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84264 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, | |
100974 | 3 @c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
84264 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Rmail, Dired, Sending Mail, Top | |
6 @chapter Reading Mail with Rmail | |
7 @cindex Rmail | |
8 @cindex reading mail | |
9 @findex rmail | |
10 @findex rmail-mode | |
11 @vindex rmail-mode-hook | |
12 | |
13 Rmail is an Emacs subsystem for reading and disposing of mail that | |
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14 you receive. Rmail stores mail messages in files called Rmail files. |
102341 | 15 Reading the messages 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 mail. |
84264 | 17 @menu |
18 * Basic: Rmail Basics. Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use. | |
19 * Scroll: Rmail Scrolling. Scrolling through a message. | |
20 * Motion: Rmail Motion. Moving to another message. | |
21 * Deletion: Rmail Deletion. Deleting and expunging messages. | |
22 * Inbox: Rmail Inbox. How mail gets into the Rmail file. | |
23 * Files: Rmail Files. Using multiple Rmail files. | |
102341 | 24 * Output: Rmail Output. Copying messages out to files. |
84264 | 25 * Labels: Rmail Labels. Classifying messages by labeling them. |
26 * Attrs: Rmail Attributes. Certain standard labels, called attributes. | |
27 * Reply: Rmail Reply. Sending replies to messages you are viewing. | |
28 * Summary: Rmail Summary. Summaries show brief info on many messages. | |
29 * Sort: Rmail Sorting. Sorting messages in Rmail. | |
30 * Display: Rmail Display. How Rmail displays a message; customization. | |
31 * Coding: Rmail Coding. How Rmail handles decoding character sets. | |
32 * Editing: Rmail Editing. Editing message text and headers in Rmail. | |
33 * Digest: Rmail Digest. Extracting the messages from a digest message. | |
34 * Rot13: Rmail Rot13. Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code. | |
35 * Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail. | |
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36 * Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving mail from remote mailboxes. |
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37 * Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving mail from local mailboxes in |
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38 various formats. |
84264 | 39 @end menu |
40 | |
41 @node Rmail Basics | |
42 @section Basic Concepts of Rmail | |
43 | |
44 @cindex primary Rmail file | |
45 @vindex rmail-file-name | |
46 Using Rmail in the simplest fashion, you have one Rmail file | |
47 @file{~/RMAIL} in which all of your mail is saved. It is called your | |
48 @dfn{primary Rmail file}. The command @kbd{M-x rmail} reads your primary | |
49 Rmail file, merges new mail in from your inboxes, displays the first | |
50 message you haven't read yet, and lets you begin reading. The variable | |
51 @code{rmail-file-name} specifies the name of the primary Rmail file. | |
52 | |
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53 Rmail displays only one message in the Rmail file at a time. |
84264 | 54 The message that is shown is called the @dfn{current message}. Rmail |
55 mode's special commands can do such things as delete the current | |
56 message, copy it into another file, send a reply, or move to another | |
57 message. You can also create multiple Rmail files and use Rmail to move | |
58 messages between them. | |
59 | |
60 @cindex message number | |
61 Within the Rmail file, messages are normally arranged sequentially in | |
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62 order of receipt; you can specify other ways to sort them (@pxref{Rmail |
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63 Sorting}). Messages are identified by consecutive integers which are |
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64 their @dfn{message numbers}. The number of the current message is |
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65 displayed in Rmail's mode line, followed by the total number of messages |
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66 in the file. You can move to a message by specifying its message number |
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67 with the @kbd{j} key (@pxref{Rmail Motion}). |
84264 | 68 |
69 @kindex s @r{(Rmail)} | |
70 @findex rmail-expunge-and-save | |
71 Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file | |
72 become permanent only when you save the file. You can save it with | |
