you can still
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271 @dfn{undelete} the deleted messages. The undeletion command, @kbd{u}
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272 (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}), is designed to cancel the
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273 effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases. It undeletes the current
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274 message if the current message is deleted. Otherwise it moves backward
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275 to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes
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276 that message.
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277
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278 You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u}
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279 moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted. But
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280 this does not work when the @kbd{d} skips a few already-deleted messages
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281 that follow the message being deleted; then the @kbd{u} command
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282 undeletes the last of the messages that were skipped. There is no clean
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283 way to avoid this problem. However, by repeating the @kbd{u} command,
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284 you can eventually get back to the message that you intend to
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285 undelete. You can also select a particular deleted message with
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286 the @kbd{M-p} command, then type @kbd{u} to undelete it.
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287
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288 A deleted message has the @samp{deleted} attribute, and as a result
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289 @samp{deleted} appears in the mode line when the current message is
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290 deleted. In fact, deleting or undeleting a message is nothing more than
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291 adding or removing this attribute. @xref{Rmail Attributes}.
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292
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293 @node Rmail Inbox
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294 @section Rmail Files and Inboxes
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295 @cindex inbox file
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296
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297 The operating system places incoming mail for you in a file that we
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298 call your @dfn{inbox}. When you start up Rmail, it runs a C program
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299 called @code{movemail} to copy the new messages from your inbox into
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300 your primary Rmail file, which also contains other messages saved from
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301 previous Rmail sessions. It is in this file that you actually read the
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302 mail with Rmail. This operation is called @dfn{getting new mail}. You
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303 can get new mail at any time in Rmail by typing @kbd{g}.
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304
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305 @vindex rmail-primary-inbox-list
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306 @cindex @env{MAIL} environment variable
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307 The variable @code{rmail-primary-inbox-list} contains a list of the
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308 files which are inboxes for your primary Rmail file. If you don't set
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309 this variable explicitly, it is initialized from the @env{MAIL}
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310 environment variable, or, as a last resort, set to @code{nil}, which
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311 means to use the default inbox. The default inbox is
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312 @file{/var/mail/@var{username}}, @file{/usr/spool/mail/@var{username}},
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313 or @file{/usr/mail/@var{username}}, depending on your operating system.
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314
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315 To see what the default is on your system, use @kbd{C-h v
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316 rmail-primary-inbox @key{RET}}. You can specify the inbox file(s) for
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317 any Rmail file with the command @code{set-rmail-inbox-list}; see
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318 @ref{Rmail Files}.
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319
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320 There are two reasons for having separate Rmail files and inboxes.
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321
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322 @enumerate
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323 @item
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324 The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to
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325 the other mail software in use. Only one part of Rmail needs to know
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326 about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all
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327 of them to Rmail's own format.
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328
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329 @item
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330 It is very cumbersome to access an inbox file without danger of losing
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331 mail, because it is necessary to interlock with mail delivery.
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332 Moreover, different operating systems use different interlocking
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333 techniques. The strategy of moving mail out of the inbox once and for
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334 all into a separate Rmail file avoids the need for interlocking in all
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335 the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file.
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336 @end enumerate
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337
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338 Rmail was written to use Babyl format as its internal format. Since
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339 then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format on Unix and GNU
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340 systems is adequate for the job, and we plan to change Rmail to use that
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341 as its internal format. However, the Rmail file will still be separate
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342 from the inbox file, even on systems where their format is the same.
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343
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344 @node Rmail Files
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345 @section Multiple Rmail Files
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346
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347 Rmail operates by default on your @dfn{primary Rmail file}, which is named
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348 @file{~/RMAIL} and receives your incoming mail from your system inbox file.
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349 But you can also have other Rmail files and edit them with Rmail. These
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350 files can receive mail through their own inboxes, or you can move messages
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351 into them with explicit Rmail commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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352
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353 @table @kbd
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354 @item i @var{file} @key{RET}
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355 Read @var{file} into Emacs and run Rmail on it (@code{rmail-input}).
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356
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357 @item M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files} @key{RET}
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358 Specify inbox file names for current Rmail file to get mail from.
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359
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360 @item g
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361 Merge new mail from current Rmail file's inboxes
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362 (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}).
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363
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364 @item C-u g @var{file} @key{RET}
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365 Merge new mail from inbox file @var{file}.
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366 @end table
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367
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368 @kindex i @r{(Rmail)}
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369 @findex rmail-input
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370 To run Rmail on a file other than your primary Rmail file, you may use
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371 the @kbd{i} (@code{rmail-input}) command in Rmail. This visits the file
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372 in Rmail mode. You can use @kbd{M-x rmail-input} even when not in
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373 Rmail.
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374
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375 The file you read with @kbd{i} should normally be a valid Rmail file.
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376 If it is not, Rmail tries to decompose it into a stream of messages in
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377 various known formats. If it succeeds, it converts the whole file to an
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378 Rmail file. If you specify a file name that doesn't exist, @kbd{i}
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379 initializes a new buffer for creating a new Rmail file.
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380
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381 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-directory
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382 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-regexp
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383 You can also select an Rmail file from a menu. Choose first the menu
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384 bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu choose the Input Rmail
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385 File item; then choose the Rmail file you want. The variables
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386 @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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387 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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388 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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389 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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390 the regular expression). These variables also apply to choosing a file
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391 for output (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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392
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393 @findex set-rmail-inbox-list
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394 Each Rmail file can contain a list of inbox file names; you can specify
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395 this list with @kbd{M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files}
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396 @key{RET}}. The argument can contain any number of file names, separated
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397 by commas. It can also be empty, which specifies that this file should
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398 have no inboxes. Once a list of inboxes is specified, the Rmail file
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399 remembers it permanently until you specify a different list.
