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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002,
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3 @c 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @node Rmail, Dired, Sending Mail, Top
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6 @chapter Reading Mail with Rmail
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7 @cindex Rmail
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8 @cindex reading mail
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9 @findex rmail
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10 @findex rmail-mode
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11 @vindex rmail-mode-hook
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12
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13 Rmail is an Emacs subsystem for reading and disposing of mail that you
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14 receive. Rmail stores mail messages in files called Rmail files.
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15 Reading the message in an Rmail file is done in a special major mode,
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16 Rmail mode, which redefines most letters to run commands for managing
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17 mail. The command @code{rmail-mode} is used to switch into Rmail mode,
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18 and it runs the hook @code{rmail-mode-hook} as usual, but don't run this
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19 command by hand; it can't do a reasonable job unless the buffer is
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20 visiting a proper Rmail file.
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21
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22 @menu
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23 * Basic: Rmail Basics. Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use.
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24 * Scroll: Rmail Scrolling. Scrolling through a message.
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25 * Motion: Rmail Motion. Moving to another message.
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26 * Deletion: Rmail Deletion. Deleting and expunging messages.
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27 * Inbox: Rmail Inbox. How mail gets into the Rmail file.
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28 * Files: Rmail Files. Using multiple Rmail files.
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29 * Output: Rmail Output. Copying message out to files.
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30 * Labels: Rmail Labels. Classifying messages by labeling them.
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31 * Attrs: Rmail Attributes. Certain standard labels, called attributes.
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32 * Reply: Rmail Reply. Sending replies to messages you are viewing.
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33 * Summary: Rmail Summary. Summaries show brief info on many messages.
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34 * Sort: Rmail Sorting. Sorting messages in Rmail.
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35 * Display: Rmail Display. How Rmail displays a message; customization.
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36 * Coding: Rmail Coding. How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
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37 * Editing: Rmail Editing. Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
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38 * Digest: Rmail Digest. Extracting the messages from a digest message.
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39 * Out of Rmail:: Converting an Rmail file to mailbox format.
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40 * Rot13: Rmail Rot13. Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
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41 * Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail.
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42 * Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes.
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43 * Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in
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44 Various Formats
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45 @end menu
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47 @node Rmail Basics
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48 @section Basic Concepts of Rmail
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50 @cindex primary Rmail file
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51 @vindex rmail-file-name
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52 Using Rmail in the simplest fashion, you have one Rmail file
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53 @file{~/RMAIL} in which all of your mail is saved. It is called your
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54 @dfn{primary Rmail file}. The command @kbd{M-x rmail} reads your primary
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55 Rmail file, merges new mail in from your inboxes, displays the first
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56 message you haven't read yet, and lets you begin reading. The variable
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57 @code{rmail-file-name} specifies the name of the primary Rmail file.
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59 Rmail uses narrowing to hide all but one message in the Rmail file.
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60 The message that is shown is called the @dfn{current message}. Rmail
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61 mode's special commands can do such things as delete the current
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62 message, copy it into another file, send a reply, or move to another
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63 message. You can also create multiple Rmail files and use Rmail to move
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64 messages between them.
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66 @cindex message number
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67 Within the Rmail file, messages are normally arranged sequentially in
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68 order of receipt; you can specify other ways to sort them. Messages are
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69 assigned consecutive integers as their @dfn{message numbers}. The
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70 number of the current message is displayed in Rmail's mode line,
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71 followed by the total number of messages in the file. You can move to a
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72 message by specifying its message number with the @kbd{j} key
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73 (@pxref{Rmail Motion}).
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74
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75 @kindex s @r{(Rmail)}
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76 @findex rmail-expunge-and-save
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77 Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file
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78 become permanent only when the file is saved. You can save it with
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79 @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-expunge-and-save}), which also expunges deleted
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81 file without expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail
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82 file after merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}).
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83
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84 @kindex q @r{(Rmail)}
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85 @findex rmail-quit
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86 @kindex b @r{(Rmail)}
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87 @findex rmail-bury
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88 You can exit Rmail with @kbd{q} (@code{rmail-quit}); this expunges
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89 and saves the Rmail file, then buries the Rmail buffer as well as its
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90 summary buffer, if present (@pxref{Rmail Summary}). But there is no
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91 need to ``exit'' formally. If you switch from Rmail to editing in
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92 other buffers, and never happen to switch back, you have exited. Just
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93 make sure to save the Rmail file eventually (like any other file you
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94 have changed). @kbd{C-x s} is a good enough way to do this
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97 saving the Rmail file.
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99 @node Rmail Scrolling
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100 @section Scrolling Within a Message
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101
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102 When Rmail displays a message that does not fit on the screen, you
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103 must scroll through it to read the rest. You could do this with
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104 @kbd{C-v}, @kbd{M-v} and @kbd{M-<}, but in Rmail scrolling is so
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105 frequent that it deserves to be easier to type.
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106
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107 @table @kbd
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108 @item @key{SPC}
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109 Scroll forward (@code{scroll-up}).
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110 @item @key{DEL}
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111 Scroll backward (@code{scroll-down}).
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112 @item .
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113 Scroll to start of message (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}).
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114 @end table
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115
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116 @kindex SPC @r{(Rmail)}
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117 @kindex DEL @r{(Rmail)}
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118 Since the most common thing to do while reading a message is to scroll
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119 through it by screenfuls, Rmail makes @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} synonyms of
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120 @kbd{C-v} (@code{scroll-up}) and @kbd{M-v} (@code{scroll-down})
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121
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122 @kindex . @r{(Rmail)}
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123 @findex rmail-beginning-of-message
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124 The command @kbd{.} (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}) scrolls back to the
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125 beginning of the selected message. This is not quite the same as @kbd{M-<}:
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126 for one thing, it does not set the mark; for another, it resets the buffer
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127 boundaries to the current message if you have changed them.
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128
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129 @node Rmail Motion
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130 @section Moving Among Messages
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131
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132 The most basic thing to do with a message is to read it. The way to
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133 do this in Rmail is to make the message current. The usual practice is
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134 to move sequentially through the file, since this is the order of
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135 receipt of messages. When you enter Rmail, you are positioned at the
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136 first message that you have not yet made current (that is, the first one
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137 that has the @samp{unseen} attribute; @pxref{Rmail Attributes}). Move
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138 forward to see the other new messages; move backward to re-examine old
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139 messages.
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140
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141 @table @kbd
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142 @item n
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143 Move to the next nondeleted message, skipping any intervening deleted
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144 messages (@code{rmail-next-undeleted-message}).
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145 @item p
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146 Move to the previous nondeleted message
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147 (@code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}).
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148 @item M-n
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149 Move to the next message, including deleted messages
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150 (@code{rmail-next-message}).
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151 @item M-p
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152 Move to the previous message, including deleted messages
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153 (@code{rmail-previous-message}).
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154 @item j
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155 Move to the first message. With argument @var{n}, move to
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156 message number @var{n} (@code{rmail-show-message}).
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157 @item >
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158 Move to the last message (@code{rmail-last-message}).
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159 @item <
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160 Move to the first message (@code{rmail-first-message}).
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161
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162 @item M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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163 Move to the next message containing a match for @var{regexp}
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164 (@code{rmail-search}).
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165
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166 @item - M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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167 Move to the previous message containing a match for @var{regexp}.