73 @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-expunge-and-save}), which also expunges deleted | |
74 messages from the file first (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). To save the | |
75 file without expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail | |
76 file after merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}). | |
77 | |
78 @kindex q @r{(Rmail)} | |
79 @findex rmail-quit | |
80 @kindex b @r{(Rmail)} | |
81 @findex rmail-bury | |
82 You can exit Rmail with @kbd{q} (@code{rmail-quit}); this expunges | |
83 and saves the Rmail file, then buries the Rmail buffer as well as its | |
84 summary buffer, if present (@pxref{Rmail Summary}). But there is no | |
85 need to ``exit'' formally. If you switch from Rmail to editing in | |
86 other buffers, and never switch back, you have exited. Just make sure | |
87 to save the Rmail file eventually (like any other file you have | |
88 changed). @kbd{C-x s} is a suitable way to do this (@pxref{Save | |
89 Commands}). The Rmail command @kbd{b}, @code{rmail-bury}, buries the | |
90 Rmail buffer and its summary buffer without expunging and saving the | |
91 Rmail file. | |
92 | |
93 @node Rmail Scrolling | |
94 @section Scrolling Within a Message | |
95 | |
96 When Rmail displays a message that does not fit on the screen, you | |
97 must scroll through it to read the rest. You could do this with | |
98 @kbd{C-v}, @kbd{M-v} and @kbd{M-<}, but in Rmail scrolling is so | |
99 frequent that it deserves to be easier. | |
100 | |
101 @table @kbd | |
102 @item @key{SPC} | |
103 Scroll forward (@code{scroll-up}). | |
104 @item @key{DEL} | |
105 Scroll backward (@code{scroll-down}). | |
106 @item . | |
107 Scroll to start of message (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}). | |
108 @item / | |
109 Scroll to end of message (@code{rmail-end-of-message}). | |
110 @end table | |
111 | |
112 @kindex SPC @r{(Rmail)} | |
113 @kindex DEL @r{(Rmail)} | |
114 Since the most common thing to do while reading a message is to scroll | |
115 through it by screenfuls, Rmail makes @key{SPC} and @key{DEL} synonyms of | |
116 @kbd{C-v} (@code{scroll-up}) and @kbd{M-v} (@code{scroll-down}) | |
117 | |
118 @kindex . @r{(Rmail)} | |
119 @kindex / @r{(Rmail)} | |
120 @findex rmail-beginning-of-message | |
121 @findex rmail-end-of-message | |
122 The command @kbd{.} (@code{rmail-beginning-of-message}) scrolls back to the | |
123 beginning of the selected message. This is not quite the same as @kbd{M-<}: | |
124 for one thing, it does not set the mark; for another, it resets the buffer | |
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125 boundaries of the current message if you have changed them. Similarly, |
84264 | 126 the command @kbd{/} (@code{rmail-end-of-message}) scrolls forward to the end |
127 of the selected message. | |
102341 | 128 @c The comment about buffer boundaries is still true in mbox Rmail, if |
129 @c less likely to be relevant. | |
84264 | 130 |
131 @node Rmail Motion | |
132 @section Moving Among Messages | |
133 | |
134 The most basic thing to do with a message is to read it. The way to | |
135 do this in Rmail is to make the message current. The usual practice is | |
136 to move sequentially through the file, since this is the order of | |
137 receipt of messages. When you enter Rmail, you are positioned at the | |
138 first message that you have not yet made current (that is, the first one | |
139 that has the @samp{unseen} attribute; @pxref{Rmail Attributes}). Move | |
140 forward to see the other new messages; move backward to re-examine old | |
141 messages. | |
142 | |
143 @table @kbd | |
144 @item n | |
145 Move to the next nondeleted message, skipping any intervening deleted | |
146 messages (@code{rmail-next-undeleted-message}). | |
147 @item p | |
148 Move to the previous nondeleted message | |
149 (@code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}). | |
150 @item M-n | |
151 Move to the next message, including deleted messages | |
152 (@code{rmail-next-message}). | |
153 @item M-p | |
154 Move to the previous message, including deleted messages | |
155 (@code{rmail-previous-message}). | |
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156 @item C-c C-n |
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157 Move to the next message with the same subject as the current one |
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158 (@code{rmail-next-same-subject}). |
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159 @item C-c C-p |
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160 Move to the previous message with the same subject as the current one |
