annotate man/rmail.texi @ 61233:5c7a0c8de2df

(Coding System Basics): Another cleanup.
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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:: More details of fetching new mail.
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41 * Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes.
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42 * Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in
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43 Various Formats
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44 @end menu
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46 @node Rmail Basics
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47 @section Basic Concepts of Rmail
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49 @cindex primary Rmail file
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50 @vindex rmail-file-name
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51 Using Rmail in the simplest fashion, you have one Rmail file
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52 @file{~/RMAIL} in which all of your mail is saved. It is called your
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53 @dfn{primary Rmail file}. The command @kbd{M-x rmail} reads your primary
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54 Rmail file, merges new mail in from your inboxes, displays the first
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55 message you haven't read yet, and lets you begin reading. The variable
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56 @code{rmail-file-name} specifies the name of the primary Rmail file.
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58 Rmail uses narrowing to hide all but one message in the Rmail file.
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59 The message that is shown is called the @dfn{current message}. Rmail
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60 mode's special commands can do such things as delete the current
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61 message, copy it into another file, send a reply, or move to another
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62 message. You can also create multiple Rmail files and use Rmail to move
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63 messages between them.
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65 @cindex message number
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66 Within the Rmail file, messages are normally arranged sequentially in
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67 order of receipt; you can specify other ways to sort them. Messages are
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68 assigned consecutive integers as their @dfn{message numbers}. The
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69 number of the current message is displayed in Rmail's mode line,
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70 followed by the total number of messages in the file. You can move to a
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71 message by specifying its message number with the @kbd{j} key
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72 (@pxref{Rmail Motion}).
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74 @kindex s @r{(Rmail)}
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75 @findex rmail-expunge-and-save
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76 Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file
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77 become permanent only when the file is saved. You can save it with
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78 @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-expunge-and-save}), which also expunges deleted
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79 messages from the file first (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). To save the
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80 file without expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail
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81 file after merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}).
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83 @kindex q @r{(Rmail)}
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84 @findex rmail-quit
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85 @kindex b @r{(Rmail)}
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86 @findex rmail-bury
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87 You can exit Rmail with @kbd{q} (@code{rmail-quit}); this expunges and
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88 saves the Rmail file and then switches to another buffer. But there is
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89 no need to ``exit'' formally. If you switch from Rmail to editing in
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90 other buffers, and never happen to switch back, you have exited. (The
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91 Rmail command @kbd{b}, @code{rmail-bury}, does this for you.) Just make
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92 sure to save the Rmail file eventually (like any other file you have
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93 changed). @kbd{C-x s} is a good enough way to do this
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94 (@pxref{Saving}).
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96 @node Rmail Scrolling
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97 @section Scrolling Within a Message
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99 When Rmail displays a message that does not fit on the screen, you
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100 must scroll through it to read the rest. You could do this with
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101 @kbd{C-v}, @kbd{M-v} and @kbd{M-<}, but in Rmail scrolling is so
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102 frequent that it deserves to be easier to type.
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103
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104 @table @kbd
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105 @item @key{SPC}
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106 Scroll forward (@code{scroll-up}).
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107 @item @key{DEL}
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108 Scroll backward (@code{scroll-down}).
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109 @item .
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110 Scroll to start of message (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}).
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111 @end table
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112
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113 @kindex SPC @r{(Rmail)}
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114 @kindex DEL @r{(Rmail)}
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115 Since the most common thing to do while reading a message is to scroll
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116 through it by screenfuls, Rmail makes @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} synonyms of
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117 @kbd{C-v} (@code{scroll-up}) and @kbd{M-v} (@code{scroll-down})
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118
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119 @kindex . @r{(Rmail)}
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120 @findex rmail-beginning-of-message
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121 The command @kbd{.} (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}) scrolls back to the
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122 beginning of the selected message. This is not quite the same as @kbd{M-<}:
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123 for one thing, it does not set the mark; for another, it resets the buffer
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124 boundaries to the current message if you have changed them.
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125
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126 @node Rmail Motion
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127 @section Moving Among Messages
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128
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129 The most basic thing to do with a message is to read it. The way to
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130 do this in Rmail is to make the message current. The usual practice is
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131 to move sequentially through the file, since this is the order of
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132 receipt of messages. When you enter Rmail, you are positioned at the
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133 first message that you have not yet made current (that is, the first one
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134 that has the @samp{unseen} attribute; @pxref{Rmail Attributes}). Move
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135 forward to see the other new messages; move backward to re-examine old
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136 messages.
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137
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138 @table @kbd
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139 @item n
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140 Move to the next nondeleted message, skipping any intervening deleted
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141 messages (@code{rmail-next-undeleted-message}).
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142 @item p
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143 Move to the previous nondeleted message
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144 (@code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}).
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145 @item M-n
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146 Move to the next message, including deleted messages
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147 (@code{rmail-next-message}).
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148 @item M-p
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149 Move to the previous message, including deleted messages
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150 (@code{rmail-previous-message}).
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151 @item j
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152 Move to the first message. With argument @var{n}, move to
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153 message number @var{n} (@code{rmail-show-message}).
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154 @item >
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155 Move to the last message (@code{rmail-last-message}).
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156 @item <
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157 Move to the first message (@code{rmail-first-message}).
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158
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159 @item M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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160 Move to the next message containing a match for @var{regexp}
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161 (@code{rmail-search}).
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162
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163 @item - M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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164 Move to the previous message containing a match for @var{regexp}.
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165 @end table
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166
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167 @kindex n @r{(Rmail)}
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168 @kindex p @r{(Rmail)}
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169 @kindex M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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170 @kindex M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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171 @findex rmail-next-undeleted-message
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172 @findex rmail-previous-undeleted-message
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173 @findex rmail-next-message
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174 @findex rmail-previous-message
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175 @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} are the usual way of moving among messages in
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176 Rmail. They move through the messages sequentially, but skip over
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177 deleted messages, which is usually what you want to do. Their command
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178 definitions are named @code{rmail-next-undeleted-message} and
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179 @code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}. If you do not want to skip
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180 deleted messages---for example, if you want to move to a message to
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181 undelete it---use the variants @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p}
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182 (@code{rmail-next-message} and @code{rmail-previous-message}). A
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183 numeric argument to any of these commands serves as a repeat
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184 count.@refill
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185
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186 In Rmail, you can specify a numeric argument by typing just the
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187 digits. You don't need to type @kbd{C-u} first.
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188
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189 @kindex M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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190 @findex rmail-search
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191 @cindex searching in Rmail
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192 The @kbd{M-s} (@code{rmail-search}) command is Rmail's version of
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193 search. The usual incremental search command @kbd{C-s} works in Rmail,
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194 but it searches only within the current message. The purpose of
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195 @kbd{M-s} is to search for another message. It reads a regular
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196 expression (@pxref{Regexps}) nonincrementally, then searches starting at
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197 the beginning of the following message for a match. It then selects
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198 that message. If @var{regexp} is empty, @kbd{M-s} reuses the regexp
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199 used the previous time.
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200
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201 To search backward in the file for another message, give @kbd{M-s} a
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202 negative argument. In Rmail you can do this with @kbd{- M-s}.
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203
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204 It is also possible to search for a message based on labels.
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205 @xref{Rmail Labels}.