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168 @end table
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169
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170 @kindex n @r{(Rmail)}
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171 @kindex p @r{(Rmail)}
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172 @kindex M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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173 @kindex M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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174 @findex rmail-next-undeleted-message
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175 @findex rmail-previous-undeleted-message
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176 @findex rmail-next-message
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177 @findex rmail-previous-message
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178 @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} are the usual way of moving among messages in
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179 Rmail. They move through the messages sequentially, but skip over
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180 deleted messages, which is usually what you want to do. Their command
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181 definitions are named @code{rmail-next-undeleted-message} and
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182 @code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}. If you do not want to skip
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183 deleted messages---for example, if you want to move to a message to
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184 undelete it---use the variants @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p}
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185 (@code{rmail-next-message} and @code{rmail-previous-message}). A
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186 numeric argument to any of these commands serves as a repeat
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187 count.@refill
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188
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189 In Rmail, you can specify a numeric argument by typing just the
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190 digits. You don't need to type @kbd{C-u} first.
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191
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192 @kindex M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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193 @findex rmail-search
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194 @cindex searching in Rmail
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195 The @kbd{M-s} (@code{rmail-search}) command is Rmail's version of
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196 search. The usual incremental search command @kbd{C-s} works in Rmail,
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197 but it searches only within the current message. The purpose of
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198 @kbd{M-s} is to search for another message. It reads a regular
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199 expression (@pxref{Regexps}) nonincrementally, then searches starting at
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200 the beginning of the following message for a match. It then selects
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201 that message. If @var{regexp} is empty, @kbd{M-s} reuses the regexp
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202 used the previous time.
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203
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204 To search backward in the file for another message, give @kbd{M-s} a
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205 negative argument. In Rmail you can do this with @kbd{- M-s}.
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222 @node Rmail Deletion
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223 @section Deleting Messages
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225 @cindex deletion (Rmail)
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227 flags it as ignorable, and some Rmail commands pretend it is no longer
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231 @cindex expunging (Rmail)
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233 The remaining messages are renumbered consecutively. Expunging is the only
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234 action that changes the message number of any message, except for
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235 undigestifying (@pxref{Rmail Digest}).
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240 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}).
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244 @item u
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245 Undelete the current message, or move back to a deleted message and
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246 undelete it (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}).
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247 @item x
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249 @end table
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251 @kindex d @r{(Rmail)}
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253 @findex rmail-delete-forward
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256 current message and select another message. @kbd{d}
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257 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}) moves to the following message, skipping
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258 messages already deleted, while @kbd{C-d} (@code{rmail-delete-backward})
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259 moves to the previous nondeleted message. If there is no nondeleted
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260 message to move to in the specified direction, the message that was just
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262 equivalent to @kbd{C-d}.
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264 @vindex rmail-delete-message-hook
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265 Whenever Rmail deletes a message, it runs the hook
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267 the message has been marked deleted, but it is still the current message
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268 in the Rmail buffer.
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269
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270 @cindex undeletion (Rmail)
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271 @kindex x @r{(Rmail)}
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272 @findex rmail-expunge
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273 @kindex u @r{(Rmail)}
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274 @findex rmail-undelete-previous-message
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275 To make all the deleted messages finally vanish from the Rmail file,
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276 type @kbd{x} (@code{rmail-expunge}). Until you do this, you can still
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277 @dfn{undelete} the deleted messages. The undeletion command, @kbd{u}
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278 (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}), is designed to cancel the
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279 effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases. It undeletes the current
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280 message if the current message is deleted. Otherwise it moves backward
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281 to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes
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282 that message.
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284 You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u}
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285 moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted. But
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286 this does not work when the @kbd{d} skips a few already-deleted messages
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287 that follow the message being deleted; then the @kbd{u} command
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288 undeletes the last of the messages that were skipped. There is no clean
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289 way to avoid this problem. However, by repeating the @kbd{u} command,
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290 you can eventually get back to the message that you intend to
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291 undelete. You can also select a particular deleted message with
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292 the @kbd{M-p} command, then type @kbd{u} to undelete it.
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293
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294 A deleted message has the @samp{deleted} attribute, and as a result
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295 @samp{deleted} appears in the mode line when the current message is
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296 deleted. In fact, deleting or undeleting a message is nothing more than
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297 adding or removing this attribute. @xref{Rmail Attributes}.
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298
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299 @node Rmail Inbox
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300 @section Rmail Files and Inboxes
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301 @cindex inbox file
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303 When you receive mail locally, the operating system places incoming
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304 mail for you in a file that we call your @dfn{inbox}. When you start
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305 up Rmail, it runs a C program called @code{movemail} to copy the new
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306 messages from your local inbox into your primary Rmail file, which
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307 also contains other messages saved from previous Rmail sessions. It
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308 is in this file that you actually read the mail with Rmail. This
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309 operation is called @dfn{getting new mail}. You can get new mail at
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310 any time in Rmail by typing @kbd{g}.
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312 @vindex rmail-primary-inbox-list
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313 @cindex @env{MAIL} environment variable
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314 The variable @code{rmail-primary-inbox-list} contains a list of the
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315 files which are inboxes for your primary Rmail file. If you don't set
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318 means to use the default inbox. The default inbox is
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319 @file{/var/mail/@var{username}}, @file{/usr/spool/mail/@var{username}},
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320 or @file{/usr/mail/@var{username}}, depending on your operating system.
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323 rmail-primary-inbox-list @key{RET}}. You can specify the inbox file(s) for
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325 @ref{Rmail Files}.
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327 There are two reasons for having separate Rmail files and inboxes.
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328
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329 @enumerate
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330 @item
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331 The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to
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332 the other mail software in use. Only one part of Rmail needs to know
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333 about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all
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334 of them to Rmail's own format.
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336 @item
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337 It is very cumbersome to access an inbox file without danger of losing
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338 mail, because it is necessary to interlock with mail delivery.
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339 Moreover, different operating systems use different interlocking
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340 techniques. The strategy of moving mail out of the inbox once and for
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341 all into a separate Rmail file avoids the need for interlocking in all
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342 the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file.
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343 @end enumerate
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345 Rmail was written to use Babyl format as its internal format. Since
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346 then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format on Unix and GNU
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347 systems is adequate for the job, and we plan to change Rmail to use that
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348 as its internal format. However, the Rmail file will still be separate
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349 from the inbox file, even on systems where their format is the same.
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351 @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox
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352 When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the inbox
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353 file to the Rmail file; then it saves the Rmail file; then it truncates
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354 the inbox file. This way, a system crash may cause duplication of mail
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355 between the inbox and the Rmail file, but cannot lose mail. If
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356 @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} is non-@code{nil}, then Rmail will copy new
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357 mail from the inbox file to the Rmail file without truncating the inbox
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358 file. You may wish to set this, for example, on a portable computer you
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359 use to check your mail via POP while traveling, so that your mail will
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360 remain on the server and you can save it later on your workstation.
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362 In some cases, Rmail copies the new mail from the inbox file
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363 indirectly. First it runs the @code{movemail} program to move the mail
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364 from the inbox to an intermediate file called
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365 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}}. Then Rmail merges the new mail from
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366 that file, saves the Rmail file, and only then deletes the intermediate
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367 file. If there is a crash at the wrong time, this file continues to
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368 exist, and Rmail will use it again the next time it gets new mail from
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369 that inbox.
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371 If Rmail is unable to convert the data in
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372 @file{~/.newmail-@var{inboxname}} into Babyl format, it renames the file
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373 to @file{~/RMAILOSE.@var{n}} (@var{n} is an integer chosen to make the
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374 name unique) so that Rmail will not have trouble with the data again.