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161 (@code{rmail-previous-same-subject}). |
84264 | 162 @item j |
163 Move to the first message. With argument @var{n}, move to | |
164 message number @var{n} (@code{rmail-show-message}). | |
165 @item > | |
166 Move to the last message (@code{rmail-last-message}). | |
167 @item < | |
168 Move to the first message (@code{rmail-first-message}). | |
169 | |
170 @item M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
171 Move to the next message containing a match for @var{regexp} | |
172 (@code{rmail-search}). | |
173 | |
174 @item - M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
175 Move to the previous message containing a match for @var{regexp}. | |
176 @end table | |
177 | |
178 @kindex n @r{(Rmail)} | |
179 @kindex p @r{(Rmail)} | |
180 @kindex M-n @r{(Rmail)} | |
181 @kindex M-p @r{(Rmail)} | |
182 @findex rmail-next-undeleted-message | |
183 @findex rmail-previous-undeleted-message | |
184 @findex rmail-next-message | |
185 @findex rmail-previous-message | |
186 @kbd{n} and @kbd{p} are the usual way of moving among messages in | |
187 Rmail. They move through the messages sequentially, but skip over | |
188 deleted messages, which is usually what you want to do. Their command | |
189 definitions are named @code{rmail-next-undeleted-message} and | |
190 @code{rmail-previous-undeleted-message}. If you do not want to skip | |
191 deleted messages---for example, if you want to move to a message to | |
192 undelete it---use the variants @kbd{M-n} and @kbd{M-p} | |
193 (@code{rmail-next-message} and @code{rmail-previous-message}). A | |
194 numeric argument to any of these commands serves as a repeat | |
195 count. | |
196 | |
197 In Rmail, you can specify a numeric argument by typing just the | |
198 digits. You don't need to type @kbd{C-u} first. | |
199 | |
200 @kindex M-s @r{(Rmail)} | |
201 @findex rmail-search | |
202 @cindex searching in Rmail | |
203 The @kbd{M-s} (@code{rmail-search}) command is Rmail's version of | |
204 search. The usual incremental search command @kbd{C-s} works in Rmail, | |
205 but it searches only within the current message. The purpose of | |
206 @kbd{M-s} is to search for another message. It reads a regular | |
207 expression (@pxref{Regexps}) nonincrementally, then searches starting at | |
208 the beginning of the following message for a match. It then selects | |
209 that message. If @var{regexp} is empty, @kbd{M-s} reuses the regexp | |
210 used the previous time. | |
211 | |
212 To search backward in the file for another message, give @kbd{M-s} a | |
102341 | 213 negative argument. In Rmail you can do this with @kbd{- M-s}. This |
214 begins searching from the end of the previous message. | |
84264 | 215 |
216 It is also possible to search for a message based on labels. | |
217 @xref{Rmail Labels}. | |
218 | |
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219 @kindex C-c C-n @r{(Rmail)} |
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220 @kindex C-c C-p @r{(Rmail)} |
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221 @findex rmail-next-same-subject |
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222 @findex rmail-previous-same-subject |
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223 The @kbd{C-c C-n} (@code{rmail-next-same-subject}) command moves to |
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224 the next message with the same subject as the current one. A prefix |
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225 argument serves as a repeat count. With a negative argument, this |
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226 command moves backward, acting like @kbd{C-c C-p} |
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228 commands ignore the prefixes typically added to the subjects of replies. |
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84264 | 230 @kindex j @r{(Rmail)} |
231 @kindex > @r{(Rmail)} | |
232 @kindex < @r{(Rmail)} | |
233 @findex rmail-show-message | |
234 @findex rmail-last-message | |
235 @findex rmail-first-message | |
236 To move to a message specified by absolute message number, use @kbd{j} | |
237 (@code{rmail-show-message}) with the message number as argument. With | |
238 no argument, @kbd{j} selects the first message. @kbd{<} | |
239 (@code{rmail-first-message}) also selects the first message. @kbd{>} | |
240 (@code{rmail-last-message}) selects the last message. | |
241 | |
242 @node Rmail Deletion | |
243 @section Deleting Messages | |
244 | |
245 @cindex deletion (Rmail) | |
246 When you no longer need to keep a message, you can @dfn{delete} it. This | |