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206
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207 @kindex j @r{(Rmail)}
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208 @kindex > @r{(Rmail)}
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209 @kindex < @r{(Rmail)}
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210 @findex rmail-show-message
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211 @findex rmail-last-message
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212 @findex rmail-first-message
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213 To move to a message specified by absolute message number, use @kbd{j}
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214 (@code{rmail-show-message}) with the message number as argument. With
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215 no argument, @kbd{j} selects the first message. @kbd{<}
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216 (@code{rmail-first-message}) also selects the first message. @kbd{>}
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217 (@code{rmail-last-message}) selects the last message.
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220 @section Deleting Messages
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222 @cindex deletion (Rmail)
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223 When you no longer need to keep a message, you can @dfn{delete} it. This
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224 flags it as ignorable, and some Rmail commands pretend it is no longer
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225 present; but it still has its place in the Rmail file, and still has its
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226 message number.
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228 @cindex expunging (Rmail)
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230 The remaining messages are renumbered consecutively. Expunging is the only
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231 action that changes the message number of any message, except for
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232 undigestifying (@pxref{Rmail Digest}).
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237 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}).
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238 @item C-d
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239 Delete the current message, and move to the previous nondeleted
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240 message (@code{rmail-delete-backward}).
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241 @item u
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242 Undelete the current message, or move back to a deleted message and
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243 undelete it (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}).
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244 @item x
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246 @end table
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248 @kindex d @r{(Rmail)}
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250 @findex rmail-delete-forward
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251 @findex rmail-delete-backward
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252 There are two Rmail commands for deleting messages. Both delete the
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253 current message and select another message. @kbd{d}
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255 messages already deleted, while @kbd{C-d} (@code{rmail-delete-backward})
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256 moves to the previous nondeleted message. If there is no nondeleted
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259 the direction of motion after deletion.
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260
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264 the message has been marked deleted, but it is still the current message
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266
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267 @cindex undeletion (Rmail)
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268 @kindex x @r{(Rmail)}
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269 @findex rmail-expunge
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270 @kindex u @r{(Rmail)}
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271 @findex rmail-undelete-previous-message
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272 To make all the deleted messages finally vanish from the Rmail file,
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273 type @kbd{x} (@code{rmail-expunge}). Until you do this, you can still
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274 @dfn{undelete} the deleted messages. The undeletion command, @kbd{u}
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275 (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}), is designed to cancel the
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276 effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases. It undeletes the current
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277 message if the current message is deleted. Otherwise it moves backward
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278 to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes
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279 that message.
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281 You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u}
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282 moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted. But
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283 this does not work when the @kbd{d} skips a few already-deleted messages
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284 that follow the message being deleted; then the @kbd{u} command
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285 undeletes the last of the messages that were skipped. There is no clean
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286 way to avoid this problem. However, by repeating the @kbd{u} command,
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287 you can eventually get back to the message that you intend to
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288 undelete. You can also select a particular deleted message with
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289 the @kbd{M-p} command, then type @kbd{u} to undelete it.
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291 A deleted message has the @samp{deleted} attribute, and as a result
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292 @samp{deleted} appears in the mode line when the current message is
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293 deleted. In fact, deleting or undeleting a message is nothing more than
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294 adding or removing this attribute. @xref{Rmail Attributes}.
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295
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296 @node Rmail Inbox
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297 @section Rmail Files and Inboxes
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298 @cindex inbox file
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300 When you receive mail locally, the operating system places incoming
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301 mail for you in a file that we call your @dfn{inbox}. When you start
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302 up Rmail, it runs a C program called @code{movemail} to copy the new
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303 messages from your local inbox into your primary Rmail file, which
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304 also contains other messages saved from previous Rmail sessions. It
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305 is in this file that you actually read the mail with Rmail. This
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306 operation is called @dfn{getting new mail}. You can get new mail at
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307 any time in Rmail by typing @kbd{g}.
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309 @vindex rmail-primary-inbox-list
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310 @cindex @env{MAIL} environment variable
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311 The variable @code{rmail-primary-inbox-list} contains a list of the
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312 files which are inboxes for your primary Rmail file. If you don't set
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315 means to use the default inbox. The default inbox is
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316 @file{/var/mail/@var{username}}, @file{/usr/spool/mail/@var{username}},
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319 To see what the default is on your system, use @kbd{C-h v
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320 rmail-primary-inbox @key{RET}}. You can specify the inbox file(s) for
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321 any Rmail file with the command @code{set-rmail-inbox-list}; see
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322 @ref{Rmail Files}.
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324 There are two reasons for having separate Rmail files and inboxes.
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325
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326 @enumerate
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327 @item
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328 The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to
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329 the other mail software in use. Only one part of Rmail needs to know
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330 about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all
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331 of them to Rmail's own format.
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332
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333 @item
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334 It is very cumbersome to access an inbox file without danger of losing
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335 mail, because it is necessary to interlock with mail delivery.
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336 Moreover, different operating systems use different interlocking
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337 techniques. The strategy of moving mail out of the inbox once and for
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338 all into a separate Rmail file avoids the need for interlocking in all
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339 the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file.
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340 @end enumerate
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342 Rmail was written to use Babyl format as its internal format. Since
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344 systems is adequate for the job, and we plan to change Rmail to use that
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345 as its internal format. However, the Rmail file will still be separate
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346 from the inbox file, even on systems where their format is the same.
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349 When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the inbox
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350 file to the Rmail file; then it saves the Rmail file; then it truncates
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351 the inbox file. This way, a system crash may cause duplication of mail
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352 between the inbox and the Rmail file, but cannot lose mail. If
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353 @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} is non-@code{nil}, then Rmail will copy new
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354 mail from the inbox file to the Rmail file without truncating the inbox
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355 file. You may wish to set this, for example, on a portable computer you
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356 use to check your mail via POP while traveling, so that your mail will
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357 remain on the server and you can save it later on your workstation.
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359 In some cases, Rmail copies the new mail from the inbox file
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360 indirectly. First it runs the @code{movemail} program to move the mail
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361 from the inbox to an intermediate file called
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362 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}}. Then Rmail merges the new mail from
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363 that file, saves the Rmail file, and only then deletes the intermediate
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364 file. If there is a crash at the wrong time, this file continues to
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365 exist, and Rmail will use it again the next time it gets new mail from
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366 that inbox.
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368 If Rmail is unable to convert the data in
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369 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}} into Babyl format, it renames the file
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370 to @file{~/RMAILOSE.@var{n}} (@var{n} is an integer chosen to make the
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371 name unique) so that Rmail will not have trouble with the data again.
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372 You should look at the file, find whatever message confuses Rmail
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374 037), and delete it. Then you can use @kbd{1 g} to get new mail from
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375 the corrected file.
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377 @node Rmail Files
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378 @section Multiple Rmail Files
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381 @file{~/RMAIL} and receives your incoming mail from your system inbox file.
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382 But you can also have other Rmail files and edit them with Rmail. These
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383 files can receive mail through their own inboxes, or you can move messages
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384 into them with explicit Rmail commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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386 @table @kbd
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387 @item i @var{file} @key{RET}
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388 Read @var{file} into Emacs and run Rmail on it (@code{rmail-input}).
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389
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390 @item M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files} @key{RET}
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391 Specify inbox file names for current Rmail file to get mail from.
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393 @item g
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394 Merge new mail from current Rmail file's inboxes
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395 (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}).
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396
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397 @item C-u g @var{file} @key{RET}
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398 Merge new mail from inbox file @var{file}.
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399 @end table
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401 @kindex i @r{(Rmail)}
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402 @findex rmail-input
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404 the @kbd{i} (@code{rmail-input}) command in Rmail. This visits the file
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405 in Rmail mode. You can use @kbd{M-x rmail-input} even when not in
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406 Rmail.