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375 You should look at the file, find whatever message confuses Rmail
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376 (probably one that includes the control-underscore character, octal code
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378 the corrected file.
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380 @node Rmail Files
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381 @section Multiple Rmail Files
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383 Rmail operates by default on your @dfn{primary Rmail file}, which is named
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384 @file{~/RMAIL} and receives your incoming mail from your system inbox file.
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385 But you can also have other Rmail files and edit them with Rmail. These
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386 files can receive mail through their own inboxes, or you can move messages
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387 into them with explicit Rmail commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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389 @table @kbd
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390 @item i @var{file} @key{RET}
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391 Read @var{file} into Emacs and run Rmail on it (@code{rmail-input}).
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393 @item M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files} @key{RET}
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394 Specify inbox file names for current Rmail file to get mail from.
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396 @item g
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397 Merge new mail from current Rmail file's inboxes
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398 (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}).
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399
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400 @item C-u g @var{file} @key{RET}
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401 Merge new mail from inbox file @var{file}.
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402 @end table
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403
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404 @kindex i @r{(Rmail)}
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405 @findex rmail-input
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406 To run Rmail on a file other than your primary Rmail file, you may use
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407 the @kbd{i} (@code{rmail-input}) command in Rmail. This visits the file
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408 in Rmail mode. You can use @kbd{M-x rmail-input} even when not in
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409 Rmail.
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410
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411 The file you read with @kbd{i} should normally be a valid Rmail file.
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412 If it is not, Rmail tries to decompose it into a stream of messages in
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413 various known formats. If it succeeds, it converts the whole file to an
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414 Rmail file. If you specify a file name that doesn't exist, @kbd{i}
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415 initializes a new buffer for creating a new Rmail file.
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416
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417 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-directory
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418 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-regexp
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419 You can also select an Rmail file from a menu. Choose first the menu
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420 bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu choose the Input Rmail
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421 File item; then choose the Rmail file you want. The variables
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422 @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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423 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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424 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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425 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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426 the regular expression). These variables also apply to choosing a file
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427 for output (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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428
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429 @findex set-rmail-inbox-list
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430 Each Rmail file can contain a list of inbox file names; you can specify
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431 this list with @kbd{M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files}
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432 @key{RET}}. The argument can contain any number of file names, separated
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433 by commas. It can also be empty, which specifies that this file should
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434 have no inboxes. Once a list of inboxes is specified, the Rmail file
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435 remembers it permanently until you specify a different list.
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436
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437 As a special exception, if your primary Rmail file does not specify any
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438 inbox files, it uses your standard system inbox.
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439
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440 @kindex g @r{(Rmail)}
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441 @findex rmail-get-new-mail
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442 The @kbd{g} command (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}) merges mail into the
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443 current Rmail file from its specified inboxes. If the Rmail file
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444 has no inboxes, @kbd{g} does nothing. The command @kbd{M-x rmail}
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445 also merges new mail into your primary Rmail file.
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446
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447 To merge mail from a file that is not the usual inbox, give the
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448 @kbd{g} key a numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u g}. Then it reads a file
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449 name and merges mail from that file. The inbox file is not deleted or
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450 changed in any way when @kbd{g} with an argument is used. This is,
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451 therefore, a general way of merging one file of messages into another.
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452
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453 @node Rmail Output
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454 @section Copying Messages Out to Files
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455
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456 These commands copy messages from an Rmail file into another file.
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457
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458 @table @kbd
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459 @item o @var{file} @key{RET}
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460 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using Rmail
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461 file format by default (@code{rmail-output-to-rmail-file}).
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462
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463 @item C-o @var{file} @key{RET}
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464 Append a copy of the current message to the file @var{file}, using
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465 system inbox file format by default (@code{rmail-output}).
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466
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467 @item w @var{file} @key{RET}
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468 Output just the message body to the file @var{file}, taking the default
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469 file name from the message @samp{Subject} header.
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470 @end table
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471
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472 @kindex o @r{(Rmail)}
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473 @findex rmail-output-to-rmail-file
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474 @kindex C-o @r{(Rmail)}
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475 @findex rmail-output
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476 The commands @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} copy the current message into a
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477 specified file. This file may be an Rmail file or it may be in system
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478 inbox format; the output commands ascertain the file's format and write
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479 the copied message in that format.
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480
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481 The @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} commands differ in two ways: each has its
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482 own separate default file name, and each specifies a choice of format to
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483 use when the file does not already exist. The @kbd{o} command uses
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484 Rmail format when it creates a new file, while @kbd{C-o} uses system
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485 inbox format for a new file. The default file name for @kbd{o} is the
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486 file name used last with @kbd{o}, and the default file name for
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487 @kbd{C-o} is the file name used last with @kbd{C-o}.
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488
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489 If the output file is an Rmail file currently visited in an Emacs buffer,
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490 the output commands copy the message into that buffer. It is up to you
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491 to save the buffer eventually in its file.
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492
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493 @kindex w @r{(Rmail)}
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494 @findex rmail-output-body-to-file
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495 Sometimes you may receive a message whose body holds the contents of a
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496 file. You can save the body to a file (excluding the message header)
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497 with the @kbd{w} command (@code{rmail-output-body-to-file}). Often
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498 these messages contain the intended file name in the @samp{Subject}
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499 field, so the @kbd{w} command uses the @samp{Subject} field as the
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500 default for the output file name. However, the file name is read using
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501 the minibuffer, so you can specify a different name if you wish.
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502
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503 You can also output a message to an Rmail file chosen with a menu.
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504 Choose first the menu bar Classify item, then from the Classify menu
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505 choose the Output Rmail File menu item; then choose the Rmail file you want.
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506 This outputs the current message to that file, like the @kbd{o} command.
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507 The variables @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and
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508 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the
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509 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the
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510 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match
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511 the regular expression).
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512
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513 @vindex rmail-delete-after-output
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514 Copying a message with @kbd{o} or @kbd{C-o} gives the original copy
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515 of the message the @samp{filed} attribute, so that @samp{filed}
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516 appears in the mode line when such a message is current. @kbd{w}
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517 gives it the @samp{stored} attribute. If you like to keep just a
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518 single copy of every mail message, set the variable
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519 @code{rmail-delete-after-output} to @code{t}; then the @kbd{o},
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520 @kbd{C-o} and @kbd{w} commands delete the original message after
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521 copying it. (You can undelete the original afterward if you wish.)
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522
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523 Copying messages into files in system inbox format uses the header
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524 fields that are displayed in Rmail at the time. Thus, if you use the
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525 @kbd{t} command to view the entire header and then copy the message, the
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526 entire header is copied. @xref{Rmail Display}.
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527
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528 @vindex rmail-output-file-alist
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529 The variable @code{rmail-output-file-alist} lets you specify
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530 intelligent defaults for the output file, based on the contents of the
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531 current message. The value should be a list whose elements have this
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532 form:
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533
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534 @example
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535 (@var{regexp} . @var{name-exp})
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536 @end example
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537
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538 @noindent
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539 If there's a match for @var{regexp} in the current message, then the
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540 default file name for output is @var{name-exp}. If multiple elements
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541 match the message, the first matching element decides the default file
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542 name. The subexpression @var{name-exp} may be a string constant giving
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543 the file name to use, or more generally it may be any Lisp expression
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544 that returns a file name as a string. @code{rmail-output-file-alist}
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545 applies to both @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}.