247 flags it as ignorable, and some Rmail commands pretend it is no longer | |
248 present; but it still has its place in the Rmail file, and still has its | |
249 message number. | |
250 | |
251 @cindex expunging (Rmail) | |
252 @dfn{Expunging} the Rmail file actually removes the deleted messages. | |
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253 The remaining messages are renumbered consecutively. |
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254 @c The following is neither true (there is also unforward, sorting, |
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255 @c etc), nor especially interesting. |
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256 @c Expunging is the only action that changes the message number of any |
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257 @c message, except for undigestifying (@pxref{Rmail Digest}). |
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259 @table @kbd | |
260 @item d | |
261 Delete the current message, and move to the next nondeleted message | |
262 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}). | |
263 @item C-d | |
264 Delete the current message, and move to the previous nondeleted | |
265 message (@code{rmail-delete-backward}). | |
266 @item u | |
102341 | 267 Undelete the current message, or move back to the previous deleted |
268 message and undelete it (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}). | |
84264 | 269 @item x |
270 Expunge the Rmail file (@code{rmail-expunge}). | |
271 @end table | |
272 | |
273 @kindex d @r{(Rmail)} | |
274 @kindex C-d @r{(Rmail)} | |
275 @findex rmail-delete-forward | |
276 @findex rmail-delete-backward | |
277 There are two Rmail commands for deleting messages. Both delete the | |
278 current message and select another message. @kbd{d} | |
279 (@code{rmail-delete-forward}) moves to the following message, skipping | |
280 messages already deleted, while @kbd{C-d} (@code{rmail-delete-backward}) | |
281 moves to the previous nondeleted message. If there is no nondeleted | |
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283 deleted remains current. @kbd{d} with a prefix argument is equivalent |
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285 behave slightly differently (@pxref{Rmail Summary Edit}). |
84264 | 286 |
102341 | 287 @c mention other hooks, eg show message hook? |
84264 | 288 @vindex rmail-delete-message-hook |
289 Whenever Rmail deletes a message, it runs the hook | |
290 @code{rmail-delete-message-hook}. When the hook functions are invoked, | |
291 the message has been marked deleted, but it is still the current message | |
292 in the Rmail buffer. | |
293 | |
294 @cindex undeletion (Rmail) | |
295 @kindex x @r{(Rmail)} | |
296 @findex rmail-expunge | |
297 @kindex u @r{(Rmail)} | |
298 @findex rmail-undelete-previous-message | |
299 To make all the deleted messages finally vanish from the Rmail file, | |
300 type @kbd{x} (@code{rmail-expunge}). Until you do this, you can still | |
301 @dfn{undelete} the deleted messages. The undeletion command, @kbd{u} | |
302 (@code{rmail-undelete-previous-message}), is designed to cancel the | |
303 effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases. It undeletes the current | |
304 message if the current message is deleted. Otherwise it moves backward | |
305 to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes | |
306 that message. | |
307 | |
308 You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u} | |
309 moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted. But | |
310 this does not work when the @kbd{d} skips a few already-deleted messages | |
311 that follow the message being deleted; then the @kbd{u} command | |
312 undeletes the last of the messages that were skipped. There is no clean | |
313 way to avoid this problem. However, by repeating the @kbd{u} command, | |
314 you can eventually get back to the message that you intend to | |
315 undelete. You can also select a particular deleted message with | |
316 the @kbd{M-p} command, then type @kbd{u} to undelete it. | |
317 | |
318 A deleted message has the @samp{deleted} attribute, and as a result | |
319 @samp{deleted} appears in the mode line when the current message is | |
320 deleted. In fact, deleting or undeleting a message is nothing more than | |
321 adding or removing this attribute. @xref{Rmail Attributes}. | |
322 | |
323 @node Rmail Inbox | |
324 @section Rmail Files and Inboxes | |
325 @cindex inbox file | |
326 | |
327 When you receive mail locally, the operating system places incoming | |
328 mail for you in a file that we call your @dfn{inbox}. When you start | |