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400
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401 As a special exception, if your primary Rmail file does not specify any
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402 inbox files, it uses your standard system inbox.
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403
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404 @kindex g @r{(Rmail)}
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405 @findex rmail-get-new-mail
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406 The @kbd{g} command (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}) merges mail into the
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407 current Rmail file from its specified inboxes. If the Rmail file
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408 has no inboxes, @kbd{g} does nothing. The command @kbd{M-x rmail}
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409 also merges new mail into your primary Rmail file.
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410
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411 To merge mail from a file that is not the usual inbox, give the
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412 @kbd{g} key a numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u g}. Then it reads a file
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413 name and merges mail from that file. The inbox file is not deleted or
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414 changed in any way when @kbd{g} with an argument is used. This is,
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415 therefore, a general way of merging one file of messages into another.
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416
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417 @node Rmail Output
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418 @section Copying Messages Out to Files
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419
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420 These commands copy messages from an Rmail file into another file.
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421
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422 @table @kbd
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423 @item o @var{file} @key{RET}
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424 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using Rmail
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425 file format by default (@code{rmail-output-to-rmail-file}).
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426
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427 @item C-o @var{file} @key{RET}
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428 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using
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429 system inbox file format by default (@code{rmail-output}).
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430
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431 @item w @var{file} @key{RET}
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432 Output just the message body to the file @var{file}, taking the default
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433 file name from the message @samp{Subject} header.
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434 @end table
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435
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436 @kindex o @r{(Rmail)}
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437 @findex rmail-output-to-rmail-file
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438 @kindex C-o @r{(Rmail)}
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439 @findex rmail-output
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440 The commands @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} copy the current message into a
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441 specified file. This file may be an Rmail file or it may be in system
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442 inbox format; the output commands ascertain the file's format and write
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443 the copied message in that format.
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444
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445 The @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} commands differ in two ways: each has its
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446 own separate default file name, and each specifies a choice of format to
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447 use when the file does not already exist. The @kbd{o} command uses
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448 Rmail format when it creates a new file, while @kbd{C-o} uses system
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449 inbox format for a new file. The default file name for @kbd{o} is the
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450 file name used last with @kbd{o}, and the default file name for
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451 @kbd{C-o} is the file name used last with @kbd{C-o}.
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452
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453 If the output file is an Rmail file currently visited in an Emacs buffer,
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454 the output commands copy the message into that buffer. It is up to you
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455 to save the buffer eventually in its file.
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456
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457 @kindex w @r{(Rmail)}
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458 @findex rmail-output-body-to-file
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459 Sometimes you may receive a message whose body holds the contents of a
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460 file. You can save the body to a file (excluding the message header)
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461 with the @kbd{w} command (@code{rmail-output-body-to-file}). Often
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462 these messages contain the intended file name in the @samp{Subject}
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463 field, so the @kbd{w} command uses the @samp{Subject} field as the
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464 default for the output file name. However, the file name is read using
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465 the minibuffer, so you can specify a different name if you wish.
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466
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467 You can also output a message to an Rmail file chosen with a menu.
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468 Choose first the menu bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu
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469 choose the Output Rmail File menu item; then choose the Rmail file you want.
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470 This outputs the current message to that file, like the @kbd{o} command.
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471 The variables @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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472 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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473 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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474 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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475 the regular expression).
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476
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477 @vindex rmail-delete-after-output
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478 Copying a message gives the original copy of the message the
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479 @samp{filed} attribute, so that @samp{filed} appears in the mode line
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480 when such a message is current. If you like to keep just a single copy
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481 of every mail message, set the variable @code{rmail-delete-after-output}
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482 to @code{t}; then the @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} commands delete the original
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483 message after copying it. (You can undelete the original afterward if
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484 you wish.)
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485
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486 Copying messages into files in system inbox format uses the header
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487 fields that are displayed in Rmail at the time. Thus, if you use the
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488 @kbd{t} command to view the entire header and then copy the message, the
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489 entire header is copied. @xref{Rmail Display}.
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490
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491 @vindex rmail-output-file-alist
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492 The variable @code{rmail-output-file-alist} lets you specify
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493 intelligent defaults for the output file, based on the contents of the
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494 current message. The value should be a list whose elements have this
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495 form:
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496
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497 @example
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498 (@var{regexp} . @var{name-exp})
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499 @end example
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500
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501 @noindent
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502 If there's a match for @var{regexp} in the current message, then the
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503 default file name for output is @var{name-exp}. If multiple elements
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504 match the message, the first matching element decides the default file
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505 name. The subexpression @var{name-exp} may be a string constant giving
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506 the file name to use, or more generally it may be any Lisp expression
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507 that returns a file name as a string. @code{rmail-output-file-alist}
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508 applies to both @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}.
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509
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510 @node Rmail Labels
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511 @section Labels
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512 @cindex label (Rmail)
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513 @cindex attribute (Rmail)
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514
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515 Each message can have various @dfn{labels} assigned to it as a means
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516 of classification. Each label has a name; different names are different
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517 labels. Any given label is either present or absent on a particular
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518 message. A few label names have standard meanings and are given to
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519 messages automatically by Rmail when appropriate; these special labels
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520 are called @dfn{attributes}.
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521 @ifinfo
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522 (@xref{Rmail Attributes}.)
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523 @end ifinfo
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524 All other labels are assigned only by users.