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546
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547 @node Rmail Labels
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548 @section Labels
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549 @cindex label (Rmail)
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550 @cindex attribute (Rmail)
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551
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552 Each message can have various @dfn{labels} assigned to it as a means
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553 of classification. Each label has a name; different names are different
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554 labels. Any given label is either present or absent on a particular
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555 message. A few label names have standard meanings and are given to
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556 messages automatically by Rmail when appropriate; these special labels
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557 are called @dfn{attributes}.
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558 @ifinfo
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559 (@xref{Rmail Attributes}.)
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560 @end ifinfo
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561 All other labels are assigned only by users.
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562
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563 @table @kbd
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564 @item a @var{label} @key{RET}
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565 Assign the label @var{label} to the current message (@code{rmail-add-label}).
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566 @item k @var{label} @key{RET}
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567 Remove the label @var{label} from the current message (@code{rmail-kill-label}).
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568 @item C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}
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569 Move to the next message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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570 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}).
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571 @item C-M-p @var{labels} @key{RET}
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572 Move to the previous message that has one of the labels @var{labels}
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573 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}).
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574 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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575 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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576 Make a summary of all messages containing any of the labels @var{labels}
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577 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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578 @end table
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579
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580 @kindex a @r{(Rmail)}
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581 @kindex k @r{(Rmail)}
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582 @findex rmail-add-label
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583 @findex rmail-kill-label
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584 The @kbd{a} (@code{rmail-add-label}) and @kbd{k}
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585 (@code{rmail-kill-label}) commands allow you to assign or remove any
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586 label on the current message. If the @var{label} argument is empty, it
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587 means to assign or remove the same label most recently assigned or
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588 removed.
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589
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590 Once you have given messages labels to classify them as you wish, there
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591 are two ways to use the labels: in moving and in summaries.
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592
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593 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Rmail)}
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594 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Rmail)}
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595 @findex rmail-next-labeled-message
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596 @findex rmail-previous-labeled-message
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597 The command @kbd{C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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598 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}) moves to the next message that has
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599 one of the labels @var{labels}. The argument @var{labels} specifies one
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600 or more label names, separated by commas. @kbd{C-M-p}
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601 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}) is similar, but moves backwards
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602 to previous messages. A numeric argument to either command serves as a
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603 repeat count.
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604
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605 The command @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}}
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606 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) displays a summary containing only the
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607 messages that have at least one of a specified set of labels. The
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608 argument @var{labels} is one or more label names, separated by commas.
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609 @xref{Rmail Summary}, for information on summaries.@refill
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610
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611 If the @var{labels} argument to @kbd{C-M-n}, @kbd{C-M-p} or
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612 @kbd{C-M-l} is empty, it means to use the last set of labels specified
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613 for any of these commands.
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615 @node Rmail Attributes
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616 @section Rmail Attributes
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617
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618 Some labels such as @samp{deleted} and @samp{filed} have built-in
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619 meanings and are assigned to or removed from messages automatically at
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620 appropriate times; these labels are called @dfn{attributes}. Here is a
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621 list of Rmail attributes:
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622
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623 @table @samp
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624 @item unseen
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625 Means the message has never been current. Assigned to messages when
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626 they come from an inbox file, and removed when a message is made
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627 current. When you start Rmail, it initially shows the first message
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628 that has this attribute.
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629 @item deleted
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630 Means the message is deleted. Assigned by deletion commands and
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631 removed by undeletion commands (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}).
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632 @item filed
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633 Means the message has been copied to some other file. Assigned by the
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634 @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} file output commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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635 @item stored
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636 Assigned by the @kbd{w} file output command (@pxref{Rmail Output}).
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637 @item answered
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638 Means you have mailed an answer to the message. Assigned by the @kbd{r}
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639 command (@code{rmail-reply}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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640 @item forwarded
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641 Means you have forwarded the message. Assigned by the @kbd{f} command
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642 (@code{rmail-forward}). @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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643 @item edited
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644 Means you have edited the text of the message within Rmail.
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645 @xref{Rmail Editing}.
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646 @item resent
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647 Means you have resent the message. Assigned by the command @kbd{M-x
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648 rmail-resend}. @xref{Rmail Reply}.
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649 @end table
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650
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651 All other labels are assigned or removed only by the user, and have no
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652 standard meaning.
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653
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654 @node Rmail Reply
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655 @section Sending Replies
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656
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657 Rmail has several commands that use Mail mode to send outgoing mail.
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658 @xref{Sending Mail}, for information on using Mail mode, including
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659 certain features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents
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660 are the special commands of Rmail for entering Mail mode. Note that the
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661 usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and @kbd{C-x 5
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662 m}---are available in Rmail mode and work just as they usually do.
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663
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664 @table @kbd
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665 @item m
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666 Send a message (@code{rmail-mail}).
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667 @item c
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668 Continue editing the already started outgoing message (@code{rmail-continue}).
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669 @item r
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670 Send a reply to the current Rmail message (@code{rmail-reply}).
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671 @item f
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672 Forward the current message to other users (@code{rmail-forward}).
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673 @item C-u f
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674 Resend the current message to other users (@code{rmail-resend}).
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675 @item M-m
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676 Try sending a bounced message a second time (@code{rmail-retry-failure}).
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677 @end table
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678
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679 @kindex r @r{(Rmail)}
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680 @findex rmail-reply
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681 @cindex reply to a message
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682 The most common reason to send a message while in Rmail is to reply to
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683 the message you are reading. To do this, type @kbd{r}
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684 (@code{rmail-reply}). This displays the @samp{*mail*} buffer in another
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685 window, much like @kbd{C-x 4 m}, but preinitializes the @samp{Subject},
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686 @samp{To}, @samp{CC} and @samp{In-reply-to} header fields based on the
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687 message you are replying to. The @samp{To} field starts out as the
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688 address of the person who sent the message you received, and the
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689 @samp{CC} field starts out with all the other recipients of that
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690 message.
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691
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692 @vindex rmail-dont-reply-to-names
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693 You can exclude certain recipients from being placed automatically in
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694 the @samp{CC}, using the variable @code{rmail-dont-reply-to-names}. Its
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695 value should be a regular expression (as a string); any recipient that
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696 the regular expression matches, is excluded from the @samp{CC} field.
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697 The default value matches your own name, and any name starting with
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698 @samp{info-}. (Those names are excluded because there is a convention
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699 of using them for large mailing lists to broadcast announcements.)
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700
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701 To omit the @samp{CC} field completely for a particular reply, enter
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702 the reply command with a numeric argument: @kbd{C-u r} or @kbd{1 r}.
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703
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704 Once the @samp{*mail*} buffer has been initialized, editing and
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705 sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit the
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706 presupplied header fields if they are not right for you. You can also
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707 use the commands of Mail mode (@pxref{Mail Mode}), including @kbd{C-c
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708 C-y} which yanks in the message that you are replying to. You can
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709 switch to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch
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710 back, and yank the new current message.
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711
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712 @kindex M-m @r{(Rmail)}
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713 @findex rmail-retry-failure
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714 @cindex retrying a failed message
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715 @vindex rmail-retry-ignored-headers
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716 Sometimes a message does not reach its destination. Mailers usually
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717 send the failed message back to you, enclosed in a @dfn{failure
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718 message}. The Rmail command @kbd{M-m} (@code{rmail-retry-failure})
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719 prepares to send the same message a second time: it sets up a
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720 @samp{*mail*} buffer with the same text and header fields as before. If
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721 you type @kbd{C-c C-c} right away, you send the message again exactly
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722 the same as the first time. Alternatively, you can edit the text or
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723 headers and then send it. The variable
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724 @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as
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725 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which
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726 headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it.