329 up Rmail, it runs a C program called @code{movemail} to copy the new | |
330 messages from your local inbox into your primary Rmail file, which | |
331 also contains other messages saved from previous Rmail sessions. It | |
332 is in this file that you actually read the mail with Rmail. This | |
333 operation is called @dfn{getting new mail}. You can get new mail at | |
334 any time in Rmail by typing @kbd{g}. | |
335 | |
336 @vindex rmail-primary-inbox-list | |
337 @cindex @env{MAIL} environment variable | |
338 The variable @code{rmail-primary-inbox-list} contains a list of the | |
339 files which are inboxes for your primary Rmail file. If you don't set | |
102341 | 340 this variable explicitly, Rmail uses the @env{MAIL} environment |
341 variable, or, as a last resort, a default inbox based on | |
342 @code{rmail-spool-directory}. The default inbox file depends on your | |
343 operating system; often it is @file{/var/mail/@var{username}}, | |
344 @file{/var/spool/mail/@var{username}}, or | |
345 @file{/usr/spool/mail/@var{username}}. | |
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102341 | 347 You can specify the inbox file(s) for any Rmail file for the current |
348 session with the command @code{set-rmail-inbox-list}; see @ref{Rmail | |
349 Files}. | |
84264 | 350 |
351 There are two reasons for having separate Rmail files and inboxes. | |
352 | |
353 @enumerate | |
354 @item | |
355 The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to | |
356 the other mail software in use. Only one part of Rmail needs to know | |
357 about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all | |
358 of them to Rmail's own format. | |
359 | |
360 @item | |
361 It is very cumbersome to access an inbox file without danger of losing | |
362 mail, because it is necessary to interlock with mail delivery. | |
363 Moreover, different operating systems use different interlocking | |
364 techniques. The strategy of moving mail out of the inbox once and for | |
365 all into a separate Rmail file avoids the need for interlocking in all | |
366 the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file. | |
367 @end enumerate | |
368 | |
102341 | 369 Rmail was originally written to use the Babyl format as its internal |
370 format. Since then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format | |
371 (@samp{mbox}) on Unix and GNU systems is adequate for the job, and so | |
372 since Emacs 23 Rmail uses that as its internal format. The Rmail file | |
373 is still separate from the inbox file, even though their format is the | |
374 same. | |
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376 @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox | |
377 When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the | |
378 inbox file to the Rmail file; then it saves the Rmail file; then it | |
379 clears out the inbox file. This way, a system crash may cause | |
380 duplication of mail between the inbox and the Rmail file, but cannot | |
381 lose mail. If @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} is non-@code{nil}, then | |
382 Rmail does not clear out the inbox file when it gets new mail. You | |
383 may wish to set this, for example, on a portable computer you use to | |
384 check your mail via POP while traveling, so that your mail will remain | |
385 on the server and you can save it later on your workstation. | |
386 | |
387 In some cases, Rmail copies the new mail from the inbox file | |
388 indirectly. First it runs the @code{movemail} program to move the mail | |
389 from the inbox to an intermediate file called | |
102341 | 390 @file{.newmail-@var{inboxname}}, in the same directory as the Rmail |
391 file. Then Rmail merges the new mail from that file, saves the Rmail | |
392 file, and only then deletes the intermediate file. If there is a crash | |
393 at the wrong time, this file continues to exist, and Rmail will use it | |
394 again the next time it gets new mail from that inbox. | |
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396 If Rmail is unable to convert the data in | |
102341 | 397 @file{.newmail-@var{inboxname}} into mbox format, it renames the file to |
398 @file{RMAILOSE.@var{n}} (@var{n} is an integer chosen to make the name | |
399 unique) so that Rmail will not have trouble with the data again. You | |
400 should look at the file, find whatever message confuses Rmail (probably | |
401 one that includes the control-underscore character, octal code 037), and | |
402 delete it. Then you can use @kbd{1 g} to get new mail from the | |
403 corrected file. | |