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408 The file you read with @kbd{i} should normally be a valid Rmail file.
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410 various known formats. If it succeeds, it converts the whole file to an
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411 Rmail file. If you specify a file name that doesn't exist, @kbd{i}
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412 initializes a new buffer for creating a new Rmail file.
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413
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414 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-directory
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415 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-regexp
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416 You can also select an Rmail file from a menu. Choose first the menu
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417 bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu choose the Input Rmail
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418 File item; then choose the Rmail file you want. The variables
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419 @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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420 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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421 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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422 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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423 the regular expression). These variables also apply to choosing a file
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424 for output (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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425
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426 @findex set-rmail-inbox-list
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427 Each Rmail file can contain a list of inbox file names; you can specify
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428 this list with @kbd{M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files}
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429 @key{RET}}. The argument can contain any number of file names, separated
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430 by commas. It can also be empty, which specifies that this file should
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431 have no inboxes. Once a list of inboxes is specified, the Rmail file
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432 remembers it permanently until you specify a different list.
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433
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434 As a special exception, if your primary Rmail file does not specify any
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435 inbox files, it uses your standard system inbox.
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436
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437 @kindex g @r{(Rmail)}
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438 @findex rmail-get-new-mail
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439 The @kbd{g} command (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}) merges mail into the
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440 current Rmail file from its specified inboxes. If the Rmail file
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441 has no inboxes, @kbd{g} does nothing. The command @kbd{M-x rmail}
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442 also merges new mail into your primary Rmail file.
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443
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444 To merge mail from a file that is not the usual inbox, give the
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445 @kbd{g} key a numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u g}. Then it reads a file
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446 name and merges mail from that file. The inbox file is not deleted or
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447 changed in any way when @kbd{g} with an argument is used. This is,
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448 therefore, a general way of merging one file of messages into another.
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449
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450 @node Rmail Output
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451 @section Copying Messages Out to Files
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452
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453 These commands copy messages from an Rmail file into another file.
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454
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455 @table @kbd
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456 @item o @var{file} @key{RET}
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457 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using Rmail
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458 file format by default (@code{rmail-output-to-rmail-file}).
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459
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460 @item C-o @var{file} @key{RET}
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461 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using
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462 system inbox file format by default (@code{rmail-output}).
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463
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464 @item w @var{file} @key{RET}
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465 Output just the message body to the file @var{file}, taking the default
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466 file name from the message @samp{Subject} header.
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467 @end table
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468
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469 @kindex o @r{(Rmail)}
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470 @findex rmail-output-to-rmail-file
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471 @kindex C-o @r{(Rmail)}
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472 @findex rmail-output
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473 The commands @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} copy the current message into a
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474 specified file. This file may be an Rmail file or it may be in system
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475 inbox format; the output commands ascertain the file's format and write
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476 the copied message in that format.
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477
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478 The @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} commands differ in two ways: each has its
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479 own separate default file name, and each specifies a choice of format to
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480 use when the file does not already exist. The @kbd{o} command uses
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481 Rmail format when it creates a new file, while @kbd{C-o} uses system
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482 inbox format for a new file. The default file name for @kbd{o} is the
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483 file name used last with @kbd{o}, and the default file name for
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484 @kbd{C-o} is the file name used last with @kbd{C-o}.
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485
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486 If the output file is an Rmail file currently visited in an Emacs buffer,
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487 the output commands copy the message into that buffer. It is up to you
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488 to save the buffer eventually in its file.
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489
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490 @kindex w @r{(Rmail)}
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491 @findex rmail-output-body-to-file
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492 Sometimes you may receive a message whose body holds the contents of a
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493 file. You can save the body to a file (excluding the message header)
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494 with the @kbd{w} command (@code{rmail-output-body-to-file}). Often
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495 these messages contain the intended file name in the @samp{Subject}
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496 field, so the @kbd{w} command uses the @samp{Subject} field as the
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497 default for the output file name. However, the file name is read using
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498 the minibuffer, so you can specify a different name if you wish.
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499
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500 You can also output a message to an Rmail file chosen with a menu.
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501 Choose first the menu bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu
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502 choose the Output Rmail File menu item; then choose the Rmail file you want.
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503 This outputs the current message to that file, like the @kbd{o} command.
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504 The variables @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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505 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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506 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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507 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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508 the regular expression).
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509
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510 @vindex rmail-delete-after-output
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511 Copying a message gives the original copy of the message the
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512 @samp{filed} attribute, so that @samp{filed} appears in the mode line
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513 when such a message is current. If you like to keep just a single copy
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514 of every mail message, set the variable @code{rmail-delete-after-output}
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515 to @code{t}; then the @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} commands delete the original
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516 message after copying it. (You can undelete the original afterward if
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517 you wish.)
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518
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519 Copying messages into files in system inbox format uses the header
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520 fields that are displayed in Rmail at the time. Thus, if you use the
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521 @kbd{t} command to view the entire header and then copy the message, the
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522 entire header is copied. @xref{Rmail Display}.
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523
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524 @vindex rmail-output-file-alist
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525 The variable @code{rmail-output-file-alist} lets you specify
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526 intelligent defaults for the output file, based on the contents of the
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527 current message. The value should be a list whose elements have this
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528 form:
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529
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530 @example
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531 (@var{regexp} . @var{name-exp})
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532 @end example
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533
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534 @noindent
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535 If there's a match for @var{regexp} in the current message, then the
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536 default file name for output is @var{name-exp}. If multiple elements
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537 match the message, the first matching element decides the default file
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538 name. The subexpression @var{name-exp} may be a string constant giving
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539 the file name to use, or more generally it may be any Lisp expression
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540 that returns a file name as a string. @code{rmail-output-file-alist}
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541 applies to both @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}.
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542
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543 @node Rmail Labels
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544 @section Labels
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545 @cindex label (Rmail)
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546 @cindex attribute (Rmail)
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547
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548 Each message can have various @dfn{labels} assigned to it as a means
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549 of classification. Each label has a name; different names are different
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550 labels. Any given label is either present or absent on a particular
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551 message. A few label names have standard meanings and are given to
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552 messages automatically by Rmail when appropriate; these special labels
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553 are called @dfn{attributes}.
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554 @ifinfo
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555 (@xref{Rmail Attributes}.)
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556 @end ifinfo
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557 All other labels are assigned only by users.
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558
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559 @table @kbd
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560 @item a @var{label} @key{RET}
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561 Assign the label @var{label} to the current message (@code{rmail-add-label}).
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562 @item k @var{label} @key{RET}
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563 Remove the label @var{label} from the current message (@code{rmail-kill-label}).
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564 @item C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}
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565 Move to the next message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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566 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}).
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567 @item C-M-p @var{labels} @key{RET}
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568 Move to the previous message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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569 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}).
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570 @item C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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571 Make a summary of all messages containing any of the labels @var{labels}
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572 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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573 @end table
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574
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575 @kindex a @r{(Rmail)}
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576 @kindex k @r{(Rmail)}
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577 @findex rmail-add-label
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578 @findex rmail-kill-label
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579 The @kbd{a} (@code{rmail-add-label}) and @kbd{k}
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580 (@code{rmail-kill-label}) commands allow you to assign or remove any
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581 label on the current message. If the @var{label} argument is empty, it
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582 means to assign or remove the same label most recently assigned or
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583 removed.
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584
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585 Once you have given messages labels to classify them as you wish, there
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586 are two ways to use the labels: in moving and in summaries.