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727
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728 @kindex f @r{(Rmail)}
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729 @findex rmail-forward
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730 @cindex forwarding a message
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731 Another frequent reason to send mail in Rmail is to @dfn{forward} the
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732 current message to other users. @kbd{f} (@code{rmail-forward}) makes
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733 this easy by preinitializing the @samp{*mail*} buffer with the current
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734 message as the text, and a subject designating a forwarded message. All
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735 you have to do is fill in the recipients and send. When you forward a
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736 message, recipients get a message which is ``from'' you, and which has
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737 the original message in its contents.
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738
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739 @findex unforward-rmail-message
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740 Forwarding a message encloses it between two delimiter lines. It also
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741 modifies every line that starts with a dash, by inserting @w{@samp{- }}
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742 at the start of the line. When you receive a forwarded message, if it
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743 contains something besides ordinary text---for example, program source
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744 code---you might find it useful to undo that transformation. You can do
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745 this by selecting the forwarded message and typing @kbd{M-x
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746 unforward-rmail-message}. This command extracts the original forwarded
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747 message, deleting the inserted @w{@samp{- }} strings, and inserts it
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748 into the Rmail file as a separate message immediately following the
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749 current one.
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750
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751 @findex rmail-resend
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752 @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the
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753 difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the
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754 original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields
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755 @samp{Resent-From} and @samp{Resent-To} to indicate that it came via
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756 you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs
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757 @code{rmail-forward}, which is programmed to invoke @code{rmail-resend}
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758 if you provide a numeric argument.)
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759
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760 @kindex m @r{(Rmail)}
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761 @findex rmail-mail
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762 The @kbd{m} (@code{rmail-mail}) command is used to start editing an
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763 outgoing message that is not a reply. It leaves the header fields empty.
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764 Its only difference from @kbd{C-x 4 m} is that it makes the Rmail buffer
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765 accessible for @kbd{C-c C-y}, just as @kbd{r} does. Thus, @kbd{m} can be
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766 used to reply to or forward a message; it can do anything @kbd{r} or @kbd{f}
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767 can do.@refill
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768
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769 @kindex c @r{(Rmail)}
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770 @findex rmail-continue
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771 The @kbd{c} (@code{rmail-continue}) command resumes editing the
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772 @samp{*mail*} buffer, to finish editing an outgoing message you were
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773 already composing, or to alter a message you have sent.@refill
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774
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775 @vindex rmail-mail-new-frame
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776 If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a
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777 non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a
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778 message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when
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779 you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the
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780 @samp{Mail} menu.
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781
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782 All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition
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783 method that you have chosen (@pxref{Mail Methods}).
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784
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785 @node Rmail Summary
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786 @section Summaries
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787 @cindex summary (Rmail)
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788
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789 A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give
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790 you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the
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791 message number and date, the sender, the line count, the labels, and
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792 the subject. Moving point in the summary buffer selects messages as
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793 you move to their summary lines. Almost all Rmail commands are valid
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794 in the summary buffer also; when used there, they apply to the message
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795 described by the current line of the summary.
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796
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797 A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are
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798 editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer.
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799 The summary buffer name is made by appending @samp{-summary} to the
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800 Rmail buffer's name. Normally only one summary buffer is displayed at a
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801 time.
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802
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803 @menu
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804 * Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
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805 * Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
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806 @end menu
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807
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808 @node Rmail Make Summary
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809 @subsection Making Summaries
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810
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811 Here are the commands to create a summary for the current Rmail file.
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812 Once the Rmail file has a summary buffer, changes in the Rmail file
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813 (such as deleting or expunging messages, and getting new mail)
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814 automatically update the summary.
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815
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816 @table @kbd
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817 @item h
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818 @itemx C-M-h
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819 Summarize all messages (@code{rmail-summary}).
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820 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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821 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}
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822 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified labels
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823 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}).
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824 @item C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}
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825 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified recipients
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826 (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients}).
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827 @item C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}
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828 Summarize messages that have a match for the specified regexp
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829 @var{topic} in their subjects (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic}).
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830 @item C-M-s @var{regexp}
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831 Summarize messages whose headers and the subject line match the
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832 specified regular expression @var{regexp}
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833 (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp}).
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834 @end table
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835
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836 @kindex h @r{(Rmail)}
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837 @findex rmail-summary
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838 The @kbd{h} or @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{rmail-summary}) command fills the summary buffer
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839 for the current Rmail file with a summary of all the messages in the file.
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840 It then displays and selects the summary buffer in another window.
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841
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842 @kindex l @r{(Rmail)}
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843 @kindex C-M-l @r{(Rmail)}
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844 @findex rmail-summary-by-labels
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845 @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) makes
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846 a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more of the
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847 labels @var{labels}. @var{labels} should contain label names separated by
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848 commas.@refill
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849
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850 @kindex C-M-r @r{(Rmail)}
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851 @findex rmail-summary-by-recipients
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852 @kbd{C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients})
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853 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more
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854 of the recipients @var{rcpts}. @var{rcpts} should contain mailing
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855 addresses separated by commas.@refill
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856
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857 @kindex C-M-t @r{(Rmail)}
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858 @findex rmail-summary-by-topic
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859 @kbd{C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic})
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860 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages whose subjects have
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861 a match for the regular expression @var{topic}.
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862
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863 @kindex C-M-s @r{(Rmail)}
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864 @findex rmail-summary-by-regexp
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865 @kbd{C-M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp})
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866 makes a partial summary which mentions only the messages whose headers
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867 (including the date and the subject lines) match the regular
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868 expression @var{regexp}.
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869
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870 Note that there is only one summary buffer for any Rmail file; making one
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871 kind of summary discards any previously made summary.
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872
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873 @vindex rmail-summary-window-size
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874 @vindex rmail-summary-line-count-flag
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875 The variable @code{rmail-summary-window-size} says how many lines to
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876 use for the summary window. The variable
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877 @code{rmail-summary-line-count-flag} controls whether the summary line
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878 for a message should include the line count of the message.
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879
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880 @node Rmail Summary Edit
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881 @subsection Editing in Summaries
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882
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883 You can use the Rmail summary buffer to do almost anything you can do
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884 in the Rmail buffer itself. In fact, once you have a summary buffer,
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885 there's no need to switch back to the Rmail buffer.
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886
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887 You can select and display various messages in the Rmail buffer, from
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888 the summary buffer, just by moving point in the summary buffer to
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889 different lines. It doesn't matter what Emacs command you use to move
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890 point; whichever line point is on at the end of the command, that
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891 message is selected in the Rmail buffer.
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892
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893 Almost all Rmail commands work in the summary buffer as well as in the
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894 Rmail buffer. Thus, @kbd{d} in the summary buffer deletes the current
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895 message, @kbd{u} undeletes, and @kbd{x} expunges. (However, in the
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896 summary buffer, a numeric argument to @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d} and @kbd{u}
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897 serves as a repeat count. A negative argument reverses the meaning of
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898 @kbd{d} and @kbd{C-d}.) @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} output the current
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899 message to a file; @kbd{r} starts a reply to it. You can scroll the
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900 current message while remaining in the summary buffer using @key{SPC}
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901 and @key{DEL}.
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902
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903 The Rmail commands to move between messages also work in the summary
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904 buffer, but with a twist: they move through the set of messages included
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905 in the summary. They also ensure the Rmail buffer appears on the screen
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906 (unlike cursor motion commands, which update the contents of the Rmail
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907 buffer but don't display it in a window unless it already appears).
