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31852 | 4 @settitle Message 5.9.0 Manual |
25829 | 5 @synindex fn cp |
6 @synindex vr cp | |
7 @synindex pg cp | |
33671 | 8 @dircategory Emacs |
25829 | 9 @direntry |
10 * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus. | |
11 @end direntry | |
12 @iftex | |
13 @finalout | |
14 @end iftex | |
15 @setchapternewpage odd | |
16 | |
31852 | 17 @ifnottex |
25829 | 18 |
19 This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode. | |
20 | |
31852 | 21 Copyright (C) 1996,97,98,99,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 22 |
31852 | 23 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
24 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or | |
32314 | 25 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no |
26 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
31852 | 27 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the |
28 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
32249 | 29 License'' in the Emacs manual. |
25829 | 30 |
31852 | 31 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify |
32 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free | |
33 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' | |
32249 | 34 |
35 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
36 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
37 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
38 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
31852 | 39 @end ifnottex |
25829 | 40 |
41 @tex | |
42 | |
43 @titlepage | |
31852 | 44 @title Message 5.9.0 Manual |
25829 | 45 |
46 @author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen | |
47 @page | |
48 | |
49 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
31852 | 50 Copyright @copyright{} 1996,97,98,99,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 51 |
31852 | 52 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
53 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or | |
54 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the | |
55 Invariant Sections being none, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
56 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the | |
57 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
32250 | 58 License'' in the Emacs manual. |
25829 | 59 |
31852 | 60 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify |
61 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free | |
62 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' | |
32250 | 63 |
64 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
65 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
66 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
67 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
25829 | 68 @end titlepage |
69 @page | |
70 | |
71 @end tex | |
72 | |
73 @node Top | |
74 @top Message | |
75 | |
76 All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in | |
77 Message mode buffers. | |
78 | |
79 @menu | |
80 * Interface:: Setting up message buffers. | |
81 * Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers. | |
82 * Variables:: Customizing the message buffers. | |
83 * Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible. | |
84 * Appendices:: More technical things. | |
85 * Index:: Variable, function and concept index. | |
86 * Key Index:: List of Message mode keys. | |
87 @end menu | |
88 | |
31852 | 89 This manual corresponds to Message 5.9.0. Message is distributed with |
90 the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual. | |
25829 | 91 |
92 | |
93 @node Interface | |
94 @chapter Interface | |
95 | |
96 When a program (or a person) wants to respond to a message -- reply, | |
97 follow up, forward, cancel -- the program (or person) should just put | |
98 point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command. | |
99 @code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with | |
100 appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before | |
101 sending it. | |
102 | |
103 @menu | |
104 * New Mail Message:: Editing a brand new mail message. | |
105 * New News Message:: Editing a brand new news message. | |
106 * Reply:: Replying via mail. | |
107 * Wide Reply:: Responding to all people via mail. | |
108 * Followup:: Following up via news. | |
109 * Canceling News:: Canceling a news article. | |
110 * Superseding:: Superseding a message. | |
111 * Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail. | |
112 * Resending:: Resending a mail message. | |
113 * Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message. | |
114 @end menu | |
115 | |
116 | |
117 @node New Mail Message | |
118 @section New Mail Message | |
119 | |
120 @findex message-mail | |
31852 | 121 The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer. |
25829 | 122 |
123 Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the | |
124 @code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these | |
125 are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
126 | |
127 | |
128 @node New News Message | |
129 @section New News Message | |
130 | |
131 @findex message-news | |
31852 | 132 The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer. |
25829 | 133 |
134 This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used | |
135 as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject} | |
136 header. If these are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
137 | |
138 | |
139 @node Reply | |
140 @section Reply | |
141 | |
142 @findex message-reply | |
143 The @code{message-reply} function pops up a message buffer that's a | |
144 reply to the message in the current buffer. | |
145 | |
146 @vindex message-reply-to-function | |
147 Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go | |
148 (@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs | |
149 by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable. | |
150 | |
151 If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the | |
152 @code{From}, you could do something like this: | |
153 | |
154 @lisp | |
155 (setq message-reply-to-function | |
156 (lambda () | |
157 (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody") | |
31852 | 158 (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender")))) |
159 (t | |
25829 | 160 nil)))) |
161 @end lisp | |
162 | |
163 This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is | |
164 being replied to. | |
165 | |
166 As you can see, this function should return a string if it has an | |
167 opinion as to what the To header should be. If it does not, it should | |
168 just return @code{nil}, and the normal methods for determining the To | |
169 header will be used. | |
170 | |
171 This function can also return a list. In that case, each list element | |
172 should be a cons, where the car should be the name of an header | |
173 (eg. @code{Cc}) and the cdr should be the header value | |