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525
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526 @table @kbd
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527 @item a @var{label} @key{RET}
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528 Assign the label @var{label} to the current message (@code{rmail-add-label}).
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529 @item k @var{label} @key{RET}
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530 Remove the label @var{label} from the current message (@code{rmail-kill-label}).
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531 @item C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}
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532 Move to the next message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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533 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}).
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534 @item C-M-p @var{labels} @key{RET}
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535 Move to the previous message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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536 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}).
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537 @item C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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538 Make a summary of all messages containing any of the labels @var{labels}
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539 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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540 @end table
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541
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542 @kindex a @r{(Rmail)}
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543 @kindex k @r{(Rmail)}
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544 @findex rmail-add-label
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545 @findex rmail-kill-label
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546 The @kbd{a} (@code{rmail-add-label}) and @kbd{k}
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547 (@code{rmail-kill-label}) commands allow you to assign or remove any
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548 label on the current message. If the @var{label} argument is empty, it
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549 means to assign or remove the same label most recently assigned or
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550 removed.
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551
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552 Once you have given messages labels to classify them as you wish, there
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553 are two ways to use the labels: in moving and in summaries.
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554
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555 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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556 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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557 @findex rmail-next-labeled-message
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558 @findex rmail-previous-labeled-message
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559 The command @kbd{C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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560 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}) moves to the next message that has
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561 one of the labels @var{labels}. The argument @var{labels} specifies one
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562 or more label names, separated by commas. @kbd{C-M-p}
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563 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}) is similar, but moves backwards
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564 to previous messages. A numeric argument to either command serves as a
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565 repeat count.
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566
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567 The command @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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568 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) displays a summary containing only the
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569 messages that have at least one of a specified set of labels. The
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570 argument @var{labels} is one or more label names, separated by commas.
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571 @xref{Rmail Summary}, for information on summaries.@refill
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572
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573 If the @var{labels} argument to @kbd{C-M-n}, @kbd{C-M-p} or
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574 @kbd{C-M-l} is empty, it means to use the last set of labels specified
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575 for any of these commands.
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576
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577 @node Rmail Attributes
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578 @section Rmail Attributes
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579
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580 Some labels such as @samp{deleted} and @samp{filed} have built-in
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581 meanings and are assigned to or removed from messages automatically at
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582 appropriate times; these labels are called @dfn{attributes}. Here is a
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583 list of Rmail attributes:
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584
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585 @table @samp
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586 @item unseen
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587 Means the message has never been current. Assigned to messages when
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588 they come from an inbox file, and removed when a message is made
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589 current. When you start Rmail, it initially shows the first message
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590 that has this attribute.
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591 @item deleted
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592 Means the message is deleted. Assigned by deletion commands and
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593 removed by undeletion commands (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}).
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594 @item filed
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595 Means the message has been copied to some other file. Assigned by the
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596 file output commands (@pxref{Rmail Files}).
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597 @item answered
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598 Means you have mailed an answer to the message. Assigned by the @kbd{r}
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599 command (@code{rmail-reply}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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600 @item forwarded
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601 Means you have forwarded the message. Assigned by the @kbd{f} command
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602 (@code{rmail-forward}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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603 @item edited
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604 Means you have edited the text of the message within Rmail.
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605 @xref{Rmail Editing}.
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606 @item resent
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607 Means you have resent the message. Assigned by the command @kbd{M-x
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608 rmail-resend}. @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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609 @end table
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610
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611 All other labels are assigned or removed only by the user, and have no
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612 standard meaning.
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613
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614 @node Rmail Reply
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615 @section Sending Replies
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616
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617 Rmail has several commands that use Mail mode to send outgoing mail.
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618 @xref{Sending Mail}, for information on using Mail mode, including
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619 certain features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents
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620 are the special commands of Rmail for entering Mail mode. Note that the
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621 usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and @kbd{C-x 5
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622 m}---are available in Rmail mode and work just as they usually do.
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623
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624 @table @kbd
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625 @item m
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626 Send a message (@code{rmail-mail}).
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627 @item c
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628 Continue editing the already started outgoing message (@code{rmail-continue}).
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629 @item r
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630 Send a reply to the current Rmail message (@code{rmail-reply}).
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631 @item f
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632 Forward the current message to other users (@code{rmail-forward}).
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633 @item C-u f
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634 Resend the current message to other users (@code{rmail-resend}).
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635 @item M-m
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636 Try sending a bounced message a second time (@code{rmail-retry-failure}).
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637 @end table
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638
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639 @kindex r @r{(Rmail)}
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640 @findex rmail-reply
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641 @cindex reply to a message
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642 The most common reason to send a message while in Rmail is to reply to
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643 the message you are reading. To do this, type @kbd{r}
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644 (@code{rmail-reply}). This displays the @samp{*mail*} buffer in another
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645 window, much like @kbd{C-x 4 m}, but preinitializes the @samp{Subject},
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646 @samp{To}, @samp{CC} and @samp{In-reply-to} header fields based on the
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647 message you are replying to. The @samp{To} field starts out as the
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648 address of the person who sent the message you received, and the
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649 @samp{CC} field starts out with all the other recipients of that
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650 message.
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651
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652 @vindex rmail-dont-reply-to-names
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653 You can exclude certain recipients from being placed automatically in
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654 the @samp{CC}, using the variable @code{rmail-dont-reply-to-names}. Its
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655 value should be a regular expression (as a string); any recipient that
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656 the regular expression matches, is excluded from the @samp{CC} field.