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908 Here is a list of these commands:
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909
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910 @table @kbd
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911 @item n
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912 Move to next line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select its
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913 message.
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914 @item p
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915 Move to previous line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select
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916 its message.
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917 @item M-n
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918 Move to next line and select its message.
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919 @item M-p
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920 Move to previous line and select its message.
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921 @item >
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922 Move to the last line, and select its message.
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923 @item <
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924 Move to the first line, and select its message.
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925 @item j
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926 @itemx @key{RET}
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927 Select the message on the current line (ensuring that the RMAIL buffer
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928 appears on the screen). With argument @var{n}, select message number
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929 @var{n} and move to its line in the summary buffer; this signals an
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930 error if the message is not listed in the summary buffer.
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931 @item M-s @var{pattern} @key{RET}
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932 Search through messages for @var{pattern} starting with the current
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933 message; select the message found, and move point in the summary buffer
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934 to that message's line.
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935 @end table
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936
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937 @vindex rmail-redisplay-summary
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938 Deletion, undeletion, and getting new mail, and even selection of a
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939 different message all update the summary buffer when you do them in the
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940 Rmail buffer. If the variable @code{rmail-redisplay-summary} is
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941 non-@code{nil}, these actions also bring the summary buffer back onto
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942 the screen.
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943
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944 @kindex Q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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945 @findex rmail-summary-wipe
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946 @kindex q @r{(Rmail summary)}
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947 @findex rmail-summary-quit
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948 When you are finished using the summary, type @kbd{Q}
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949 (@code{rmail-summary-wipe}) to delete the summary buffer's window. You
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950 can also exit Rmail while in the summary: @kbd{q}
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951 (@code{rmail-summary-quit}) deletes the summary window, then exits from
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952 Rmail by saving the Rmail file and switching to another buffer.
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953
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954 @node Rmail Sorting
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955 @section Sorting the Rmail File
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956
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957 @table @kbd
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958 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-date
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959 Sort messages of current Rmail file by date.
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960
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961 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-subject
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962 Sort messages of current Rmail file by subject.
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963
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964 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-author
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965 Sort messages of current Rmail file by author's name.
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966
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967 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-recipient
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968 Sort messages of current Rmail file by recipient's names.
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969
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970 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-correspondent
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971 Sort messages of current Rmail file by the name of the other
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972 correspondent.
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973
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974 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-lines
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975 Sort messages of current Rmail file by size (number of lines).
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976
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977 @item M-x rmail-sort-by-keywords @key{RET} @var{labels} @key{RET}
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978 Sort messages of current Rmail file by labels. The argument
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979 @var{labels} should be a comma-separated list of labels. The order of
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980 these labels specifies the order of messages; messages with the first
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981 label come first, messages with the second label come second, and so on.
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982 Messages which have none of these labels come last.
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983 @end table
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984
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985 The Rmail sort commands perform a @emph{stable sort}: if there is no
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986 reason to prefer either one of two messages, their order remains
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987 unchanged. You can use this to sort by more than one criterion. For
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988 example, if you use @code{rmail-sort-by-date} and then
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989 @code{rmail-sort-by-author}, messages from the same author appear in
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990 order by date.
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991
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992 With a numeric argument, all these commands reverse the order of
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993 comparison. This means they sort messages from newest to oldest, from
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994 biggest to smallest, or in reverse alphabetical order.
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995
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996 @node Rmail Display
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997 @section Display of Messages
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998
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999 Rmail reformats the header of each message before displaying it for
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1000 the first time. Reformatting hides uninteresting header fields to
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1001 reduce clutter. You can use the @kbd{t} command to show the entire
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1002 header or to repeat the header reformatting operation.
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1003
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1004 @table @kbd
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1005 @item t
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1006 Toggle display of complete header (@code{rmail-toggle-header}).
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1007 @end table
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1008
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1009 @vindex rmail-ignored-headers
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1010 Reformatting the header involves deleting most header fields, on the
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1011 grounds that they are not interesting. The variable
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1012 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression that specifies
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1013 which header fields to hide in this way---if it matches the beginning of
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1014 a header field, that whole field is hidden.
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1015
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1016 @kindex t @r{(Rmail)}
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1017 @findex rmail-toggle-header
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1018 Rmail saves the complete original header before reformatting; to see
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1019 it, use the @kbd{t} command (@code{rmail-toggle-header}). This
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1020 discards the reformatted headers of the current message and displays it
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1021 with the original header. Repeating @kbd{t} reformats the message
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1022 again. Selecting the message again also reformats.
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1023
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1024 One consequence of this is that if you edit the reformatted header
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1025 (using @kbd{e}; @pxref{Rmail Editing}), subsequent use of @kbd{t} will
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1026 discard your edits. On the other hand, if you use @kbd{e} after
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1027 @kbd{t}, to edit the original (unreformatted) header, those changes are
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1028 permanent.
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1029
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1030 When the @kbd{t} command has a prefix argument, a positive argument
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1031 means to show the reformatted header, and a zero or negative argument
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1032 means to show the full header.
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1033
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1034 @vindex rmail-highlighted-headers
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1035 When the terminal supports multiple fonts or colors, Rmail
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1036 highlights certain header fields that are especially interesting---by
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1037 default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields. The variable
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1038 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} holds a regular expression that
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1039 specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning
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1040 of a header field, that whole field is highlighted.
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1041
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1042 If you specify unusual colors for your text foreground and
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1043 background, the colors used for highlighting may not go well with
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1044 them. If so, specify different colors for the face
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 37417
diff changeset
1045 @code{rmail-highlight-face}. @xref{Faces}, for how to do this. To
8900b620b72c rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 37417
diff changeset
1046 turn off highlighting entirely in Rmail, set
25829
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parents:
diff changeset
1047 @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1048
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diff changeset
1049 You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages by adding
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1050 the function @code{goto-address} to the hook
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1051 @code{rmail-show-message-hook}. Then you can browse these URLs by
60435
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1052 clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} (or @kbd{Mouse-1} quickly) or by
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1053 moving to one and typing @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}. @xref{Goto-address,
b8d2ec2a15e7 (Rmail Inbox): Move text from Remote Mailboxes that really belongs here.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59564
diff changeset
1054 Activating URLs, Activating URLs}.
36173
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1055
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1056 @node Rmail Coding
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1057 @section Rmail and Coding Systems
28339
52e664c981f0 Mention goto-addr.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 26796
diff changeset
1058
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1059 @cindex decoding mail messages (Rmail)
52979
3649390c0f91 Replace @sc{ascii} and ASCII with @acronym{ASCII}.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 52401
diff changeset
1060 Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@acronym{ASCII}
38065
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1061 characters, just as Emacs does with files you visit and with subprocess
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1062 output. Rmail uses the standard @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1063 the message, if any, to determine how the message was encoded by the
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1064 sender. It maps @var{charset} into the corresponding Emacs coding
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1065 system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses that coding system to decode
38868
9fb8804de607 Minor clarification.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 38065
diff changeset
1066 message text. If the message header doesn't have the @samp{charset}
9fb8804de607 Minor clarification.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 38065
diff changeset
1067 specification, or if @var{charset} is not recognized,
38065
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1068 Rmail chooses the coding system with the usual Emacs heuristics and
4f1705a63f02 Proofreading fixes from Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37577
diff changeset
1069 defaults (@pxref{Recognize Coding}).