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587
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588 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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589 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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590 @findex rmail-next-labeled-message
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591 @findex rmail-previous-labeled-message
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592 The command @kbd{C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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593 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}) moves to the next message that has
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594 one of the labels @var{labels}. The argument @var{labels} specifies one
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595 or more label names, separated by commas. @kbd{C-M-p}
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596 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}) is similar, but moves backwards
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597 to previous messages. A numeric argument to either command serves as a
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598 repeat count.
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599
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600 The command @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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601 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) displays a summary containing only the
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602 messages that have at least one of a specified set of labels. The
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603 argument @var{labels} is one or more label names, separated by commas.
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604 @xref{Rmail Summary}, for information on summaries.@refill
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605
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606 If the @var{labels} argument to @kbd{C-M-n}, @kbd{C-M-p} or
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607 @kbd{C-M-l} is empty, it means to use the last set of labels specified
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608 for any of these commands.
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609
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610 @node Rmail Attributes
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611 @section Rmail Attributes
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612
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613 Some labels such as @samp{deleted} and @samp{filed} have built-in
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614 meanings and are assigned to or removed from messages automatically at
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615 appropriate times; these labels are called @dfn{attributes}. Here is a
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616 list of Rmail attributes:
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617
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618 @table @samp
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619 @item unseen
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620 Means the message has never been current. Assigned to messages when
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621 they come from an inbox file, and removed when a message is made
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622 current. When you start Rmail, it initially shows the first message
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623 that has this attribute.
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624 @item deleted
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625 Means the message is deleted. Assigned by deletion commands and
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626 removed by undeletion commands (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}).
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627 @item filed
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628 Means the message has been copied to some other file. Assigned by the
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629 file output commands (@pxref{Rmail Files}).
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630 @item answered
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631 Means you have mailed an answer to the message. Assigned by the @kbd{r}
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632 command (@code{rmail-reply}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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633 @item forwarded
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634 Means you have forwarded the message. Assigned by the @kbd{f} command
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635 (@code{rmail-forward}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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636 @item edited
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637 Means you have edited the text of the message within Rmail.
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638 @xref{Rmail Editing}.
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639 @item resent
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640 Means you have resent the message. Assigned by the command @kbd{M-x
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641 rmail-resend}. @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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642 @end table
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643
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644 All other labels are assigned or removed only by the user, and have no
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645 standard meaning.
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646
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647 @node Rmail Reply
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648 @section Sending Replies
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649
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650 Rmail has several commands that use Mail mode to send outgoing mail.
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651 @xref{Sending Mail}, for information on using Mail mode, including
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652 certain features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents
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653 are the special commands of Rmail for entering Mail mode. Note that the
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654 usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and @kbd{C-x 5
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655 m}---are available in Rmail mode and work just as they usually do.
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656
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657 @table @kbd
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658 @item m
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659 Send a message (@code{rmail-mail}).
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660 @item c
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661 Continue editing the already started outgoing message (@code{rmail-continue}).
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662 @item r
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663 Send a reply to the current Rmail message (@code{rmail-reply}).
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664 @item f
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665 Forward the current message to other users (@code{rmail-forward}).
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666 @item C-u f
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667 Resend the current message to other users (@code{rmail-resend}).
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668 @item M-m
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669 Try sending a bounced message a second time (@code{rmail-retry-failure}).
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670 @end table
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671
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672 @kindex r @r{(Rmail)}
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673 @findex rmail-reply
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674 @cindex reply to a message
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675 The most common reason to send a message while in Rmail is to reply to
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676 the message you are reading. To do this, type @kbd{r}
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677 (@code{rmail-reply}). This displays the @samp{*mail*} buffer in another
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678 window, much like @kbd{C-x 4 m}, but preinitializes the @samp{Subject},
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679 @samp{To}, @samp{CC} and @samp{In-reply-to} header fields based on the
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680 message you are replying to. The @samp{To} field starts out as the
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681 address of the person who sent the message you received, and the
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682 @samp{CC} field starts out with all the other recipients of that
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683 message.
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684
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685 @vindex rmail-dont-reply-to-names
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686 You can exclude certain recipients from being placed automatically in
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687 the @samp{CC}, using the variable @code{rmail-dont-reply-to-names}. Its
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688 value should be a regular expression (as a string); any recipient that
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689 the regular expression matches, is excluded from the @samp{CC} field.
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690 The default value matches your own name, and any name starting with
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691 @samp{info-}. (Those names are excluded because there is a convention
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692 of using them for large mailing lists to broadcast announcements.)
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693
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694 To omit the @samp{CC} field completely for a particular reply, enter
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695 the reply command with a numeric argument: @kbd{C-u r} or @kbd{1 r}.
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696
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697 Once the @samp{*mail*} buffer has been initialized, editing and
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698 sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit the
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699 presupplied header fields if they are not right for you. You can also
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700 use the commands of Mail mode (@pxref{Mail Mode}), including @kbd{C-c
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701 C-y} which yanks in the message that you are replying to. You can
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702 switch to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch
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703 back, and yank the new current message.
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704
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705 @kindex M-m @r{(Rmail)}
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706 @findex rmail-retry-failure
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707 @cindex retrying a failed message
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708 @vindex rmail-retry-ignored-headers
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709 Sometimes a message does not reach its destination. Mailers usually
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710 send the failed message back to you, enclosed in a @dfn{failure
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711 message}. The Rmail command @kbd{M-m} (@code{rmail-retry-failure})
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712 prepares to send the same message a second time: it sets up a
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713 @samp{*mail*} buffer with the same text and header fields as before. If
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714 you type @kbd{C-c C-c} right away, you send the message again exactly
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715 the same as the first time. Alternatively, you can edit the text or
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716 headers and then send it. The variable
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717 @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as
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718 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which
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719 headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it.
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720
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721 @kindex f @r{(Rmail)}
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722 @findex rmail-forward
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723 @cindex forwarding a message
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724 Another frequent reason to send mail in Rmail is to @dfn{forward} the
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725 current message to other users. @kbd{f} (@code{rmail-forward}) makes
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726 this easy by preinitializing the @samp{*mail*} buffer with the current
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727 message as the text, and a subject designating a forwarded message. All
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728 you have to do is fill in the recipients and send. When you forward a
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729 message, recipients get a message which is ``from'' you, and which has
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730 the original message in its contents.
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731
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732 @findex unforward-rmail-message
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733 Forwarding a message encloses it between two delimiter lines. It also
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734 modifies every line that starts with a dash, by inserting @w{@samp{- }}
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735 at the start of the line. When you receive a forwarded message, if it
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736 contains something besides ordinary text---for example, program source
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737 code---you might find it useful to undo that transformation. You can do
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738 this by selecting the forwarded message and typing @kbd{M-x
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739 unforward-rmail-message}. This command extracts the original forwarded
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740 message, deleting the inserted @w{@samp{- }} strings, and inserts it
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741 into the Rmail file as a separate message immediately following the
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742 current one.
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743
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744 @findex rmail-resend
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745 @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the
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746 difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the
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747 original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields
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748 @samp{Resent-From} and @samp{Resent-To} to indicate that it came via
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749 you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs
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750 @code{rmail-forward}, which is programmed to invoke @code{rmail-resend}
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751 if you provide a numeric argument.)
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752
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753 @kindex m @r{(Rmail)}
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754 @findex rmail-mail
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755 The @kbd{m} (@code{rmail-mail}) command is used to start editing an
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756 outgoing message that is not a reply. It leaves the header fields empty.