174 (eg. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be inserted into | |
31852 | 175 the head of the outgoing mail. |
25829 | 176 |
177 | |
178 @node Wide Reply | |
179 @section Wide Reply | |
180 | |
181 @findex message-wide-reply | |
182 The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide | |
183 reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a | |
184 reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From} | |
185 (or @code{Reply-to}) and @code{Cc} headers. | |
186 | |
187 @vindex message-wide-reply-to-function | |
188 Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go, | |
189 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
190 @code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
31852 | 191 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). |
25829 | 192 |
31852 | 193 @findex message-dont-reply-to-names |
194 Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular | |
25829 | 195 expression will be removed from the @code{Cc} header. |
196 | |
197 | |
198 @node Followup | |
199 @section Followup | |
200 | |
201 @findex message-followup | |
202 The @code{message-followup} command pops up a message buffer that's a | |
203 followup to the message in the current buffer. | |
204 | |
205 @vindex message-followup-to-function | |
206 Message uses the normal methods to determine where followups are to go, | |
207 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
208 @code{message-followup-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
209 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
210 | |
211 @vindex message-use-followup-to | |
212 The @code{message-use-followup-to} variable says what to do about | |
213 @code{Followup-To} headers. If it is @code{use}, always use the value. | |
214 If it is @code{ask} (which is the default), ask whether to use the | |
215 value. If it is @code{t}, use the value unless it is @samp{poster}. If | |
216 it is @code{nil}, don't use the value. | |
217 | |
218 | |
219 @node Canceling News | |
220 @section Canceling News | |
221 | |
222 @findex message-cancel-news | |
223 The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the | |
224 current buffer. | |
225 | |
226 | |
227 @node Superseding | |
228 @section Superseding | |
229 | |
230 @findex message-supersede | |
231 The @code{message-supersede} command pops up a message buffer that will | |
232 supersede the message in the current buffer. | |
233 | |
234 @vindex message-ignored-supersedes-headers | |
235 Headers matching the @code{message-ignored-supersedes-headers} are | |
236 removed before popping up the new message buffer. The default is@* | |
237 @samp{^Path:\\|^Date\\|^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|@* | |
238 ^Received:\\|^X-From-Line:\\|Return-Path:\\|^Supersedes:}. | |
239 | |
240 | |
241 | |
242 @node Forwarding | |
243 @section Forwarding | |
244 | |
245 @findex message-forward | |
246 The @code{message-forward} command pops up a message buffer to forward | |
247 the message in the current buffer. If given a prefix, forward using | |
248 news. | |
249 | |
250 @table @code | |
31852 | 251 @item message-forward-ignored-headers |
252 @vindex message-forward-ignored-headers | |
253 All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message. | |
25829 | 254 |
255 @item message-make-forward-subject-function | |
256 @vindex message-make-forward-subject-function | |
257 A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for | |
258 forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is | |
259 passed into each successive function. | |
260 | |
261 The provided functions are: | |
262 | |
263 @table @code | |
264 @item message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
265 @findex message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
266 Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the | |
267 subject. | |
268 | |
269 @item message-forward-subject-fwd | |
270 Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it. | |
271 @end table | |
272 | |
273 @item message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
274 @vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
275 If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have | |
31852 | 276 the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:}, |
25829 | 277 @samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is |
278 constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. | |
279 | |
31852 | 280 @item message-forward-as-mime |
281 @vindex message-forward-as-mime | |
282 If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are | |
283 included as inline MIME RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded | |
284 messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, | |
285 non MIME-savvy versions of gnus would do. | |
25829 | 286 @end table |
287 | |
288 | |
289 @node Resending | |
290 @section Resending | |
291 | |
292 @findex message-resend | |
293 The @code{message-resend} command will prompt the user for an address | |
294 and resend the message in the current buffer to that address. | |
295 | |
296 @vindex message-ignored-resent-headers | |
297 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will | |
298 be removed before sending the message. The default is | |
31852 | 299 @samp{^Return-receipt}. |
25829 | 300 |
301 | |
302 @node Bouncing | |
303 @section Bouncing | |
304 | |
305 @findex message-bounce | |
306 The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a | |
307 bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce | |
308 information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent | |
309 out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as | |
31852 | 310 undeliverable. |
25829 | 311 |
312 @vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers | |
313 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp | |
314 will be removed before popping up the buffer. The default is | |
315 @samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\):}. | |
316 | |
317 | |
318 @node Commands | |
319 @chapter Commands | |
320 | |
321 @menu | |
35614 | 322 * Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer. |
25829 | 323 * Header Commands:: Commands for moving to headers. |
324 * Movement:: Moving around in message buffers. | |
325 * Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers. | |
31852 | 326 * MIME:: @sc{mime} considerations. |
25829 | 327 * Various Commands:: Various things. |
328 * Sending:: Actually sending the message. | |
329 * Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases. | |
35614 | 330 * Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling. |
25829 | 331 @end menu |
332 | |
333 | |
35614 | 334 @node Buffer Entry |
335 @section Buffer Entry | |
336 @cindex undo | |
337 @kindex C-_ | |
338 | |
339 You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other | |
340 message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and | |