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405 @node Rmail Files | |
406 @section Multiple Rmail Files | |
407 | |
408 Rmail operates by default on your @dfn{primary Rmail file}, which is named | |
409 @file{~/RMAIL} and receives your incoming mail from your system inbox file. | |
410 But you can also have other Rmail files and edit them with Rmail. These | |
411 files can receive mail through their own inboxes, or you can move messages | |
412 into them with explicit Rmail commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}). | |
413 | |
414 @table @kbd | |
415 @item i @var{file} @key{RET} | |
416 Read @var{file} into Emacs and run Rmail on it (@code{rmail-input}). | |
417 | |
418 @item M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files} @key{RET} | |
419 Specify inbox file names for current Rmail file to get mail from. | |
420 | |
421 @item g | |
422 Merge new mail from current Rmail file's inboxes | |
423 (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}). | |
424 | |
425 @item C-u g @var{file} @key{RET} | |
426 Merge new mail from inbox file @var{file}. | |
427 @end table | |
428 | |
429 @kindex i @r{(Rmail)} | |
430 @findex rmail-input | |
431 To run Rmail on a file other than your primary Rmail file, you can use | |
432 the @kbd{i} (@code{rmail-input}) command in Rmail. This visits the file | |
433 in Rmail mode. You can use @kbd{M-x rmail-input} even when not in | |
434 Rmail, but it is easier to type @kbd{C-u M-x rmail}, which does the | |
435 same thing. | |
436 | |
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445 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-directory | |
446 @vindex rmail-secondary-file-regexp | |
447 You can also select an Rmail file from a menu. In the Classify menu, | |
448 choose the Input Rmail File item; then choose the Rmail file you want. | |
449 The variables @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and | |
450 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the | |
451 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the | |
102341 | 452 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that match |
453 the regular expression). If no files match, you cannot select this menu | |
454 item. These variables also apply to choosing a file for output | |
455 (@pxref{Rmail Output}). | |
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84264 | 458 @findex set-rmail-inbox-list |
459 Each Rmail file can contain a list of inbox file names; you can specify | |
460 this list with @kbd{M-x set-rmail-inbox-list @key{RET} @var{files} | |
461 @key{RET}}. The argument can contain any number of file names, separated | |
462 by commas. It can also be empty, which specifies that this file should | |
463 have no inboxes. Once you specify a list of inboxes in an Rmail file, | |
464 the Rmail file remembers it permanently until you specify a different list. | |
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469 @code{rmail-inbox-list}, which is buffer-local in Rmail mode. As a |
102341 | 470 special exception, if you have specified no inbox files for your primary |
471 Rmail file, it uses the @env{MAIL} environment variable, or your | |
472 standard system inbox. | |
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474 @kindex g @r{(Rmail)} | |
475 @findex rmail-get-new-mail | |
476 The @kbd{g} command (@code{rmail-get-new-mail}) merges mail into the | |
477 current Rmail file from its inboxes. If the Rmail file has no | |
478 inboxes, @kbd{g} does nothing. The command @kbd{M-x rmail} also | |
479 merges new mail into your primary Rmail file. | |
480 | |
481 To merge mail from a file that is not the usual inbox, give the | |
482 @kbd{g} key a numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u g}. Then it reads a file | |
483 name and merges mail from that file. The inbox file is not deleted or | |
484 changed in any way when @kbd{g} with an argument is used. This is, | |
485 therefore, a general way of merging one file of messages into another. | |
486 | |
487 @node Rmail Output | |
488 @section Copying Messages Out to Files | |
489 | |
490 These commands copy messages from an Rmail file into another file. | |
491 | |
492 @table @kbd | |
493 @item o @var{file} @key{RET} | |
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497 @item C-o @var{file} @key{RET} | |
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499 @var{file} (@code{rmail-output-as-seen}). |
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501 @item w @var{file} @key{RET} | |
502 Output just the message body to the file @var{file}, taking the default | |