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757 Its only difference from @kbd{C-x 4 m} is that it makes the Rmail buffer
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758 accessible for @kbd{C-c C-y}, just as @kbd{r} does. Thus, @kbd{m} can be
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759 used to reply to or forward a message; it can do anything @kbd{r} or @kbd{f}
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760 can do.@refill
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761
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762 @kindex c @r{(Rmail)}
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763 @findex rmail-continue
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764 The @kbd{c} (@code{rmail-continue}) command resumes editing the
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765 @samp{*mail*} buffer, to finish editing an outgoing message you were
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766 already composing, or to alter a message you have sent.@refill
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767
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768 @vindex rmail-mail-new-frame
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769 If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a
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770 non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a
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771 message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when
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772 you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the
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773 @samp{Mail} menu.
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774
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775 All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition
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776 method that you have chosen (@pxref{Mail Methods}).
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777
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778 @node Rmail Summary
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779 @section Summaries
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780 @cindex summary (Rmail)
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781
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782 A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give
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783 you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the
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784 message number and date, the sender, the line count, the labels, and
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785 the subject. Moving point in the summary buffer selects messages as
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786 you move to their summary lines. Almost all Rmail commands are valid
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787 in the summary buffer also; when used there, they apply to the message
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788 described by the current line of the summary.
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789
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790 A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are
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791 editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer.
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792 The summary buffer name is made by appending @samp{-summary} to the
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793 Rmail buffer's name. Normally only one summary buffer is displayed at a
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794 time.
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795
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796 @menu
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797 * Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
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798 * Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
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799 @end menu
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800
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801 @node Rmail Make Summary
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802 @subsection Making Summaries
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803
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804 Here are the commands to create a summary for the current Rmail file.
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805 Once the Rmail file has a summary buffer, changes in the Rmail file
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806 (such as deleting or expunging messages, and getting new mail)
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807 automatically update the summary.
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808
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809 @table @kbd
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810 @item h
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811 @itemx C-M-h
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812 Summarize all messages (@code{rmail-summary}).
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813 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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814 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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815 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified labels
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816 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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817 @item C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}
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818 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified recipients
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819 (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients}).
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820 @item C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}
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821 Summarize messages that have a match for the specified regexp
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822 @var{topic} in their subjects (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic}).
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823 @item C-M-s @var{regexp}
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824 Summarize messages whose headers and the subject line match the
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825 specified regular expression @var{regexp}
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826 (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp}).
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827 @end table
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828
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829 @kindex h @r{(Rmail)}
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830 @findex rmail-summary
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831 The @kbd{h} or @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{rmail-summary}) command fills the summary buffer
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832 for the current Rmail file with a summary of all the messages in the file.
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833 It then displays and selects the summary buffer in another window.
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834
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835 @kindex l @r{(Rmail)}
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836 @kindex C-M-l @r{(Rmail)}
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837 @findex rmail-summary-by-labels
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838 @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) makes
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839 a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more of the
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840 labels @var{labels}. @var{labels} should contain label names separated by
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841 commas.@refill
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842
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843 @kindex C-M-r @r{(Rmail)}
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844 @findex rmail-summary-by-recipients
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845 @kbd{C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients})
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846 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more
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847 of the recipients @var{rcpts}. @var{rcpts} should contain mailing
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848 addresses separated by commas.@refill
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849
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850 @kindex C-M-t @r{(Rmail)}
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851 @findex rmail-summary-by-topic
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852 @kbd{C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic})
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853 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages whose subjects have
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854 a match for the regular expression @var{topic}.
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855
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856 @kindex C-M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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857 @findex rmail-summary-by-regexp
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858 @kbd{C-M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp})
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859 makes a partial summary which mentions only the messages whose headers
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861 expression @var{regexp}.
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862
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863 Note that there is only one summary buffer for any Rmail file; making one
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864 kind of summary discards any previously made summary.
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865
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866 @vindex rmail-summary-window-size
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867 @vindex rmail-summary-line-count-flag
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868 The variable @code{rmail-summary-window-size} says how many lines to
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869 use for the summary window. The variable
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870 @code{rmail-summary-line-count-flag} controls whether the summary line
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871 for a message should include the line count of the message.
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872
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873 @node Rmail Summary Edit
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874 @subsection Editing in Summaries
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875
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876 You can use the Rmail summary buffer to do almost anything you can do
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877 in the Rmail buffer itself. In fact, once you have a summary buffer,
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878 there's no need to switch back to the Rmail buffer.
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879
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880 You can select and display various messages in the Rmail buffer, from
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881 the summary buffer, just by moving point in the summary buffer to
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882 different lines. It doesn't matter what Emacs command you use to move
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883 point; whichever line point is on at the end of the command, that
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884 message is selected in the Rmail buffer.
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885
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886 Almost all Rmail commands work in the summary buffer as well as in the
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887 Rmail buffer. Thus, @kbd{d} in the summary buffer deletes the current
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888 message, @kbd{u} undeletes, and @kbd{x} expunges. @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}
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889 output the current message to a file; @kbd{r} starts a reply to it. You
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890 can scroll the current message while remaining in the summary buffer
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891 using @key{SPC} and @key{DEL}.
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892
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893 The Rmail commands to move between messages also work in the summary
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894 buffer, but with a twist: they move through the set of messages included
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895 in the summary. They also ensure the Rmail buffer appears on the screen
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896 (unlike cursor motion commands, which update the contents of the Rmail
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897 buffer but don't display it in a window unless it already appears).
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898 Here is a list of these commands:
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899
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900 @table @kbd
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901 @item n
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902 Move to next line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select its
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903 message.
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904 @item p
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905 Move to previous line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select
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906 its message.
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907 @item M-n
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908 Move to next line and select its message.
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909 @item M-p
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910 Move to previous line and select its message.
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911 @item >
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912 Move to the last line, and select its message.
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913 @item <
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914 Move to the first line, and select its message.
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915 @item M-s @var{pattern} @key{RET}
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916 Search through messages for @var{pattern} starting with the current
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917 message; select the message found, and move point in the summary buffer
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918 to that message's line.
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919 @end table
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920
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921 @vindex rmail-redisplay-summary
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922 Deletion, undeletion, and getting new mail, and even selection of a
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923 different message all update the summary buffer when you do them in the
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924 Rmail buffer. If the variable @code{rmail-redisplay-summary} is
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925 non-@code{nil}, these actions also bring the summary buffer back onto
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926 the screen.
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927
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928 @kindex Q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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929 @findex rmail-summary-wipe
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930 @kindex q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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931 @findex rmail-summary-quit
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932 When you are finished using the summary, type @kbd{Q}
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933 (@code{rmail-summary-wipe}) to delete the summary buffer's window. You
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934 can also exit Rmail while in the summary: @kbd{q}
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935 (@code{rmail-summary-quit}) deletes the summary window, then exits from
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936 Rmail by saving the Rmail file and switching to another buffer.
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937
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938 @node Rmail Sorting
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939 @section Sorting the Rmail File
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940
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941 @table @kbd
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942 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-date
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943 Sort messages of current Rmail file by date.
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944
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945 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-subject
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946 Sort messages of current Rmail file by subject.
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947
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948 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-author
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949 Sort messages of current Rmail file by author's name.
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950
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951 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-recipient
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952 Sort messages of current Rmail file by recipient's names.
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953
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954 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-correspondent
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955 Sort messages of current Rmail file by the name of the other
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956 correspondent.