341 may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on | |
342 which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right, | |
343 but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings, | |
344 Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it | |
345 takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few | |
346 times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to. | |
347 | |
348 | |
25829 | 349 @node Header Commands |
350 @section Header Commands | |
351 | |
352 All these commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't exist, | |
353 it will be inserted. | |
354 | |
355 @table @kbd | |
356 | |
357 @item C-c ? | |
358 @kindex C-c ? | |
359 @findex message-goto-to | |
360 Describe the message mode. | |
361 | |
362 @item C-c C-f C-t | |
31852 | 363 @kindex C-c C-f C-t |
25829 | 364 @findex message-goto-to |
365 Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}). | |
366 | |
367 @item C-c C-f C-b | |
31852 | 368 @kindex C-c C-f C-b |
25829 | 369 @findex message-goto-bcc |
370 Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}). | |
371 | |
33985 | 372 @item C-c C-f C-w |
373 @kindex C-c C-f C-w | |
25829 | 374 @findex message-goto-fcc |
375 Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}). | |
376 | |
377 @item C-c C-f C-c | |
31852 | 378 @kindex C-c C-f C-c |
25829 | 379 @findex message-goto-cc |
380 Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}). | |
381 | |
382 @item C-c C-f C-s | |
31852 | 383 @kindex C-c C-f C-s |
25829 | 384 @findex message-goto-subject |
385 Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}). | |
386 | |
387 @item C-c C-f C-r | |
31852 | 388 @kindex C-c C-f C-r |
25829 | 389 @findex message-goto-reply-to |
390 Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}). | |
391 | |
392 @item C-c C-f C-n | |
31852 | 393 @kindex C-c C-f C-n |
25829 | 394 @findex message-goto-newsgroups |
395 Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}). | |
396 | |
397 @item C-c C-f C-d | |
31852 | 398 @kindex C-c C-f C-d |
25829 | 399 @findex message-goto-distribution |
400 Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}). | |
401 | |
33985 | 402 @item C-c C-f C-f |
403 @kindex C-c C-f C-f | |
25829 | 404 @findex message-goto-followup-to |
405 Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}). | |
406 | |
407 @item C-c C-f C-k | |
31852 | 408 @kindex C-c C-f C-k |
25829 | 409 @findex message-goto-keywords |
410 Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}). | |
411 | |
412 @item C-c C-f C-u | |
31852 | 413 @kindex C-c C-f C-u |
25829 | 414 @findex message-goto-summary |
415 Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}). | |
416 | |
417 @end table | |
418 | |
419 | |
420 @node Movement | |
421 @section Movement | |
422 | |
423 @table @kbd | |
424 @item C-c C-b | |
31852 | 425 @kindex C-c C-b |
25829 | 426 @findex message-goto-body |
427 Move to the beginning of the body of the message | |
31852 | 428 (@code{message-goto-body}). |
25829 | 429 |
430 @item C-c C-i | |
31852 | 431 @kindex C-c C-i |
25829 | 432 @findex message-goto-signature |
433 Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}). | |
434 | |
435 @end table | |
436 | |
437 | |
438 @node Insertion | |
439 @section Insertion | |
440 | |
441 @table @kbd | |
442 | |
443 @item C-c C-y | |
31852 | 444 @kindex C-c C-y |
25829 | 445 @findex message-yank-original |
446 Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer | |
31852 | 447 (@code{message-yank-original}). |
448 | |
449 @item C-c M-C-y | |
450 @kindex C-c M-C-y | |
451 @findex message-yank-buffer | |
452 Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the | |
453 message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}). | |
25829 | 454 |
455 @item C-c C-q | |
31852 | 456 @kindex C-c C-q |
25829 | 457 @findex message-fill-yanked-message |
458 Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning: | |
459 Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are | |
460 strange. You'll quickly get a feel for when it's safe, though. Anyway, | |
461 just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be | |
462 all right. | |
463 | |
464 @item C-c C-w | |
31852 | 465 @kindex C-c C-w |
25829 | 466 @findex message-insert-signature |
467 Insert a signature at the end of the buffer | |
31852 | 468 (@code{message-insert-signature}). |
469 | |
470 @item C-c M-h | |
471 @kindex C-c M-h | |
472 @findex message-insert-headers | |
473 Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}). | |
25829 | 474 |
475 @end table | |
476 | |
477 @table @code | |
478 @item message-ignored-cited-headers | |
479 @vindex message-ignored-cited-headers | |
480 All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked | |
481 messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be | |
482 removed. | |
483 | |
484 @item message-citation-line-function | |
485 @vindex message-citation-line-function | |
486 Function called to insert the citation line. The default is | |
487 @code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines | |
488 that look like: | |
489 | |
490 @example | |
491 Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes: | |
492 @end example | |
493 | |
494 Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this | |
495 function is called. | |
496 | |
497 @item message-yank-prefix | |
498 @vindex message-yank-prefix | |
499 @cindex yanking | |
500 @cindex quoting | |
501 When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want | |
502 to quote the person you are answering. Inserting quoted text is done by | |
503 @dfn{yanking}, and each quoted line you yank will have | |
504 @code{message-yank-prefix} prepended to it. The default is @samp{> }. | |
505 | |
506 @item message-indentation-spaces | |
507 @vindex message-indentation-spaces | |
508 Number of spaces to indent yanked messages. | |
509 | |
510 @item message-cite-function | |
511 @vindex message-cite-function | |
512 @findex message-cite-original | |
513 @findex sc-cite-original | |
514 @findex message-cite-original-without-signature | |
515 @cindex Supercite | |
516 Function for citing an original message. The default is | |
517 @code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message | |
518 and prepends @samp{> } to each line. | |
519 @code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides | |
520 the signature. You can also set it to @code{sc-cite-original} to use | |
521 Supercite. | |
522 | |
523 @item message-indent-citation-function | |
524 @vindex message-indent-citation-function | |
525 Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
526 This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the | |
527 citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function | |
528 should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified. | |
529 | |
530 @item message-signature | |
531 @vindex message-signature | |
532 String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t} | |