503 file name from the message @samp{Subject} header. | |
504 @end table | |
505 | |
506 @kindex o @r{(Rmail)} | |
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84264 | 508 @kindex C-o @r{(Rmail)} |
509 @findex rmail-output | |
510 The commands @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} copy the current message into a | |
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523 @kindex w @r{(Rmail)} | |
524 @findex rmail-output-body-to-file | |
525 Sometimes you may receive a message whose body holds the contents of a | |
526 file. You can save the body to a file (excluding the message header) | |
527 with the @kbd{w} command (@code{rmail-output-body-to-file}). Often | |
528 these messages contain the intended file name in the @samp{Subject} | |
529 field, so the @kbd{w} command uses the @samp{Subject} field as the | |
530 default for the output file name. However, the file name is read using | |
531 the minibuffer, so you can specify a different name if you wish. | |
532 | |
533 You can also output a message to an Rmail file chosen with a menu. | |
534 In the Classify menu, choose the Output Rmail File menu item; then | |
535 choose the Rmail file you want. This outputs the current message to | |
536 that file, like the @kbd{o} command. The variables | |
537 @code{rmail-secondary-file-directory} and | |
538 @code{rmail-secondary-file-regexp} specify which files to offer in the | |
539 menu: the first variable says which directory to find them in; the | |
540 second says which files in that directory to offer (all those that | |
102341 | 541 match the regular expression). If no files match, you cannot select |
542 this menu item. | |
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544 @vindex rmail-delete-after-output | |
545 Copying a message with @kbd{o} or @kbd{C-o} gives the original copy | |
546 of the message the @samp{filed} attribute, so that @samp{filed} | |
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554 @vindex rmail-output-file-alist | |
555 The variable @code{rmail-output-file-alist} lets you specify | |
556 intelligent defaults for the output file, based on the contents of the | |
557 current message. The value should be a list whose elements have this | |
558 form: | |
559 | |
560 @example | |
561 (@var{regexp} . @var{name-exp}) | |
562 @end example | |
563 | |
564 @noindent | |
565 If there's a match for @var{regexp} in the current message, then the | |
566 default file name for output is @var{name-exp}. If multiple elements | |
567 match the message, the first matching element decides the default file | |
568 name. The subexpression @var{name-exp} may be a string constant giving | |
569 the file name to use, or more generally it may be any Lisp expression | |
570 that returns a file name as a string. @code{rmail-output-file-alist} | |
571 applies to both @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o}. | |
572 | |
573 @node Rmail Labels | |
574 @section Labels | |
575 @cindex label (Rmail) | |
576 @cindex attribute (Rmail) | |
577 | |
578 Each message can have various @dfn{labels} assigned to it as a means | |
579 of classification. Each label has a name; different names are different | |
580 labels. Any given label is either present or absent on a particular | |
581 message. A few label names have standard meanings and are given to | |
582 messages automatically by Rmail when appropriate; these special labels | |
583 are called @dfn{attributes}. | |
584 @ifnottex | |
585 (@xref{Rmail Attributes}.) | |
586 @end ifnottex | |
587 All other labels are assigned only by users. | |
588 | |
589 @table @kbd | |
590 @item a @var{label} @key{RET} | |
591 Assign the label @var{label} to the current message (@code{rmail-add-label}). | |
592 @item k @var{label} @key{RET} | |
593 Remove the label @var{label} from the current message (@code{rmail-kill-label}). | |
594 @item C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
595 Move to the next message that has one of the labels @var{labels} | |
596 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}). | |
597 @item C-M-p @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
598 Move to the previous message that has one of the labels @var{labels} | |
599 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}). | |
600 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
601 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
602 Make a summary of all messages containing any of the labels @var{labels} | |
603 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}). | |
604 @end table | |
605 | |
606 @kindex a @r{(Rmail)} | |
607 @kindex k @r{(Rmail)} | |