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957
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958 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-lines
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959 Sort messages of current Rmail file by size (number of lines).
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960
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961 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-keywords @key{RET} @var{labels} @key{RET}
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962 Sort messages of current Rmail file by labels. The argument
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963 @var{labels} should be a comma-separated list of labels. The order of
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964 these labels specifies the order of messages; messages with the first
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965 label come first, messages with the second label come second, and so on.
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966 Messages which have none of these labels come last.
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967 @end table
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968
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969 The Rmail sort commands perform a @emph{stable sort}: if there is no
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970 reason to prefer either one of two messages, their order remains
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971 unchanged. You can use this to sort by more than one criterion. For
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972 example, if you use @code{rmail-sort-by-date} and then
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973 @code{rmail-sort-by-author}, messages from the same author appear in
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974 order by date.
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975
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976 With a numeric argument, all these commands reverse the order of
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977 comparison. This means they sort messages from newest to oldest, from
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978 biggest to smallest, or in reverse alphabetical order.
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979
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980 @node Rmail Display
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981 @section Display of Messages
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982
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983 Rmail reformats the header of each message before displaying it for
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984 the first time. Reformatting hides uninteresting header fields to
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985 reduce clutter. You can use the @kbd{t} command to show the entire
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986 header or to repeat the header reformatting operation.
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987
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988 @table @kbd
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989 @item t
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990 Toggle display of complete header (@code{rmail-toggle-header}).
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991 @end table
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992
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993 @vindex rmail-ignored-headers
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994 Reformatting the header involves deleting most header fields, on the
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995 grounds that they are not interesting. The variable
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996 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression that specifies
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997 which header fields to hide in this way---if it matches the beginning of
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998 a header field, that whole field is hidden.
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999
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1000 @kindex t @r{(Rmail)}
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1001 @findex rmail-toggle-header
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1002 Rmail saves the complete original header before reformatting; to see
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1003 it, use the @kbd{t} command (@code{rmail-toggle-header}). This
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1004 discards the reformatted headers of the current message and displays it
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1005 with the original header. Repeating @kbd{t} reformats the message
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1006 again. Selecting the message again also reformats.
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1007
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1008 One consequence of this is that if you edit the reformatted header
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1009 (using @kbd{e}; @pxref{Rmail Editing}), subsequent use of @kbd{t} will
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1010 discard your edits. On the other hand, if you use @kbd{e} after
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1011 @kbd{t}, to edit the original (unreformatted) header, those changes are
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1012 permanent.
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parents:
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1013
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1014 When the @kbd{t} command has a prefix argument, a positive argument
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1015 means to show the reformatted header, and a zero or negative argument
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1016 means to show the full header.
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1017
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1018 @vindex rmail-highlighted-headers
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1019 When the terminal supports multiple fonts or colors, Rmail
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1020 highlights certain header fields that are especially interesting---by
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1021 default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields. The variable
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1022 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} holds a regular expression that
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1023 specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning
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1024 of a header field, that whole field is highlighted.
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1025
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1026 If you specify unusual colors for your text foreground and
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
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1027 background, the colors used for highlighting may not go well with
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1028 them. If so, specify different colors for the face
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1029 @code{rmail-highlight-face}. @xref{Faces}, for how to do this. To
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1030 turn off highlighting entirely in Rmail, set
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1031 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}.
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1032
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1033 You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages by adding
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1034 the function @code{goto-address} to the hook
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1035 @code{rmail-show-message-hook}. Then you can browse these URLs by
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1036 clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} (or @kbd{Mouse-1} quickly) or by
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1037 moving to one and typing @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}. @xref{Goto-address,
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1038 Activating URLs, Activating URLs}.
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1039
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1040 @node Rmail Coding
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1041 @section Rmail and Coding Systems
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1042
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1043 @cindex decoding mail messages (Rmail)
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3649390c0f91 Replace @sc{ascii} and ASCII with @acronym{ASCII}.
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1044 Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@acronym{ASCII}
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1045 characters, just as Emacs does with files you visit and with subprocess
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1046 output. Rmail uses the standard @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in
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1047 the message, if any, to determine how the message was encoded by the
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1048 sender. It maps @var{charset} into the corresponding Emacs coding
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1049 system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses that coding system to decode
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1050 message text. If the message header doesn't have the @samp{charset}
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1051 specification, or if @var{charset} is not recognized,
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1052 Rmail chooses the coding system with the usual Emacs heuristics and
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1053 defaults (@pxref{Recognize Coding}).
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1054
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1055 @cindex fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages
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1056 Occasionally, a message is decoded incorrectly, either because Emacs
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1057 guessed the wrong coding system in the absence of the @samp{charset}
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1058 specification, or because the specification was inaccurate. For
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1059 example, a misconfigured mailer could send a message with a
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1060 @samp{charset=iso-8859-1} header when the message is actually encoded
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1061 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.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1062 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
1063
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1064 @findex rmail-redecode-body
36173
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1065 You can correct the problem by decoding the message again using the
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1066 right coding system, if you can figure out or guess which one is
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1067 right. To do this, invoke the @kbd{M-x rmail-redecode-body} command.
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1068 It reads the name of a coding system, encodes the message body using
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1069 whichever coding system was used to decode it before, then redecodes
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1070 it using the coding system you specified. If you specified the right
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1071 coding system, the result should be readable.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1072
36173
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1073 Decoding and encoding using the wrong coding system is lossless for
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1074 most encodings, in particular with 8-bit encodings such as iso-8859 or
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1075 koi8. So, if the initial attempt to redecode the message didn't
36173
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1076 result in a legible text, you can try other coding systems until you
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1077 succeed.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1078
36173
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1079 With some coding systems, notably those from the iso-2022 family,
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1080 information can be lost in decoding, so that encoding the message
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1081 again won't bring back the original incoming text. In such a case,
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1082 @code{rmail-redecode-body} cannot work. However, the problems that
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1083 call for use of @code{rmail-redecode-body} rarely occur with those
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1084 coding systems. So in practice the command works when you need it.
35473
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parents: 30802
diff changeset
1085
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1086 @node Rmail Editing
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1087 @section Editing Within a Message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1088
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1089 Most of the usual Emacs commands are available in Rmail mode, though a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1090 few, such as @kbd{C-M-n} and @kbd{C-M-h}, are redefined by Rmail for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1091 other purposes. However, the Rmail buffer is normally read only, and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1092 most of the letters are redefined as Rmail commands. If you want to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1093 edit the text of a message, you must use the Rmail command @kbd{e}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1094
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1095 @table @kbd
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1096 @item e
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1097 Edit the current message as ordinary text.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1098 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1099
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1100 @kindex e @r{(Rmail)}
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1101 @findex rmail-edit-current-message
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parents:
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1102 The @kbd{e} command (@code{rmail-edit-current-message}) switches from
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1103 Rmail mode into Rmail Edit mode, another major mode which is nearly the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1104 same as Text mode. The mode line indicates this change.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1105
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1106 In Rmail Edit mode, letters insert themselves as usual and the Rmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1107 commands are not available. When you are finished editing the message and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1108 are ready to go back to Rmail, type @kbd{C-c C-c}, which switches back to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1109 Rmail mode. Alternatively, you can return to Rmail mode but cancel all the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1110 editing that you have done, by typing @kbd{C-c C-]}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1111
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1112 @vindex rmail-edit-mode-hook
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1113 Entering Rmail Edit mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}; then it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1114 runs the hook @code{rmail-edit-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). It adds the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1115 attribute @samp{edited} to the message. It also displays the full
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1116 headers of the message, so that you can edit the headers as well as the
36345
7f2b7440c534 (Rmail Editing): Remove doubled `the'.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 36263
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1117 body of the message, and your changes in the headers will be
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1118 permanent.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1119
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1120 @node Rmail Digest
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1121 @section Digest Messages
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1122 @cindex digest message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1123 @cindex undigestify
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1124
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1125 A @dfn{digest message} is a message which exists to contain and carry
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1126 several other messages. Digests are used on some moderated mailing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1127 lists; all the messages that arrive for the list during a period of time
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1128 such as one day are put inside a single digest which is then sent to the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1129 subscribers. Transmitting the single digest uses much less computer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1130 time than transmitting the individual messages even though the total
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1131 size is the same, because the per-message overhead in network mail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1132 transmission is considerable.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1133
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1134 @findex undigestify-rmail-message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1135 When you receive a digest message, the most convenient way to read it is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1136 to @dfn{undigestify} it: to turn it back into many individual messages.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1137 Then you can read and delete the individual messages as it suits you.