533 (which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be | |
534 inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be | |
535 used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead. | |
536 If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all. | |
537 | |
538 @item message-signature-file | |
539 @vindex message-signature-file | |
540 File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer. | |
541 The default is @samp{~/.signature}. | |
542 | |
543 @end table | |
544 | |
545 Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three | |
546 characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it | |
547 easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the | |
548 signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel | |
549 that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally. | |
550 | |
551 Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long. | |
552 Including ASCII graphics is an efficient way to get everybody to believe | |
553 that you are silly and have nothing important to say. | |
554 | |
555 | |
31852 | 556 @node MIME |
557 @section MIME | |
558 @cindex MML | |
559 @cindex MIME | |
560 @cindex multipart | |
561 @cindex attachment | |
562 | |
563 Message is a @sc{mime}-compliant posting agent. The user generally | |
564 doesn't have to do anything to make the @sc{mime} happen---Message will | |
565 automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and | |
566 @code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers. | |
567 | |
568 The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in | |
569 @sc{mime} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. This can | |
570 be done with the @code{C-c C-a} command, which will prompt for a file | |
571 name and a @sc{mime} type. | |
572 | |
573 You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the MML | |
574 language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME | |
575 Manual}). | |
576 | |
25829 | 577 |
578 @node Various Commands | |
579 @section Various Commands | |
580 | |
581 @table @kbd | |
582 | |
583 @item C-c C-r | |
31852 | 584 @kindex C-c C-r |
25829 | 585 @findex message-caesar-buffer-body |
586 Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message | |
587 (@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just | |
588 rotate the visible portion of the buffer. A numerical prefix says how | |
589 many places to rotate the text. The default is 13. | |
590 | |
591 @item C-c C-e | |
592 @kindex C-c C-e | |
593 @findex message-elide-region | |
594 Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}). | |
31852 | 595 The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable |
596 @code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis | |
597 (@samp{[...]}). | |
25829 | 598 |
599 @item C-c C-z | |
600 @kindex C-c C-x | |
601 @findex message-kill-to-signature | |
602 Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the | |
603 end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}). | |
604 | |
605 @item C-c C-v | |
606 @kindex C-c C-v | |
607 @findex message-delete-not-region | |
608 Delete all text in the body of the message that is outside the region | |
609 (@code{message-delete-not-region}). | |
610 | |
611 @item M-RET | |
612 @kindex M-RET | |
613 @kindex message-newline-and-reformat | |
614 Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text. | |
615 | |
616 Here's an example: | |
617 | |
618 @example | |
619 > This is some quoted text. And here's more quoted text. | |
620 @end example | |
621 | |
622 If point is before @samp{And} and you press @kbd{M-RET}, you'll get: | |
623 | |
624 @example | |
625 > This is some quoted text. | |
626 | |
627 * | |
628 | |
629 > And here's more quoted text. | |
630 @end example | |
631 | |
31852 | 632 @samp{*} says where point will be placed. |
25829 | 633 |
634 @item C-c C-t | |
31852 | 635 @kindex C-c C-t |
25829 | 636 @findex message-insert-to |
637 Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or | |
638 @code{From} header of the message you're following up | |
31852 | 639 (@code{message-insert-to}). |
25829 | 640 |
641 @item C-c C-n | |
31852 | 642 @kindex C-c C-n |
25829 | 643 @findex message-insert-newsgroups |
644 Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To} | |
645 or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to | |
646 (@code{message-insert-newsgroups}). | |
647 | |
648 @item C-c M-r | |
649 @kindex C-c M-r | |
650 @findex message-rename-buffer | |
651 Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix, | |
652 prompt for a new buffer name. | |
653 | |
654 @end table | |
655 | |
656 | |
657 @node Sending | |
658 @section Sending | |
659 | |
660 @table @kbd | |
661 @item C-c C-c | |
31852 | 662 @kindex C-c C-c |
25829 | 663 @findex message-send-and-exit |
664 Send the message and bury the current buffer | |
31852 | 665 (@code{message-send-and-exit}). |
25829 | 666 |
667 @item C-c C-s | |
31852 | 668 @kindex C-c C-s |
25829 | 669 @findex message-send |
31852 | 670 Send the message (@code{message-send}). |
25829 | 671 |
672 @item C-c C-d | |
673 @kindex C-c C-d | |
674 @findex message-dont-send | |
675 Bury the message buffer and exit (@code{message-dont-send}). | |
676 | |
677 @item C-c C-k | |
678 @kindex C-c C-k | |
679 @findex message-kill-buffer | |
680 Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). | |
681 | |
682 @end table | |
683 | |
684 | |
685 | |
686 @node Mail Aliases | |
687 @section Mail Aliases | |
688 @cindex mail aliases | |
689 @cindex aliases | |
690 | |
691 @vindex message-mail-alias-type | |
692 The @code{message-mail-alias-type} variable controls what type of mail | |
693 alias expansion to use. Currently only one form is supported---Message | |
694 uses @code{mailabbrev} to handle mail aliases. If this variable is | |
695 @code{nil}, no mail alias expansion will be performed. | |
696 | |
697 @code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and | |
698 @file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like: | |
699 | |
700 @example | |
701 alias lmi "Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@ifi.uio.no>" | |
702 alias ding "ding@@ifi.uio.no (ding mailing list)" | |
703 @end example | |
704 | |
705 After adding lines like this to your @file{~/.mailrc} file, you should | |
706 be able to just write @samp{lmi} in the @code{To} or @code{Cc} (and so | |
707 on) headers and press @kbd{SPC} to expand the alias. | |
708 | |
709 No expansion will be performed upon sending of the message---all | |
710 expansions have to be done explicitly. | |
711 | |
712 | |
35614 | 713 @node Spelling |
714 @section Spelling | |
715 @cindex spelling | |
716 @findex ispell-message | |
717 | |
718 There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages: | |
719 @code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and | |
720 probably more popular package. You typically first write the message, | |