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657 The default value matches your own name, and any name starting with
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658 @samp{info-}. (Those names are excluded because there is a convention
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659 of using them for large mailing lists to broadcast announcements.)
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660
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661 To omit the @samp{CC} field completely for a particular reply, enter
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662 the reply command with a numeric argument: @kbd{C-u r} or @kbd{1 r}.
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663
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664 Once the @samp{*mail*} buffer has been initialized, editing and
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665 sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit the
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666 presupplied header fields if they are not right for you. You can also
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667 use the commands of Mail mode (@pxref{Mail Mode}), including @kbd{C-c
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668 C-y} which yanks in the message that you are replying to. You can
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669 switch to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch
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670 back, and yank the new current message.
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671
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672 @kindex M-m @r{(Rmail)}
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673 @findex rmail-retry-failure
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674 @cindex retrying a failed message
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675 @vindex rmail-retry-ignored-headers
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676 Sometimes a message does not reach its destination. Mailers usually
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677 send the failed message back to you, enclosed in a @dfn{failure
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678 message}. The Rmail command @kbd{M-m} (@code{rmail-retry-failure})
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679 prepares to send the same message a second time: it sets up a
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680 @samp{*mail*} buffer with the same text and header fields as before. If
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681 you type @kbd{C-c C-c} right away, you send the message again exactly
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682 the same as the first time. Alternatively, you can edit the text or
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683 headers and then send it. The variable
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684 @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as
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685 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which
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686 headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it.
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688 @kindex f @r{(Rmail)}
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689 @findex rmail-forward
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690 @cindex forwarding a message
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691 Another frequent reason to send mail in Rmail is to @dfn{forward} the
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692 current message to other users. @kbd{f} (@code{rmail-forward}) makes
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693 this easy by preinitializing the @samp{*mail*} buffer with the current
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694 message as the text, and a subject designating a forwarded message. All
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695 you have to do is fill in the recipients and send. When you forward a
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696 message, recipients get a message which is ``from'' you, and which has
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697 the original message in its contents.
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698
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699 @findex unforward-rmail-message
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700 Forwarding a message encloses it between two delimiter lines. It also
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701 modifies every line that starts with a dash, by inserting @w{@samp{- }}
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702 at the start of the line. When you receive a forwarded message, if it
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703 contains something besides ordinary text---for example, program source
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704 code---you might find it useful to undo that transformation. You can do
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705 this by selecting the forwarded message and typing @kbd{M-x
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706 unforward-rmail-message}. This command extracts the original forwarded
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707 message, deleting the inserted @w{@samp{- }} strings, and inserts it
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708 into the Rmail file as a separate message immediately following the
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709 current one.
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710
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711 @findex rmail-resend
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712 @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the
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713 difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the
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714 original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields
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715 @samp{Resent-From} and @samp{Resent-To} to indicate that it came via
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716 you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs
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717 @code{rmail-forward}, which is programmed to invoke @code{rmail-resend}
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718 if you provide a numeric argument.)
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719
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720 @kindex m @r{(Rmail)}
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721 @findex rmail-mail
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722 The @kbd{m} (@code{rmail-mail}) command is used to start editing an
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723 outgoing message that is not a reply. It leaves the header fields empty.
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724 Its only difference from @kbd{C-x 4 m} is that it makes the Rmail buffer
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725 accessible for @kbd{C-c C-y}, just as @kbd{r} does. Thus, @kbd{m} can be
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726 used to reply to or forward a message; it can do anything @kbd{r} or @kbd{f}
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727 can do.@refill
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728
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729 @kindex c @r{(Rmail)}
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730 @findex rmail-continue
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731 The @kbd{c} (@code{rmail-continue}) command resumes editing the
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732 @samp{*mail*} buffer, to finish editing an outgoing message you were
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733 already composing, or to alter a message you have sent.@refill
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734
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735 @vindex rmail-mail-new-frame
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736 If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a
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737 non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a
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738 message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when
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739 you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the
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740 @samp{Mail} menu.
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741
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742 All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition
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743 method that you have chosen (@pxref{Mail Methods}).
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744
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745 @node Rmail Summary
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746 @section Summaries
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747 @cindex summary (Rmail)
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748
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749 A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give
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750 you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the
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751 message number and date, the sender, the line count, the labels, and
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752 the subject. Moving point in the summary buffer selects messages as
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753 you move to their summary lines. Almost all Rmail commands are valid
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754 in the summary buffer also; when used there, they apply to the message
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755 described by the current line of the summary.
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756
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757 A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are
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758 editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer.
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759 The summary buffer name is made by appending @samp{-summary} to the
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760 Rmail buffer's name. Normally only one summary buffer is displayed at a
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761 time.
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762
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763 @menu
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764 * Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
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765 * Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
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766 @end menu
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767
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768 @node Rmail Make Summary
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769 @subsection Making Summaries
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770
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771 Here are the commands to create a summary for the current Rmail file.
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772 Once the Rmail file has a summary buffer, changes in the Rmail file
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773 (such as deleting or expunging messages, and getting new mail)
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774 automatically update the summary.
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775
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776 @table @kbd
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777 @item h
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778 @itemx C-M-h
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779 Summarize all messages (@code{rmail-summary}).
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780 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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781 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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782 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified labels
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783 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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784 @item C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}
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785 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified recipients
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786 (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients}).
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787 @item C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}
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788 Summarize messages that have a match for the specified regexp
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789 @var{topic} in their subjects (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic}).
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790 @item C-M-s @var{regexp}
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791 Summarize messages whose headers and the subject line match the
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792 specified regular expression @var{regexp}
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793 (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp}).