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1138 To do this, select the digest message and type the command @kbd{M-x
25829
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parents:
diff changeset
1139 undigestify-rmail-message}. This extracts the submessages as separate
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1140 Rmail messages, and inserts them following the digest. The digest
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1141 message itself is flagged as deleted.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1142
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1143 @node Out of Rmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1144 @section Converting an Rmail File to Inbox Format
39303
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1145 @cindex Babyl format to Inbox format
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1146 @cindex converting Rmail file to mailbox format
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1147
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1148 @findex unrmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1149 The command @kbd{M-x unrmail} converts a file in Rmail format to inbox
39303
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1150 format (also known as the system mailbox, or mbox, format), so that
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1151 you can use it with other mail-editing tools. You must specify two
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1152 arguments, the name of the Rmail file and the name to use for the
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1153 converted file. @kbd{M-x unrmail} does not alter the Rmail file itself.
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1154
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1155 @pindex b2m
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1156 @kbd{M-x unrmail} is useful if you can run Emacs on the machine
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1157 where the Rmail file resides, or can access the Rmail file remotely
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1158 (@pxref{Remote Files}) from a machine where Emacs is installed. If
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1159 accessing Rmail files from Emacs is impossible, you can use the
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1160 @command{b2m} program instead. @command{b2m} is part of the Emacs
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1161 distribution, it is installed into the same directory where all the
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1162 other auxiliary programs (@command{etags} etc.) are installed, and its
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1163 source is available in the Emacs source distribution, so that you
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1164 could copy the source to the target machine and compile it there.
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1165
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1166 To convert a file @file{@var{babyl-file}} into @file{@var{mbox-file}},
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1167 invoke @command{b2m} like this:
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1168
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1169 @example
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1170 b2m < @var{babyl-file} > @var{mbox-file}
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
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parents: 39287
diff changeset
1171 @end example
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1172
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1173 @node Rmail Rot13
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1174 @section Reading Rot13 Messages
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1175 @cindex rot13 code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1176
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1177 Mailing list messages that might offend some readers are sometimes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1178 encoded in a simple code called @dfn{rot13}---so named because it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1179 rotates the alphabet by 13 letters. This code is not for secrecy, as it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1180 provides none; rather, it enables those who might be offended to avoid
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1181 ever seeing the real text of the message.
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parents:
diff changeset
1182
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1183 @findex rot13-other-window
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parents:
diff changeset
1184 To view a buffer using the rot13 code, use the command @kbd{M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1185 rot13-other-window}. This displays the current buffer in another window
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1186 which applies the code when displaying the text.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1187
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diff changeset
1188 @node Movemail
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1189 @section @code{movemail} program
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1190 @cindex @code{movemail} program
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1191
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1192 When invoked for the first time, Rmail attempts to locate the
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1193 @code{movemail} program and determine its version. There are two
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1194 versions of @code{movemail} program: the native one, shipped with GNU
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parents: 59564
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1195 Emacs (the ``emacs version'') and the one included in GNU mailutils
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1196 (the ``mailutils version,'' @pxref{movemail,,,mailutils,GNU
60435
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1197 mailutils}). They support the same command line syntax and the same
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1198 basic subset of options. However, the @samp{mailutils} version offers
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1199 additional features.
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1200
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1201 The Emacs version of @code{movemail} is able to retrieve mail from
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
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parents: 59564
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1202 usual UNIX mailbox formats and from remote mailboxes using the POP3
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parents: 59564
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1203 protocol.
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1204
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1205 The Mailutils version is able to handle a wide set of mailbox
59562
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1206 formats, such as plain UNIX mailboxes, @code{maildir} and @code{MH}
60435
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1207 mailboxes, etc. It is able to retrieve remote mail using POP3 or
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
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parents: 59564
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1208 IMAP4 protocol, and can retrieve mail from them using a TLS encrypted
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1209 channel. It also accepts mailbox argument in the @acronym{URL} form.
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parents: 59564
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1210 The detailed description of mailbox @acronym{URL}s can be found in
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1211 @ref{URL,,,mailutils,Mailbox URL Formats}. In short, a @acronym{URL}
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parents: 59564
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1212 is:
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1213
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1214 @smallexample
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1215 @var{proto}://[@var{user}[:@var{password}]@@]@var{host-or-file-name}
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1216 @end smallexample
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1217
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1218 @noindent
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1219 where square brackets denote optional elements.
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1220
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1221 @table @var
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1222 @item proto
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1223 Specifies the @dfn{mailbox protocol}, or @dfn{format} to
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1224 use. The exact semantics of the rest of @acronym{URL} elements depends
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parents: 52979
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1225 on the actual value of @var{proto}.
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parents: 52979
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1226
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parents: 52979
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1227 @item user
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parents: 52979
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1228 User name to access the remote mailbox.
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parents: 52979
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1229
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parents: 52979
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1230 @item password
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parents: 52979
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1231 User password to access the remote mailbox.
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parents: 52979
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1232
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parents: 52979
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1233 @item host-or-file-name
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parents: 52979
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1234 Hostname of the remote server for remote mailboxes or file name of a
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parents: 52979
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1235 local mailbox.
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1236 @end table
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1237
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1238 @var{Proto} can be one of:
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parents: 52979
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1239
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1240 @table @asis
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1241 @item mbox
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parents: 52979
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1242 Usual UNIX mailbox format. In this case, neither @var{user} nor
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parents: 52979
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1243 @var{pass} are used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the file name of
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1244 the mailbox file, e.g., @code{mbox://var/spool/mail/smith}.
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parents: 52979
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1245
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parents: 52979
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1246 @item mh
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parents: 52979
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1247 A local mailbox in the @acronym{MH} format. @var{User} and
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parents: 52979
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1248 @var{pass} are not used. @var{Host-or-file-name} denotes the name of
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1249 @acronym{MH} folder, e.g., @code{mh://Mail/inbox}.
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parents: 52979
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1250
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parents: 52979
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1251 @item maildir
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parents: 52979
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1252 A local mailbox in the @acronym{maildir} format. @var{User} and
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1253 @var{pass} are not used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the name of
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1254 @code{maildir} mailbox, e.g., @code{maildir://mail/inbox}.
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parents: 52979
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1255
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parents: 52979
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1256 @item file
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1257 Any local mailbox format. Its actual format is detected automatically
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parents: 52979
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1258 by @code{movemail}.