721 and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the | |
722 typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put | |
723 something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
724 | |
725 @lisp | |
726 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message) | |
727 @end lisp | |
728 | |
729 @vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
730 If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be | |
731 controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable: | |
732 | |
733 @lisp | |
734 (setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
735 '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8") | |
736 (".*" . "default"))) | |
737 @end lisp | |
738 | |
739 @code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
740 installed. | |
741 | |
742 The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks | |
743 your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in | |
744 various ways. | |
745 | |
746 To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your | |
747 @file{.emacs} file: | |
748 | |
749 @lisp | |
750 (defun my-message-setup-routine () | |
751 (flyspell-mode 1)) | |
752 (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine) | |
753 @end lisp | |
754 | |
755 @code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
756 installed. | |
757 | |
25829 | 758 |
759 @node Variables | |
760 @chapter Variables | |
761 | |
762 @menu | |
763 * Message Headers:: General message header stuff. | |
764 * Mail Headers:: Customizing mail headers. | |
765 * Mail Variables:: Other mail variables. | |
766 * News Headers:: Customizing news headers. | |
767 * News Variables:: Other news variables. | |
768 * Various Message Variables:: Other message variables. | |
769 * Sending Variables:: Variables for sending. | |
770 * Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers. | |
771 * Message Actions:: Actions to be performed when exiting. | |
772 @end menu | |
773 | |
774 | |
775 @node Message Headers | |
776 @section Message Headers | |
777 | |
778 Message is quite aggressive on the message generation front. It has to | |
779 be -- it's a combined news and mail agent. To be able to send combined | |
780 messages, it has to generate all headers itself (instead of letting the | |
781 mail/news system do it) to ensure that mail and news copies of messages | |
782 look sufficiently similar. | |
783 | |
784 @table @code | |
785 | |
786 @item message-generate-headers-first | |
787 @vindex message-generate-headers-first | |
788 If non-@code{nil}, generate all headers before starting to compose the | |
31852 | 789 message. |
25829 | 790 |
791 @item message-from-style | |
792 @vindex message-from-style | |
793 Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid | |
794 values: | |
795 | |
796 @table @code | |
797 @item nil | |
798 Just the address -- @samp{king@@grassland.com}. | |
799 | |
800 @item parens | |
801 @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}. | |
802 | |
803 @item angles | |
804 @samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}. | |
805 | |
806 @item default | |
807 Look like @code{angles} if that doesn't require quoting, and | |
808 @code{parens} if it does. If even @code{parens} requires quoting, use | |
809 @code{angles} anyway. | |
810 | |
811 @end table | |
812 | |
813 @item message-deletable-headers | |
814 @vindex message-deletable-headers | |
815 Headers in this list that were previously generated by Message will be | |
816 deleted before posting. Let's say you post an article. Then you decide | |
817 to post it again to some other group, you naughty boy, so you jump back | |
818 to the @code{*post-buf*} buffer, edit the @code{Newsgroups} line, and | |
819 ship it off again. By default, this variable makes sure that the old | |
820 generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If | |
821 this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would | |
822 prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world. | |
31852 | 823 Allegedly. |
25829 | 824 |
825 @item message-default-headers | |
826 @vindex message-default-headers | |
827 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
828 buffers. | |
829 | |
830 @item message-subject-re-regexp | |
831 @vindex message-subject-re-regexp | |
832 Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This | |
35614 | 833 is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is |
25829 | 834 Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have |
835 failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software | |
836 to use abonimations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } | |
837 (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may | |
838 have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may | |
839 set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I | |
840 just throw away non-compliant mail. | |
841 | |
32314 | 842 @item message-alternative-emails |
843 @vindex message-alternative-emails | |
844 A regexp to match the alternative email addresses. The first matched | |
845 address (not primary one) is used in the @code{From} field. | |
846 | |
25829 | 847 @end table |
848 | |
849 | |
850 @node Mail Headers | |
851 @section Mail Headers | |
852 | |
853 @table @code | |
854 @item message-required-mail-headers | |
855 @vindex message-required-mail-headers | |
856 @xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is | |
857 @code{(From Date Subject (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID Lines | |
35614 | 858 (optional . User-Agent))} by default. |
25829 | 859 |
860 @item message-ignored-mail-headers | |
861 @vindex message-ignored-mail-headers | |
862 Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is | |
863 @samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:}. | |
864 | |
865 @item message-default-mail-headers | |
866 @vindex message-default-mail-headers | |
867 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
868 buffers that are initialized as mail. | |
869 | |
870 @end table | |
871 | |
872 | |
873 @node Mail Variables | |
31852 | 874 @section Mail Variables |
25829 | 875 |
876 @table @code | |
877 @item message-send-mail-function | |
878 @vindex message-send-mail-function | |
879 Function used to send the current buffer as mail. The default is | |
880 @code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail}. If you prefer using MH | |
881 instead, set this variable to @code{message-send-mail-with-mh}. | |
882 | |
883 @item message-mh-deletable-headers | |
884 @vindex message-mh-deletable-headers | |
885 Most versions of MH doesn't like being fed messages that contain the | |
886 headers in this variable. If this variable is non-@code{nil} (which is | |
887 the default), these headers will be removed before mailing when sending | |
888 messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these | |
889 headers. | |