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794 @end table
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795
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796 @kindex h @r{(Rmail)}
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797 @findex rmail-summary
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798 The @kbd{h} or @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{rmail-summary}) command fills the summary buffer
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799 for the current Rmail file with a summary of all the messages in the file.
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800 It then displays and selects the summary buffer in another window.
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801
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802 @kindex l @r{(Rmail)}
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803 @kindex C-M-l @r{(Rmail)}
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804 @findex rmail-summary-by-labels
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805 @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) makes
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806 a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more of the
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807 labels @var{labels}. @var{labels} should contain label names separated by
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808 commas.@refill
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809
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810 @kindex C-M-r @r{(Rmail)}
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811 @findex rmail-summary-by-recipients
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812 @kbd{C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients})
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813 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more
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814 of the recipients @var{rcpts}. @var{rcpts} should contain mailing
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815 addresses separated by commas.@refill
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816
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817 @kindex C-M-t @r{(Rmail)}
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818 @findex rmail-summary-by-topic
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819 @kbd{C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic})
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820 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages whose subjects have
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821 a match for the regular expression @var{topic}.
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822
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823 @kindex C-M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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824 @findex rmail-summary-by-regexp
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825 @kbd{C-M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp})
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826 makes a partial summary which mentions only the messages whose headers
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827 (including the date and the subject lines) match the regular
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828 expression @var{regexp}.
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829
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830 Note that there is only one summary buffer for any Rmail file; making one
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831 kind of summary discards any previously made summary.
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832
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833 @vindex rmail-summary-window-size
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834 @vindex rmail-summary-line-count-flag
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835 The variable @code{rmail-summary-window-size} says how many lines to
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836 use for the summary window. The variable
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837 @code{rmail-summary-line-count-flag} controls whether the summary line
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838 for a message should include the line count of the message.
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839
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840 @node Rmail Summary Edit
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841 @subsection Editing in Summaries
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842
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843 You can use the Rmail summary buffer to do almost anything you can do
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844 in the Rmail buffer itself. In fact, once you have a summary buffer,
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845 there's no need to switch back to the Rmail buffer.
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846
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847 You can select and display various messages in the Rmail buffer, from
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848 the summary buffer, just by moving point in the summary buffer to
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849 different lines. It doesn't matter what Emacs command you use to move
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850 point; whichever line point is on at the end of the command, that
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851 message is selected in the Rmail buffer.
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852
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853 Almost all Rmail commands work in the summary buffer as well as in the
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854 Rmail buffer. Thus, @kbd{d} in the summary buffer deletes the current
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855 message, @kbd{u} undeletes, and @kbd{x} expunges. @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}
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856 output the current message to a file; @kbd{r} starts a reply to it. You
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857 can scroll the current message while remaining in the summary buffer
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858 using @key{SPC} and @key{DEL}.
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859
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860 The Rmail commands to move between messages also work in the summary
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861 buffer, but with a twist: they move through the set of messages included
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862 in the summary. They also ensure the Rmail buffer appears on the screen
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863 (unlike cursor motion commands, which update the contents of the Rmail
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864 buffer but don't display it in a window unless it already appears).
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865 Here is a list of these commands:
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866
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867 @table @kbd
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868 @item n
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869 Move to next line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select its
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870 message.
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871 @item p
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872 Move to previous line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select
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873 its message.
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874 @item M-n
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875 Move to next line and select its message.
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876 @item M-p
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877 Move to previous line and select its message.
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878 @item >
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879 Move to the last line, and select its message.
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880 @item <
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881 Move to the first line, and select its message.
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882 @item M-s @var{pattern} @key{RET}
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883 Search through messages for @var{pattern} starting with the current
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884 message; select the message found, and move point in the summary buffer
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885 to that message's line.
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886 @end table
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887
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888 @vindex rmail-redisplay-summary
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889 Deletion, undeletion, and getting new mail, and even selection of a
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890 different message all update the summary buffer when you do them in the
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891 Rmail buffer. If the variable @code{rmail-redisplay-summary} is
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892 non-@code{nil}, these actions also bring the summary buffer back onto
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893 the screen.
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894
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895 @kindex Q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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896 @findex rmail-summary-wipe
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897 @kindex q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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898 @findex rmail-summary-quit
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899 When you are finished using the summary, type @kbd{Q}
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900 (@code{rmail-summary-wipe}) to delete the summary buffer's window. You
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901 can also exit Rmail while in the summary: @kbd{q}
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902 (@code{rmail-summary-quit}) deletes the summary window, then exits from
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903 Rmail by saving the Rmail file and switching to another buffer.
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904
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905 @node Rmail Sorting
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906 @section Sorting the Rmail File
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907
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908 @table @kbd
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909 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-date
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910 Sort messages of current Rmail file by date.
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parents:
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911
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912 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-subject
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913 Sort messages of current Rmail file by subject.
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parents:
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914
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915 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-author
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parents:
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916 Sort messages of current Rmail file by author's name.
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parents:
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917
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parents:
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918 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-recipient
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parents:
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919 Sort messages of current Rmail file by recipient's names.
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parents:
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920
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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921 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-correspondent
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parents:
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922 Sort messages of current Rmail file by the name of the other
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parents:
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923 correspondent.
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924
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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925 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-lines
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parents:
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926 Sort messages of current Rmail file by size (number of lines).