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parents: 35473
diff changeset
1070
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1071 @cindex fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1072 Occasionally, a message is decoded incorrectly, either because Emacs
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1073 guessed the wrong coding system in the absence of the @samp{charset}
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1074 specification, or because the specification was inaccurate. For
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1075 example, a misconfigured mailer could send a message with a
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1076 @samp{charset=iso-8859-1} header when the message is actually encoded
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1077 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
1078 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
1079
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1080 @findex rmail-redecode-body
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1081 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
1082 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
1083 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
1084 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
1085 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
1086 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
1087 coding system, the result should be readable.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1088
36173
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1089 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
1090 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
1091 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
1092 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
1093 succeed.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1094
36173
808e169709e6 New node Rmail Coding for the discussion of coding systems.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35473
diff changeset
1095 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
1096 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
1097 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
1098 @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
1099 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
1100 coding systems. So in practice the command works when you need it.
35473
6b9d1a2fb28b (Rmail Display): Document rmail-redecode-body.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 30802
diff changeset
1101
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diff changeset
1102 @node Rmail Editing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1103 @section Editing Within a Message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1104
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1105 Most of the usual Emacs commands are available in Rmail mode, though a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1106 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
1107 other purposes. However, the Rmail buffer is normally read only, and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1108 most of the letters are redefined as Rmail commands. If you want to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1109 edit the text of a message, you must use the Rmail command @kbd{e}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1110
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1111 @table @kbd
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1112 @item e
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1113 Edit the current message as ordinary text.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1114 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1115
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1116 @kindex e @r{(Rmail)}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1117 @findex rmail-edit-current-message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1118 The @kbd{e} command (@code{rmail-edit-current-message}) switches from
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1119 Rmail mode into Rmail Edit mode, another major mode which is nearly the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1120 same as Text mode. The mode line indicates this change.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1121
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1122 In Rmail Edit mode, letters insert themselves as usual and the Rmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1123 commands are not available. When you are finished editing the message and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1124 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
1125 Rmail mode. Alternatively, you can return to Rmail mode but cancel all the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1126 editing that you have done, by typing @kbd{C-c C-]}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1127
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1128 @vindex rmail-edit-mode-hook
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1129 Entering Rmail Edit mode runs the hook @code{text-mode-hook}; then it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1130 runs the hook @code{rmail-edit-mode-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). It adds the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1131 attribute @samp{edited} to the message. It also displays the full
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1132 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
diff changeset
1133 body of the message, and your changes in the headers will be
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1134 permanent.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1135
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1136 @node Rmail Digest
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1137 @section Digest Messages
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1138 @cindex digest message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1139 @cindex undigestify
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1140
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1141 A @dfn{digest message} is a message which exists to contain and carry
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1142 several other messages. Digests are used on some moderated mailing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1143 lists; all the messages that arrive for the list during a period of time
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1144 such as one day are put inside a single digest which is then sent to the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1145 subscribers. Transmitting the single digest uses much less computer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1146 time than transmitting the individual messages even though the total
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1147 size is the same, because the per-message overhead in network mail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1148 transmission is considerable.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1149
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1150 @findex undigestify-rmail-message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1151 When you receive a digest message, the most convenient way to read it is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1152 to @dfn{undigestify} it: to turn it back into many individual messages.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1153 Then you can read and delete the individual messages as it suits you.
44326
c69907b4eb03 Minor cleanup.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 39303
diff changeset
1154 To do this, select the digest message and type the command @kbd{M-x
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1155 undigestify-rmail-message}. This extracts the submessages as separate
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1156 Rmail messages, and inserts them following the digest. The digest
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1157 message itself is flagged as deleted.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1158
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1159 @node Out of Rmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1160 @section Converting an Rmail File to Inbox Format
39303
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1161 @cindex Babyl format to Inbox format
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1162 @cindex converting Rmail file to mailbox format
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1163
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1164 @findex unrmail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1165 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
1166 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
1167 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
1168 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
1169 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
1170
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1171 @pindex b2m
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1172 @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
1173 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
1174 (@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
1175 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
1176 @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
1177 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
1178 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
1179 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
1180 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
1181
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1182 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
1183 invoke @command{b2m} like this:
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1184
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1185 @example
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1186 b2m < @var{babyl-file} > @var{mbox-file}
2fc0bb5d638f (Out of Rmail): Document b2m.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 39287
diff changeset
1187 @end example
25829
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diff changeset
1188
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1189 @node Rmail Rot13
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1190 @section Reading Rot13 Messages
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1191 @cindex rot13 code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1192
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1193 Mailing list messages that might offend some readers are sometimes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1194 encoded in a simple code called @dfn{rot13}---so named because it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1195 rotates the alphabet by 13 letters. This code is not for secrecy, as it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1196 provides none; rather, it enables those who might be offended to avoid
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1197 ever seeing the real text of the message.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1198
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1199 @findex rot13-other-window
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1200 To view a buffer using the rot13 code, use the command @kbd{M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1201 rot13-other-window}. This displays the current buffer in another window
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1202 which applies the code when displaying the text.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1204 @node Movemail
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1205 @section @code{movemail} program
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1208 When invoked for the first time, Rmail attempts to locate the
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1209 @code{movemail} program and determine its version. There are two
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1210 versions of @code{movemail} program: the native one, shipped with GNU
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1211 Emacs (the ``emacs version'') and the one included in GNU mailutils
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1212 (the ``mailutils version,'' @pxref{movemail,,,mailutils,GNU
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1213 mailutils}). They support the same command line syntax and the same
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1214 basic subset of options. However, the @samp{mailutils} version offers
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1215 additional features.
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1216
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1217 The Emacs version of @code{movemail} is able to retrieve mail from
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1218 usual UNIX mailbox formats and from remote mailboxes using the POP3
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1219 protocol.
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1220
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1221 The Mailutils version is able to handle a wide set of mailbox
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1222 formats, such as plain UNIX mailboxes, @code{maildir} and @code{MH}
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1223 mailboxes, etc. It is able to retrieve remote mail using POP3 or
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1224 IMAP4 protocol, and can retrieve mail from them using a TLS encrypted
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1225 channel. It also accepts mailbox argument in the @acronym{URL} form.
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1226 The detailed description of mailbox @acronym{URL}s can be found in
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1227 @ref{URL,,,mailutils,Mailbox URL Formats}. In short, a @acronym{URL}
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1228 is:
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1229
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1230 @smallexample
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1231 @var{proto}://[@var{user}[:@var{password}]@@]@var{host-or-file-name}
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1232 @end smallexample
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1233
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1234 @noindent
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1235 where square brackets denote optional elements.
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1236
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1237 @table @var
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1238 @item proto
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1239 Specifies the @dfn{mailbox protocol}, or @dfn{format} to
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1240 use. The exact semantics of the rest of @acronym{URL} elements depends
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1241 on the actual value of @var{proto}.
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1242
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1243 @item user
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1244 User name to access the remote mailbox.
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1245
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1246 @item password
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1247 User password to access the remote mailbox.
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1248
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1249 @item host-or-file-name
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1250 Hostname of the remote server for remote mailboxes or file name of a
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1251 local mailbox.
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1252 @end table
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1253
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1254 @var{Proto} can be one of:
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1255
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1256 @table @asis
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1257 @item mbox
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1258 Usual UNIX mailbox format. In this case, neither @var{user} nor
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1259 @var{pass} are used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the file name of
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1260 the mailbox file, e.g., @code{mbox://var/spool/mail/smith}.