890 | |
35614 | 891 @item message-send-mail-partially-limit |
892 @vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
893 The limit on the size of messages sent as @samp{message/partial}. | |
894 This is the minimum message size in characters beyond which the | |
895 message should be sent in several parts. If it is @code{nil}, the | |
896 size is unlimited. | |
897 | |
25829 | 898 @end table |
899 | |
900 | |
901 @node News Headers | |
902 @section News Headers | |
903 | |
904 @vindex message-required-news-headers | |
905 @code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These | |
906 headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's | |
907 impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid: | |
908 | |
909 @table @code | |
910 | |
911 @item From | |
912 @cindex From | |
913 @findex user-full-name | |
914 @findex user-mail-address | |
915 This required header will be filled out with the result of the | |
916 @code{message-make-from} function, which depends on the | |
917 @code{message-from-style}, @code{user-full-name}, | |
918 @code{user-mail-address} variables. | |
919 | |
920 @item Subject | |
921 @cindex Subject | |
31852 | 922 This required header will be prompted for if not present already. |
25829 | 923 |
924 @item Newsgroups | |
925 @cindex Newsgroups | |
926 This required header says which newsgroups the article is to be posted | |
927 to. If it isn't present already, it will be prompted for. | |
928 | |
929 @item Organization | |
930 @cindex organization | |
931 This optional header will be filled out depending on the | |
932 @code{message-user-organization} variable. | |
933 @code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is | |
934 @code{t}. This variable can also be a string (in which case this string | |
935 will be used), or it can be a function (which will be called with no | |
936 parameters and should return a string to be used). | |
937 | |
938 @item Lines | |
939 @cindex Lines | |
940 This optional header will be computed by Message. | |
941 | |
942 @item Message-ID | |
943 @cindex Message-ID | |
944 @vindex mail-host-address | |
945 @findex system-name | |
946 @cindex Sun | |
947 This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be | |
31852 | 948 created based on the date, time, user name and system name. Message |
949 will use @code{system-name} to determine the name of the system. If | |
950 this isn't a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), Message will use | |
951 @code{mail-host-address} as the FQDN of the machine. | |
25829 | 952 |
35614 | 953 @item User-Agent |
954 @cindex User-Agent | |
25829 | 955 This optional header will be filled out according to the |
956 @code{message-newsreader} local variable. | |
957 | |
958 @item In-Reply-To | |
959 This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From} | |
960 header of the article being replied to. | |
961 | |
962 @item Expires | |
963 @cindex Expires | |
964 This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the | |
965 @code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't | |
966 be used unless you know what you're doing. | |
967 | |
968 @item Distribution | |
969 @cindex Distribution | |
970 This optional header is filled out according to the | |
971 @code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and | |
972 much misunderstood header. | |
973 | |
974 @item Path | |
975 @cindex path | |
976 This extremely optional header should probably never be used. | |
977 However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is | |
978 present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this | |
979 @code{Path} header is to look. If it is @code{nil}, use the server name | |
980 as the leaf node. If it is a string, use the string. If it is neither | |
981 a string nor @code{nil}, use the user name only. However, it is highly | |
982 unlikely that you should need to fiddle with this variable at all. | |
983 @end table | |
984 | |
985 @findex yow | |
986 @cindex Mime-Version | |
987 In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The car of this cons | |
988 should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and | |
989 the cdr can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of | |
990 this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should | |
991 return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert | |
992 @code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")} | |
993 into the list. If you want to insert a funny quote, you could enter | |
994 something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function | |
995 @code{yow} will then be called without any arguments. | |
996 | |
997 If the list contains a cons where the car of the cons is | |
998 @code{optional}, the cdr of this cons will only be inserted if it is | |
999 non-@code{nil}. | |
1000 | |
1001 Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles: | |
1002 | |
1003 @table @code | |
1004 | |
1005 @item message-syntax-checks | |
1006 @vindex message-syntax-checks | |
1007 Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts. | |
1008 To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add | |
1009 | |
1010 @lisp | |
1011 (signature . disabled) | |
1012 @end lisp | |
1013 | |
1014 to this list. | |
1015 | |
1016 Valid checks are: | |
1017 | |
1018 @table @code | |
31852 | 1019 @item subject-cmsg |
25829 | 1020 Check the subject for commands. |
1021 @item sender | |
1022 @cindex Sender | |
31852 | 1023 Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd. |
1024 @item multiple-headers | |
25829 | 1025 Check for the existence of multiple equal headers. |
31852 | 1026 @item sendsys |
25829 | 1027 @cindex sendsys |
1028 Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands. | |
1029 @item message-id | |
1030 Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks ok. | |
1031 @item from | |
1032 Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice. | |
31852 | 1033 @item long-lines |
25829 | 1034 @cindex long lines |
1035 Check for too long lines. | |
1036 @item control-chars | |
1037 Check for invalid characters. | |
1038 @item size | |
1039 Check for excessive size. | |
1040 @item new-text | |
1041 Check whether there is any new text in the messages. | |
1042 @item signature | |
1043 Check the length of the signature. | |
1044 @item approved | |
1045 @cindex approved | |
1046 Check whether the article has an @code{Approved} header, which is | |
1047 something only moderators should include. | |
1048 @item empty | |
1049 Check whether the article is empty. | |
31852 | 1050 @item invisible-text |
1051 Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer. | |
25829 | 1052 @item empty-headers |
1053 Check whether any of the headers are empty. | |
1054 @item existing-newsgroups | |
31852 | 1055 Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and |
25829 | 1056 @code{Followup-To} headers exist. |