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parents:
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927
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928 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-keywords @key{RET} @var{labels} @key{RET}
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parents:
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929 Sort messages of current Rmail file by labels. The argument
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930 @var{labels} should be a comma-separated list of labels. The order of
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parents:
diff changeset
931 these labels specifies the order of messages; messages with the first
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parents:
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932 label come first, messages with the second label come second, and so on.
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933 Messages which have none of these labels come last.
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parents:
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934 @end table
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935
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936 The Rmail sort commands perform a @emph{stable sort}: if there is no
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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937 reason to prefer either one of two messages, their order remains
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parents:
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938 unchanged. You can use this to sort by more than one criterion. For
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
939 example, if you use @code{rmail-sort-by-date} and then
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parents:
diff changeset
940 @code{rmail-sort-by-author}, messages from the same author appear in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
941 order by date.
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parents:
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942
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943 With a numeric argument, all these commands reverse the order of
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parents:
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944 comparison. This means they sort messages from newest to oldest, from
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parents:
diff changeset
945 biggest to smallest, or in reverse alphabetical order.
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parents:
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946
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947 @node Rmail Display
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parents:
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948 @section Display of Messages
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949
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950 Rmail reformats the header of each message before displaying it for
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951 the first time. Reformatting hides uninteresting header fields to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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952 reduce clutter. You can use the @kbd{t} command to show the entire
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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953 header or to repeat the header reformatting operation.
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954
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955 @table @kbd
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956 @item t
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957 Toggle display of complete header (@code{rmail-toggle-header}).
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958 @end table
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959
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960 @vindex rmail-ignored-headers
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961 Reformatting the header involves deleting most header fields, on the
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parents:
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962 grounds that they are not interesting. The variable
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963 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression that specifies
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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964 which header fields to hide in this way---if it matches the beginning of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
965 a header field, that whole field is hidden.
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parents:
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966
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967 @kindex t @r{(Rmail)}
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parents:
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968 @findex rmail-toggle-header
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parents:
diff changeset
969 Rmail saves the complete original header before reformatting; to see
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
970 it, use the @kbd{t} command (@code{rmail-toggle-header}). This
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
971 discards the reformatted headers of the current message and displays it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
972 with the original header. Repeating @kbd{t} reformats the message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
973 again. Selecting the message again also reformats.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
974
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
975 One consequence of this is that if you edit the reformatted header
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
976 (using @kbd{e}; @pxref{Rmail Editing}), subsequent use of @kbd{t} will
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
977 discard your edits. On the other hand, if you use @kbd{e} after
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
978 @kbd{t}, to edit the original (unreformatted) header, those changes are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
979 permanent.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
980
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
981 When the @kbd{t} command has a prefix argument, a positive argument
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
982 means to show the reformatted header, and a zero or negative argument
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
983 means to show the full header.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
984
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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985 @vindex rmail-highlighted-headers
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986 When the terminal supports multiple fonts or colors, Rmail
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987 highlights certain header fields that are especially interesting---by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
988 default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields. The variable
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
989 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} holds a regular expression that
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diff changeset
990 specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning
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991 of a header field, that whole field is highlighted.
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992
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993 If you specify unusual colors for your text foreground and
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 37417
diff changeset
994 background, the colors used for highlighting may not go well with
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
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parents: 37417
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995 them. If so, specify different colors for the face
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
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parents: 37417
diff changeset
996 @code{rmail-highlight-face}. @xref{Faces}, for how to do this. To
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
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parents: 37417
diff changeset
997 turn off highlighting entirely in Rmail, set
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998 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}.
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parents:
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999
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diff changeset
1000 You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages by adding
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1001 the function @code{goto-address} to the hook
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diff changeset
1002 @code{rmail-show-message-hook}. Then you can browse these URLs by
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diff changeset
1003 clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} or by moving to one and typing
37577
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
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parents: 37417
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1004 @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}. @xref{Goto-address, Activating URLs, Activating URLs}.
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1005
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1006 @node Rmail Coding
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1007 @section Rmail and Coding Systems
28339
52e664c981f0 Mention goto-addr.
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parents: 26796
diff changeset
1008
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6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1009 @cindex decoding mail messages (Rmail)
52979
3649390c0f91 Replace @sc{ascii} and ASCII with @acronym{ASCII}.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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1010 Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@acronym{ASCII}
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parents: 37577
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1011 characters, just as Emacs does with files you visit and with subprocess
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
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1012 output. Rmail uses the standard @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in
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1013 the message, if any, to determine how the message was encoded by the
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
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1014 sender. It maps @var{charset} into the corresponding Emacs coding
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
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1015 system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses that coding system to decode
38868
9fb8804de607 Minor clarification.
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diff changeset
1016 message text. If the message header doesn't have the @samp{charset}
9fb8804de607 Minor clarification.
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parents: 38065
diff changeset
1017 specification, or if @var{charset} is not recognized,
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parents: 37577
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1018 Rmail chooses the coding system with the usual Emacs heuristics and
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parents: 37577
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1019 defaults (@pxref{Recognize Coding}).
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1020
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1021 @cindex fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages
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parents: 35473
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1022 Occasionally, a message is decoded incorrectly, either because Emacs
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1023 guessed the wrong coding system in the absence of the @samp{charset}
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1024 specification, or because the specification was inaccurate. For
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1025 example, a misconfigured mailer could send a message with a
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1026 @samp{charset=iso-8859-1} header when the message is actually encoded
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parents: 35473
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1027 in @code{koi8-r}. When you see the message text garbled, or some of
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1028 its characters displayed as empty boxes, this may have happened.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1029
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
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parents: 30802
diff changeset
1030 @findex rmail-redecode-body
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1031 You can correct the problem by decoding the message again using the
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1032 right coding system, if you can figure out or guess which one is
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1033 right. To do this, invoke the @kbd{M-x rmail-redecode-body} command.