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1261
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1262 @item mh
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1263 A local mailbox in the @acronym{MH} format. @var{User} and
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1264 @var{pass} are not used. @var{Host-or-file-name} denotes the name of
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1265 @acronym{MH} folder, e.g., @code{mh://Mail/inbox}.
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1266
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1267 @item maildir
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1268 A local mailbox in the @acronym{maildir} format. @var{User} and
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1269 @var{pass} are not used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the name of
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1270 @code{maildir} mailbox, e.g., @code{maildir://mail/inbox}.
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1271
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1272 @item file
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1273 Any local mailbox format. Its actual format is detected automatically
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1274 by @code{movemail}.
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1275
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1276 @item pop
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1277 A remote mailbox to be accessed via POP3 protocol. @var{User}
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1278 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to
17c9e16e0207 Document support for GNU mailutils in rmail.el.
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1279 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP
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1280 address of the remote mail server to connect to; e.g.,
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1281 @code{pop://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}.
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1282
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1283 @item imap
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1284 A remote mailbox to be accessed via IMAP4 protocol. @var{User}
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1285 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to
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1286 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP
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1287 address of the remote mail server to connect to;
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1288 e.g., @code{imap://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}.
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1289 @end table
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1290
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1291 Alternatively, you can specify the file name of the mailbox to use.
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1292 This is equivalent to specifying the @samp{file} protocol:
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1293
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1294 @smallexample
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1295 /var/spool/mail/@var{user} @equiv{} file://var/spool/mail/@var{user}
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1296 @end smallexample
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1297
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1298 @vindex rmail-movemail-program
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1299 @vindex rmail-movemail-search-path
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1300 The variable @code{rmail-movemail-program} controls which version of
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1301 @code{movemail} to use. If that is a string, it specifies the
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1302 absolute file name of the @code{movemail} executable. If it is
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1303 @code{nil}, Rmail searches for @code{movemail} in the directories
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1304 listed in @code{rmail-movemail-search-path} and @code{exec-path}, then
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1305 in @code{exec-directory}.
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1306
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1307 @node Remote Mailboxes
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1308 @section Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
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1309 @pindex movemail
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1310
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1311 Some sites use a method called POP for accessing users' inbox data
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1312 instead of storing the data in inbox files. The @code{Emacs
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1313 movemail} can work with POP if you compile it with the macro
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1314 @code{MAIL_USE_POP} defined. (You can achieve that by specifying
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1315 @samp{--with-pop} when you run @code{configure} during the
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1316 installation of Emacs.)
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1317
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1318 The @code{Mailutils movemail} by default supports POP, unless configured
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1319 with @samp{--disable-pop} option.
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1320
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1321 Both versions of @code{movemail} only work with POP3, not with older
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1322 versions of POP.
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1323
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1324 @cindex @env{MAILHOST} environment variable
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1325 @cindex POP mailboxes
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1326 No matter which flavor of @code{movemail} you use, you can specify
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1327 POP inbox by using POP @dfn{URL} (@pxref{Movemail}). A POP
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1328 @acronym{URL} is a ``file name'' of the form
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1329 @samp{pop://@var{username}@@@var{hostname}}, where
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1330 @var{hostname} is the host name or IP address of the remote mail
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1331 server and @var{username} is the user name on that server.
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1332 Additionally, you may specify the password in the mailbox @acronym{URL}:
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1333 @samp{pop://@var{username}:@var{password}@@@var{hostname}}. In this
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1334 case, @var{password} takes preference over the one set by
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1335 @code{rmail-remote-password}. This is especially useful if you have
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1336 several remote mailboxes with different passwords.
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1338 For backward compatibility Rmail also supports two alternative ways
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1339 of specifying remote POP mailboxes. Specifying inbox name in the form
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1340 @samp{po:@var{username}:@var{hostname}} is equivalent to
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1341 @samp{pop://@var{username}@@@var{hostname}}. Alternatively, you may set
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1342 a ``file name'' of @samp{po:@var{username}} in the inbox list of an
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1343 Rmail file. @code{Movemail} will handle such a name by opening a
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1344 connection to the POP server. The @env{MAILHOST} environment variable
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1345 will in this case specify the machine to look for the server on.
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1346
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1347 @cindex IMAP mailboxes
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1348 Another method for accessing remote mailboxes is IMAP. This method is
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1349 supported only by the @code{mailutils movemail}. To specify an IMAP
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1350 mailbox in the inbox list, use the following mailbox @acronym{URL}:
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1351 @samp{imap://@var{username}[:@var{password}]@@@var{hostname}}. The
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1352 @var{password} part is optional, as described above.
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1353
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1354 @vindex rmail-remote-password
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1355 @vindex rmail-remote-password-required
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1356 @vindex rmail-pop-password
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1357 @vindex rmail-pop-password-required
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1358 Accessing a remote mailbox may require a password. Rmail uses the
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1359 following algorithm to retrieve it:
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1360
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1361 @enumerate
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1362 @item
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1363 If the @var{password} is present in mailbox URL (see above), it is
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1364 used.
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1365 @item
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1366 If the variable @code{rmail-remote-password} is non-@code{nil}, its
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1367 value is used.
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1368 @item
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1369 Otherwise, if @code{rmail-remote-password-required} is non-@code{nil},
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1370 then Rmail will ask you for the password to use.
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1371 @item
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1372 Otherwise, Rmail assumes no password is required.
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1373 @end enumerate
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1374
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1375 For compatibility with previous versions, @code{rmail-pop-password}
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1376 and @code{rmail-pop-password-required} may be used instead of
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1377 @code{rmail-remote-password} and @code{rmail-remote-password-required}.
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1379 @vindex rmail-movemail-flags
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1380 If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @code{movemail},
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1381 set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you
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1382 wish to use. Do not use this variable to pass the @samp{-p} flag to
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1383 preserve your inbox contents; use @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} instead.
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1384
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1385 @cindex Kerberos POP authentication
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1386 The @code{movemail} program installed at your site may support
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1387 Kerberos authentication. If it is
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1388 supported, it is used by default whenever you attempt to retrieve
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1389 POP mail when @code{rmail-pop-password} and
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1390 @code{rmail-pop-password-required} are unset.
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1391
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1392 @cindex reverse order in POP inboxes
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1393 Some POP servers store messages in reverse order. If your server does
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1394 this, and you would rather read your mail in the order in which it was
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1395 received, you can tell @code{movemail} to reverse the order of
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1396 downloaded messages by adding the @samp{-r} flag to
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1397 @code{rmail-movemail-flags}.
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1398
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1399 @cindex TLS encryption (Rmail)
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1400 @code{Mailutils movemail} supports TLS encryption. If you wish to
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1401 use it, add the @samp{--tls} flag to @code{rmail-movemail-flags}.
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1402
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1403 @node Other Mailbox Formats
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1404 @section Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in Various Formats
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1405
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1406 If your incoming mail is stored on a local machine in a format other
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1407 than UNIX mailbox, you will need the @code{mailutils movemail} to retrieve
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1408 it. @xref{Movemail}, for the detailed description of @code{movemail}
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1409 versions.
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1410
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1411 For example, to retrieve mail from a @code{maildir} inbox located in
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1412 @file{/var/spool/mail/in}, you would set the following in Rmail inbox list:
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1413
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1414 @smallexample
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1415 maildir://var/spool/mail/in
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1416 @end smallexample
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1417
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1418 @ignore
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1419 arch-tag: 034965f6-38df-47a2-a9f1-b8bc8ab37e23
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1420 @end ignore