1057 @item valid-newsgroups | |
1058 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1059 are valid syntactically. | |
1060 @item repeated-newsgroups | |
1061 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1062 contains repeated group names. | |
1063 @item shorten-followup-to | |
1064 Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number | |
1065 of groups to post to. | |
1066 @end table | |
1067 | |
1068 All these conditions are checked by default. | |
1069 | |
1070 @item message-ignored-news-headers | |
1071 @vindex message-ignored-news-headers | |
1072 Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@* | |
1073 @samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:}. | |
1074 | |
1075 @item message-default-news-headers | |
1076 @vindex message-default-news-headers | |
1077 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1078 buffers that are initialized as news. | |
1079 | |
1080 @end table | |
1081 | |
1082 | |
1083 @node News Variables | |
1084 @section News Variables | |
1085 | |
1086 @table @code | |
1087 @item message-send-news-function | |
1088 @vindex message-send-news-function | |
1089 Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is | |
31852 | 1090 @code{message-send-news}. |
25829 | 1091 |
1092 @item message-post-method | |
1093 @vindex message-post-method | |
1094 Gnusish @dfn{select method} (see the Gnus manual for details) used for | |
1095 posting a prepared news message. | |
1096 | |
1097 @end table | |
1098 | |
1099 | |
1100 @node Various Message Variables | |
1101 @section Various Message Variables | |
1102 | |
1103 @table @code | |
31852 | 1104 @item message-default-charset |
1105 @vindex message-default-charset | |
1106 @cindex charset | |
1107 Symbol naming a @sc{mime} charset. Non-ASCII characters in messages are | |
1108 assumed to be encoded using this charset. The default is @code{nil}, | |
1109 which means ask the user. (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule} | |
1110 Emacsen. | |
1111 @xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, | |
1112 Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@sc{mime} | |
1113 translation process. | |
1114 | |
25829 | 1115 @item message-signature-separator |
1116 @vindex message-signature-separator | |
1117 Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by | |
31852 | 1118 default. |
25829 | 1119 |
1120 @item mail-header-separator | |
1121 @vindex mail-header-separator | |
1122 String used to separate the headers from the body. It is @samp{--text | |
1123 follows this line--} by default. | |
1124 | |
1125 @item message-directory | |
1126 @vindex message-directory | |
31852 | 1127 Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}. |
25829 | 1128 |
1129 @item message-signature-setup-hook | |
1130 @vindex message-signature-setup-hook | |
1131 Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the | |
31852 | 1132 headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted. |
25829 | 1133 |
1134 @item message-setup-hook | |
1135 @vindex message-setup-hook | |
1136 Hook run as the last thing when the message buffer has been initialized, | |
1137 but before yanked text is inserted. | |
1138 | |
1139 @item message-header-setup-hook | |
1140 @vindex message-header-setup-hook | |
31852 | 1141 Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers. |
25829 | 1142 |
1143 For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a | |
1144 @samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages | |
1145 you send to mailing lists, you could do something like the following: | |
1146 | |
1147 @lisp | |
1148 (defun my-message-header-setup-hook () | |
1149 (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) | |
1150 (when (or (message-fetch-field "newsgroups") | |
1151 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-address) | |
1152 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-list)) | |
1153 (insert "Mail-Copies-To: never\n")))) | |
1154 | |
1155 (add-hook 'message-header-setup-hook | |
1156 'my-message-header-setup-hook) | |
1157 @end lisp | |
1158 | |
1159 @item message-send-hook | |
1160 @vindex message-send-hook | |
1161 Hook run before sending messages. | |
1162 | |
1163 If you want to add certain headers before sending, you can use the | |
1164 @code{message-add-header} function in this hook. For instance: | |
1165 @findex message-add-header | |
1166 | |
1167 @lisp | |
1168 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content) | |
1169 (defun my-message-add-content () | |
35614 | 1170 (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense") |
1171 (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no")) | |
25829 | 1172 @end lisp |
1173 | |
1174 This function won't add the header if the header is already present. | |
1175 | |
1176 @item message-send-mail-hook | |
1177 @vindex message-send-mail-hook | |
1178 Hook run before sending mail messages. | |
1179 | |
1180 @item message-send-news-hook | |
1181 @vindex message-send-news-hook | |
1182 Hook run before sending news messages. | |
1183 | |
1184 @item message-sent-hook | |
1185 @vindex message-sent-hook | |
1186 Hook run after sending messages. | |
1187 | |
1188 @item message-mode-syntax-table | |
1189 @vindex message-mode-syntax-table | |
1190 Syntax table used in message mode buffers. | |
1191 | |
1192 @item message-send-method-alist | |
1193 @vindex message-send-method-alist | |
1194 | |
1195 Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form | |
1196 | |
1197 @lisp | |
1198 (TYPE PREDICATE FUNCTION) | |
1199 @end lisp | |
1200 | |
1201 @table @var | |
1202 @item type | |
1203 A symbol that names the method. | |
1204 | |
1205 @item predicate | |
1206 A function called without any parameters to determine whether the | |
1207 message is a message of type @var{type}. | |
1208 | |
1209 @item function | |
1210 A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}. | |
1211 @var{function} is called with one parameter -- the prefix. | |
1212 @end table | |
1213 | |
1214 @lisp | |
1215 ((news message-news-p message-send-via-news) | |
1216 (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail)) | |
1217 @end lisp | |
1218 | |
1219 | |
1220 | |
1221 @end table | |
1222 | |
1223 | |
1224 | |
1225 @node Sending Variables | |
1226 @section Sending Variables | |
1227 | |
1228 @table @code | |
1229 | |
31852 | 1230 @item message-fcc-handler-function |
1231 @vindex message-fcc-handler-function | |
25829 | 1232 A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be |
31852 | 1233 called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default |
25829 | 1234 function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format. |
1235 | |
1236 @item message-courtesy-message | |
1237 @vindex message-courtesy-message | |
1238 When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of | |
1239 the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the | |