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1034 It reads the name of a coding system, encodes the message body using
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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1035 whichever coding system was used to decode it before, then redecodes
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1036 it using the coding system you specified. If you specified the right
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1037 coding system, the result should be readable.
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parents: 30802
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1038
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1039 Decoding and encoding using the wrong coding system is lossless for
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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1040 most encodings, in particular with 8-bit encodings such as iso-8859 or
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parents: 30802
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1041 koi8. So, if the initial attempt to redecode the message didn't
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1042 result in a legible text, you can try other coding systems until you
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1043 succeed.
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1044
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1045 With some coding systems, notably those from the iso-2022 family,
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1046 information can be lost in decoding, so that encoding the message
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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1047 again won't bring back the original incoming text. In such a case,
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
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1048 @code{rmail-redecode-body} cannot work. However, the problems that
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1049 call for use of @code{rmail-redecode-body} rarely occur with those
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1050 coding systems. So in practice the command works when you need it.
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1051
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1052 @node Rmail Editing
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1053 @section Editing Within a Message
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1054
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1055 Most of the usual Emacs commands are available in Rmail mode, though a
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1056 few, such as @kbd{C-M-n} and @kbd{C-M-h}, are redefined by Rmail for
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1057 other purposes. However, the Rmail buffer is normally read only, and
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diff changeset
1058 most of the letters are redefined as Rmail commands. If you want to
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1059 edit the text of a message, you must use the Rmail command @kbd{e}.
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1060
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1061 @table @kbd
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1062 @item e
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1063 Edit the current message as ordinary text.
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1064 @end table
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1065
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1066 @kindex e @r{(Rmail)}
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1067 @findex rmail-edit-current-message
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1068 The @kbd{e} command (@code{rmail-edit-current-message}) switches from
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1069 Rmail mode into Rmail Edit mode, another major mode which is nearly the
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1070 same as Text mode. The mode line indicates this change.
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1071
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1072 In Rmail Edit mode, letters insert themselves as usual and the Rmail
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1073 commands are not available. When you are finished editing the message and
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1074 are ready to go back to Rmail, type @kbd{C-c C-c}, which switches back to
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parents:
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1075 Rmail mode. Alternatively, you can return to Rmail mode but cancel all the
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1076 editing that you have done, by typing @kbd{C-c C-]}.
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parents:
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1077
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parents:
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1078 @vindex rmail-edit-mode-hook
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1079 Entering Rmail Edit mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}; then it
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parents:
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1080 runs the hook @code{rmail-edit-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). It adds the
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1081 attribute @samp{edited} to the message. It also displays the full
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1082 headers of the message, so that you can edit the headers as well as the
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1083 body of the message, and your changes in the headers will be
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1084 permanent.
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1085
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1086 @node Rmail Digest
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1087 @section Digest Messages
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1088 @cindex digest message
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1089 @cindex undigestify
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1090
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1091 A @dfn{digest message} is a message which exists to contain and carry
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1092 several other messages. Digests are used on some moderated mailing
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1093 lists; all the messages that arrive for the list during a period of time
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1094 such as one day are put inside a single digest which is then sent to the
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1095 subscribers. Transmitting the single digest uses much less computer
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1096 time than transmitting the individual messages even though the total
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1097 size is the same, because the per-message overhead in network mail
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1098 transmission is considerable.
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1099
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1100 @findex undigestify-rmail-message
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1101 When you receive a digest message, the most convenient way to read it is
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1102 to @dfn{undigestify} it: to turn it back into many individual messages.
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1103 Then you can read and delete the individual messages as it suits you.
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1104 To do this, select the digest message and type the command @kbd{M-x
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1105 undigestify-rmail-message}. This extracts the submessages as separate
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1106 Rmail messages, and inserts them following the digest. The digest
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1107 message itself is flagged as deleted.
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1108
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1109 @node Out of Rmail
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1110 @section Converting an Rmail File to Inbox Format
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1111 @cindex Babyl format to Inbox format
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1112 @cindex converting Rmail file to mailbox format
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1113
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1114 @findex unrmail
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1115 The command @kbd{M-x unrmail} converts a file in Rmail format to inbox
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1116 format (also known as the system mailbox, or mbox, format), so that
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1117 you can use it with other mail-editing tools. You must specify two
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1118 arguments, the name of the Rmail file and the name to use for the
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1119 converted file. @kbd{M-x unrmail} does not alter the Rmail file itself.
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1120
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1121 @pindex b2m
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1122 @kbd{M-x unrmail} is useful if you can run Emacs on the machine
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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parents: 39287
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1123 where the Rmail file resides, or can access the Rmail file remotely
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1124 (@pxref{Remote Files}) from a machine where Emacs is installed. If
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1125 accessing Rmail files from Emacs is impossible, you can use the
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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1126 @command{b2m} program instead. @command{b2m} is part of the Emacs
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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1127 distribution, it is installed into the same directory where all the
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1128 other auxiliary programs (@command{etags} etc.) are installed, and its
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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1129 source is available in the Emacs source distribution, so that you
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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1130 could copy the source to the target machine and compile it there.