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parents: 52979
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1259
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parents: 52979
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1260 @item pop
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parents: 52979
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1261 A remote mailbox to be accessed via POP3 protocol. @var{User}
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1262 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1263 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1264 address of the remote mail server to connect to; e.g.,
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1265 @code{pop://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}.
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parents: 52979
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1266
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parents: 52979
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1267 @item imap
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parents: 52979
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1268 A remote mailbox to be accessed via IMAP4 protocol. @var{User}
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1269 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1270 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1271 address of the remote mail server to connect to;
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1272 e.g., @code{imap://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}.
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1273 @end table
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parents: 52979
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1274
60435
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1275 Alternatively, you can specify the file name of the mailbox to use.
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
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1276 This is equivalent to specifying the @samp{file} protocol:
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parents: 52979
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1277
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1278 @smallexample
60435
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1279 /var/spool/mail/@var{user} @equiv{} file://var/spool/mail/@var{user}
59562
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parents: 52979
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1280 @end smallexample
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parents: 52979
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1281
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1282 @vindex rmail-movemail-program
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1283 @vindex rmail-movemail-search-path
60435
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1284 The variable @code{rmail-movemail-program} controls which version of
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1285 @code{movemail} to use. If that is a string, it specifies the
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1286 absolute file name of the @code{movemail} executable. If it is
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1287 @code{nil}, Rmail searches for @code{movemail} in the directories
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1288 listed in @code{rmail-movemail-search-path} and @code{exec-path}, then
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
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1289 in @code{exec-directory}.
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1290
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1291 @node Remote Mailboxes
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1292 @section Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1293 @pindex movemail
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parents: 52979
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1294
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Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1295 Some sites use a method called POP for accessing users' inbox data
59562
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1296 instead of storing the data in inbox files. The @code{Emacs
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1297 movemail} can work with POP if you compile it with the macro
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1298 @code{MAIL_USE_POP} defined. (You can achieve that by specifying
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1299 @samp{--with-pop} when you run @code{configure} during the
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1300 installation of Emacs.)
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1301
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1302 The @code{Mailutils movemail} by default supports POP, unless configured
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1303 with @samp{--disable-pop} option.
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1304
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1305 Both versions of @code{movemail} only work with POP3, not with older
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1306 versions of POP.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1307
29107
203ba1f77b7b *** empty log message ***
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 28339
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1308 @cindex @env{MAILHOST} environment variable
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parents: 52979
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1309 @cindex POP mailboxes
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1310 No matter which flavor of @code{movemail} you use, you can specify
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1311 POP inbox by using POP @dfn{URL} (@pxref{Movemail}). A POP
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1312 @acronym{URL} is a ``file name'' of the form
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1313 @samp{pop://@var{username}@@@var{hostname}}, where
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1314 @var{hostname} is the host name or IP address of the remote mail
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1315 server and @var{username} is the user name on that server.
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1316 Additionally, you may specify the password in the mailbox @acronym{URL}:
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parents: 52979
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1317 @samp{pop://@var{username}:@var{password}@@@var{hostname}}. In this
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1318 case, @var{password} takes preference over the one set by
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1319 @code{rmail-remote-password}. This is especially useful if you have
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1320 several remote mailboxes with different passwords.
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parents:
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1321
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1322 For backward compatibility Rmail also supports two alternative ways
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parents: 52979
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1323 of specifying remote POP mailboxes. Specifying inbox name in the form
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1324 @samp{po:@var{username}:@var{hostname}} is equivalent to
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1325 @samp{pop://@var{username}@@@var{hostname}}. Alternatively, you may set
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
1326 a ``file name'' of @samp{po:@var{username}} in the inbox list of an
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1327 Rmail file. @code{Movemail} will handle such a name by opening a
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1328 connection to the POP server. The @env{MAILHOST} environment variable
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1329 will in this case specify the machine to look for the server on.
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parents: 52979
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1330
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parents: 52979
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1331 @cindex IMAP mailboxes
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parents: 52979
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1332 Another method for accessing remote mailboxes is IMAP. This method is
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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parents: 52979
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1333 supported only by the @code{mailutils movemail}. To specify an IMAP
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parents: 52979
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1334 mailbox in the inbox list, use the following mailbox @acronym{URL}:
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parents: 52979
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1335 @samp{imap://@var{username}[:@var{password}]@@@var{hostname}}. The
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52979
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1336 @var{password} part is optional, as descrbed above.
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parents: 52979
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1337
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parents: 52979
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1338 @vindex rmail-remote-password
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parents: 52979
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1339 @vindex rmail-remote-password-required
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parents:
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1340 @vindex rmail-pop-password
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1341 @vindex rmail-pop-password-required
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parents: 52979
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1342 Accessing a remote mailbox may require a password. Rmail uses the
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parents: 52979
diff changeset
1343 following algorithm to retrieve it:
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parents: 52979
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1344
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1345 @enumerate
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1346 @item
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1347 If the @var{password} is present in mailbox URL (see above), it is
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1348 used.
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1349 @item
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1350 If the variable @code{rmail-remote-password} is non-@code{nil}, its
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1351 value is used.
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1352 @item
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1353 Otherwise, if @code{rmail-remote-password-required} is non-@code{nil},
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1354 then Rmail will ask you for the password to use.
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1355 @item
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1356 Otherwise, Rmail assumes no password is required.
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1357 @end enumerate
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1358
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1359 For compatibility with previous versions, @code{rmail-pop-password}
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1360 and @code{rmail-pop-password-required} may be used instead of
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1361 @code{rmail-remote-password} and @code{rmail-remote-password-required}.
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1362
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1363 @vindex rmail-movemail-flags
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1364 If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @code{movemail},
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1365 set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you
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1366 wish to use. Do not use this variable to pass the @samp{-p} flag to
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1367 preserve your inbox contents; use @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} instead.
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1368
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1369 @cindex Kerberos POP authentication
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1370 The @code{movemail} program installed at your site may support
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1371 Kerberos authentication. If it is
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1372 supported, it is used by default whenever you attempt to retrieve
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1373 POP mail when @code{rmail-pop-password} and
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1374 @code{rmail-pop-password-required} are unset.
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1375
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1376 @cindex reverse order in POP inboxes
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1377 Some POP servers store messages in reverse order. If your server does
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1378 this, and you would rather read your mail in the order in which it was
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1379 received, you can tell @code{movemail} to reverse the order of
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1380 downloaded messages by adding the @samp{-r} flag to
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1381 @code{rmail-movemail-flags}.
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1382
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1383 @cindex TLS encryption (Rmail)
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1384 @code{Mailutils movemail} supports TLS encryption. If you wish to
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1385 use it, add the @samp{--tls} flag to @code{rmail-movemail-flags}.
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1386
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1387 @node Other Mailbox Formats
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1388 @section Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in Various Formats
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1389
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1390 If your incoming mail is stored on a local machine in a format other
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1391 than UNIX mailbox, you will need the @code{mailutils movemail} to retrieve
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1392 it. @xref{Movemail}, for the detailed description of @code{movemail}
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1393 versions.
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1394
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1395 For example, to retrieve mail from a @code{maildir} inbox located in
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1396 @file{/var/spool/mail/in}, you would set the following in Rmail inbox list:
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1397
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1398 @smallexample
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1399 maildir://var/spool/mail/in
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1400 @end smallexample
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1401
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1402 @ignore
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1403 arch-tag: 034965f6-38df-47a2-a9f1-b8bc8ab37e23
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1404 @end ignore