1240 newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If | |
1241 this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added. | |
1242 The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of | |
31852 | 1243 an article\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\n\n"}. |
25829 | 1244 |
1245 @end table | |
1246 | |
1247 | |
1248 @node Message Buffers | |
1249 @section Message Buffers | |
1250 | |
1251 Message will generate new buffers with unique buffer names when you | |
1252 request a message buffer. When you send the message, the buffer isn't | |
1253 normally killed off. Its name is changed and a certain number of old | |
1254 message buffers are kept alive. | |
1255 | |
1256 @table @code | |
1257 @item message-generate-new-buffers | |
1258 @vindex message-generate-new-buffers | |
1259 If non-@code{nil}, generate new buffers. The default is @code{t}. If | |
1260 this is a function, call that function with three parameters: The type, | |
1261 the to address and the group name. (Any of these may be @code{nil}.) | |
1262 The function should return the new buffer name. | |
1263 | |
1264 @item message-max-buffers | |
1265 @vindex message-max-buffers | |
1266 This variable says how many old message buffers to keep. If there are | |
1267 more message buffers than this, the oldest buffer will be killed. The | |
1268 default is 10. If this variable is @code{nil}, no old message buffers | |
1269 will ever be killed. | |
1270 | |
1271 @item message-send-rename-function | |
1272 @vindex message-send-rename-function | |
1273 After sending a message, the buffer is renamed from, for instance, | |
1274 @samp{*reply to Lars*} to @samp{*sent reply to Lars*}. If you don't | |
1275 like this, set this variable to a function that renames the buffer in a | |
1276 manner you like. If you don't want to rename the buffer at all, you can | |
1277 say: | |
1278 | |
1279 @lisp | |
1280 (setq message-send-rename-function 'ignore) | |
1281 @end lisp | |
1282 | |
1283 @item message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
1284 @findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
1285 If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit. | |
1286 | |
1287 @end table | |
1288 | |
1289 | |
1290 @node Message Actions | |
1291 @section Message Actions | |
1292 | |
1293 When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely | |
1294 to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps | |
1295 return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as | |
31852 | 1296 replied. |
25829 | 1297 |
1298 @vindex message-kill-actions | |
1299 @vindex message-postpone-actions | |
1300 @vindex message-exit-actions | |
1301 @vindex message-send-actions | |
1302 The user may exit from the message buffer in various ways. The most | |
1303 common is @kbd{C-c C-c}, which sends the message and exits. Other | |
1304 possibilities are @kbd{C-c C-s} which just sends the message, @kbd{C-c | |
1305 C-d} which postpones the message editing and buries the message buffer, | |
1306 and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions | |
1307 have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed: | |
1308 @code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions}, | |
31852 | 1309 @code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}. |
25829 | 1310 |
1311 Message provides a function to interface with these lists: | |
1312 @code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be | |
1313 added, and the rest of the arguments are which lists to add this action | |
1314 to. Here's an example from Gnus: | |
1315 | |
1316 @lisp | |
1317 (message-add-action | |
1318 `(set-window-configuration ,(current-window-configuration)) | |
1319 'exit 'postpone 'kill) | |
1320 @end lisp | |
1321 | |
1322 This restores the Gnus window configuration when the message buffer is | |
1323 killed, postponed or exited. | |
1324 | |
1325 An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the | |
1326 @code{car} is a function and the @code{cdr} is the list of arguments, or | |
1327 a form to be @code{eval}ed. | |
1328 | |
1329 | |
1330 @node Compatibility | |
1331 @chapter Compatibility | |
1332 @cindex compatibility | |
1333 | |
1334 Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-} | |
1335 variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables | |
1336 into account, you can put the following in your @code{.emacs} file: | |
1337 | |
1338 @lisp | |
1339 (require 'messcompat) | |
1340 @end lisp | |
1341 | |
1342 This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the | |
1343 corresponding mail variables. | |
1344 | |
1345 | |
1346 @node Appendices | |
1347 @chapter Appendices | |
1348 | |
1349 @menu | |
1350 * Responses:: Standard rules for determining where responses go. | |
1351 @end menu | |
1352 | |
1353 | |
1354 @node Responses | |
1355 @section Responses | |
1356 | |
1357 To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used | |
1358 by default. | |
1359 | |
1360 @table @dfn | |
1361 @item reply | |
1362 A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who | |
1363 sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To | |
1364 determine who the recipient will be, the following headers are | |
1365 consulted, in turn: | |
1366 | |
1367 @table @code | |
1368 @item Reply-To | |
1369 | |
1370 @item From | |
1371 @end table | |
1372 | |
1373 | |
1374 @item wide reply | |
1375 A @dfn{wide reply} is a mail response that includes @emph{all} entities | |
1376 mentioned in the message you are responded to. All mailboxes from the | |
1377 following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing | |
1378 @code{To}/@code{Cc} headers: | |
1379 | |
1380 @table @code | |
1381 @item From | |
1382 (unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead). | |
1383 | |
1384 @item Cc | |
1385 | |
1386 @item To | |
1387 @end table | |
1388 | |
1389 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will also be included | |
1390 in the list of mailboxes. If this header is @samp{never}, that means | |
1391 that the @code{From} (or @code{Reply-To}) mailbox will be suppressed. | |
1392 | |
1393 | |
1394 @item followup | |
1395 A @dfn{followup} is a response sent via news. The following headers | |
1396 (listed in order of precedence) determine where the response is to be | |
1397 sent: | |
1398 | |
1399 @table @code | |
1400 | |
1401 @item Followup-To | |
1402 | |
1403 @item Newsgroups | |
1404 | |
1405 @end table | |
1406 | |
1407 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will be used as the | |
1408 basis of the new @code{Cc} header, except if this header is | |
1409 @samp{never}. | |
1410 | |
1411 @end table | |
1412 | |
1413 | |
1414 | |
1415 @node Index | |
1416 @chapter Index | |
1417 @printindex cp | |
1418 | |
1419 @node Key Index | |
1420 @chapter Key Index | |
1421 @printindex ky | |
1422 | |
1423 @summarycontents | |
1424 @contents | |
1425 @bye | |
1426 | |
1427 @c End: |