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1131
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1132 To convert a file @file{@var{babyl-file}} into @file{@var{mbox-file}},
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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1133 invoke @command{b2m} like this:
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1134
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1135 @example
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1136 b2m < @var{babyl-file} > @var{mbox-file}
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1137 @end example
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1138
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1139 @node Rmail Rot13
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1140 @section Reading Rot13 Messages
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1141 @cindex rot13 code
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1142
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1143 Mailing list messages that might offend some readers are sometimes
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1144 encoded in a simple code called @dfn{rot13}---so named because it
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1145 rotates the alphabet by 13 letters. This code is not for secrecy, as it
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1146 provides none; rather, it enables those who might be offended to avoid
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1147 ever seeing the real text of the message.
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1148
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1149 @findex rot13-other-window
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1150 To view a buffer using the rot13 code, use the command @kbd{M-x
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1151 rot13-other-window}. This displays the current buffer in another window
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1152 which applies the code when displaying the text.
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1153
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1154 @node Movemail
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1155 @section @code{movemail} and POP
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1156 @cindex @code{movemail} program
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1157
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1158 @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox
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1159 When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the inbox
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1160 file to the Rmail file; then it saves the Rmail file; then it truncates
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1161 the inbox file. This way, a system crash may cause duplication of mail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1162 between the inbox and the Rmail file, but cannot lose mail. If
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1163 @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} is non-@code{nil}, then Rmail will copy new
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1164 mail from the inbox file to the Rmail file without truncating the inbox
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1165 file. You may wish to set this, for example, on a portable computer you
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1166 use to check your mail via POP while traveling, so that your mail will
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1167 remain on the server and you can save it later on your workstation.
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1168
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1169 In some cases, Rmail copies the new mail from the inbox file
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1170 indirectly. First it runs the @code{movemail} program to move the mail
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1171 from the inbox to an intermediate file called
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1172 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}}. Then Rmail merges the new mail from
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1173 that file, saves the Rmail file, and only then deletes the intermediate
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1174 file. If there is a crash at the wrong time, this file continues to
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1175 exist, and Rmail will use it again the next time it gets new mail from
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1176 that inbox.
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1177
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1178 @pindex movemail
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1179 If Rmail is unable to convert the data in
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1180 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}} into Babyl format, it renames the file
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1181 to @file{~/RMAILOSE.@var{n}} (@var{n} is an integer chosen to make the
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1182 name unique) so that Rmail will not have trouble with the data again.
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1183 You should look at the file, find whatever message confuses Rmail
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1184 (probably one that includes the control-underscore character, octal code
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1185 037), and delete it. Then you can use @kbd{1 g} to get new mail from
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1186 the corrected file.
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1187
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1188 Some sites use a method called POP for accessing users' inbox data
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1189 instead of storing the data in inbox files. @code{movemail} can work
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1190 with POP if you compile it with the macro @code{MAIL_USE_POP} defined.
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1191 (You can achieve that by specifying @samp{--with-pop} when you run
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1192 @code{configure} during the installation of Emacs.)
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1193 @code{movemail} only works with POP3, not with older
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1194 versions of POP.
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1195
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1196 @cindex @env{MAILHOST} environment variable
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1197 @cindex POP inboxes
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1198 Assuming you have compiled and installed @code{movemail}
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1199 appropriately, you can specify a POP inbox by using a ``file name'' of
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1200 the form @samp{po:@var{username}}, in the inbox list of an Rmail file.
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1201 @code{movemail} handles such a name by opening a connection to the POP
29107
203ba1f77b7b *** empty log message ***
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diff changeset
1202 server. The @env{MAILHOST} environment variable specifies the machine
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74dd5bed2ed2 POP server may be specified as part of the mailbox name.
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1203 to look for the server on; alternatively, you can specify the POP server
74dd5bed2ed2 POP server may be specified as part of the mailbox name.
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1204 host name as part of the mailbox name using the syntax
74dd5bed2ed2 POP server may be specified as part of the mailbox name.
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1205 @samp{po:@var{username}:@var{hostname}}.
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1206
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1207 @vindex rmail-pop-password
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1208 @vindex rmail-pop-password-required
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1209 Accessing mail via POP may require a password. If the variable
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diff changeset
1210 @code{rmail-pop-password} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the password
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diff changeset
1211 to use for POP. Alternatively, if @code{rmail-pop-password-required} is
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1212 non-@code{nil}, then Rmail asks you for the password to use.
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parents:
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1213
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1214 @vindex rmail-movemail-flags
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1215 If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @code{movemail},
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1216 set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you
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1217 wish to use. Do not use this variable to pass the @samp{-p} flag to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1218 preserve your inbox contents; use @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} instead.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1219
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1220 @cindex Kerberos POP authentication
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parents:
diff changeset
1221 The @code{movemail} program installed at your site may support
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1222 Kerberos authentication. If it is
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diff changeset
1223 supported, it is used by default whenever you attempt to retrieve
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diff changeset
1224 POP mail when @code{rmail-pop-password} and
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diff changeset
1225 @code{rmail-pop-password-required} are unset.
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parents:
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1226
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11db0318031d Remove redundant index entries.
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parents: 36185
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1227 @cindex reverse order in POP inboxes
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diff changeset
1228 Some POP servers store messages in reverse order. If your server does
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parents:
diff changeset
1229 this, and you would rather read your mail in the order in which it was
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1230 received, you can tell @code{movemail} to reverse the order of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1231 downloaded messages by adding the @samp{-r} flag to
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diff changeset
1232 @code{rmail-movemail-flags}.
52401
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
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parents: 49600
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1233
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
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parents: 49600
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1234 @ignore
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
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parents: 49600
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1235 arch-tag: 034965f6-38df-47a2-a9f1-b8bc8ab37e23
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
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1236 @end ignore