608 @findex rmail-add-label | |
609 @findex rmail-kill-label | |
610 The @kbd{a} (@code{rmail-add-label}) and @kbd{k} | |
611 (@code{rmail-kill-label}) commands allow you to assign or remove any | |
612 label on the current message. If the @var{label} argument is empty, it | |
613 means to assign or remove the same label most recently assigned or | |
614 removed. | |
615 | |
616 Once you have given messages labels to classify them as you wish, there | |
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619 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Rmail)} | |
620 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Rmail)} | |
621 @findex rmail-next-labeled-message | |
622 @findex rmail-previous-labeled-message | |
623 The command @kbd{C-M-n @var{labels} @key{RET}} | |
624 (@code{rmail-next-labeled-message}) moves to the next message that has | |
625 one of the labels @var{labels}. The argument @var{labels} specifies one | |
626 or more label names, separated by commas. @kbd{C-M-p} | |
627 (@code{rmail-previous-labeled-message}) is similar, but moves backwards | |
628 to previous messages. A numeric argument to either command serves as a | |
629 repeat count. | |
630 | |
631 The command @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}} | |
632 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) displays a summary containing only the | |
633 messages that have at least one of a specified set of labels. The | |
634 argument @var{labels} is one or more label names, separated by commas. | |
635 @xref{Rmail Summary}, for information on summaries. | |
636 | |
637 If the @var{labels} argument to @kbd{C-M-n}, @kbd{C-M-p} or | |
638 @kbd{C-M-l} is empty, it means to use the last set of labels specified | |
639 for any of these commands. | |
640 | |
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644 @section Rmail Attributes | |
645 | |
646 Some labels such as @samp{deleted} and @samp{filed} have built-in | |
647 meanings, and Rmail assigns them to messages automatically at | |
648 appropriate times; these labels are called @dfn{attributes}. Here is | |
649 a list of Rmail attributes: | |
650 | |
651 @table @samp | |
652 @item unseen | |
653 Means the message has never been current. Assigned to messages when | |
654 they come from an inbox file, and removed when a message is made | |
655 current. When you start Rmail, it initially shows the first message | |
656 that has this attribute. | |
657 @item deleted | |
658 Means the message is deleted. Assigned by deletion commands and | |
659 removed by undeletion commands (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). | |
660 @item filed | |
661 Means the message has been copied to some other file. Assigned by the | |
662 @kbd{o} and @kbd{C-o} file output commands (@pxref{Rmail Output}). | |
663 @item answered | |
664 Means you have mailed an answer to the message. Assigned by the @kbd{r} | |
665 command (@code{rmail-reply}). @xref{Rmail Reply}. | |
666 @item forwarded | |
667 Means you have forwarded the message. Assigned by the @kbd{f} command | |
668 (@code{rmail-forward}). @xref{Rmail Reply}. | |
669 @item edited | |
670 Means you have edited the text of the message within Rmail. | |
671 @xref{Rmail Editing}. | |
672 @item resent | |
673 Means you have resent the message. Assigned by the command @kbd{M-x | |
674 rmail-resend}. @xref{Rmail Reply}. | |
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679 | |
680 All other labels are assigned or removed only by users, and have no | |
681 standard meaning. | |
682 | |
683 @node Rmail Reply | |
684 @section Sending Replies | |
685 | |
686 Rmail has several commands that use Mail mode to send outgoing mail. | |
687 @xref{Sending Mail}, for information on using Mail mode, including | |
688 certain features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents | |
689 are the special commands of Rmail for entering Mail mode. Note that the | |
690 usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and @kbd{C-x 5 | |
691 m}---also work normally in Rmail mode. | |
692 | |
693 @table @kbd | |
694 @item m | |
695 Send a message (@code{rmail-mail}). | |
696 @item c | |
697 Continue editing the already started outgoing message (@code{rmail-continue}). | |
698 @item r | |
699 Send a reply to the current Rmail message (@code{rmail-reply}). | |
700 @item f | |
701 Forward the current message to other users (@code{rmail-forward}). | |
702 @item C-u f | |
703 Resend the current message to other users (@code{rmail-resend}). | |
704 @item M-m | |
705 Try sending a bounced message a second time (@code{rmail-retry-failure}). | |
706 @end table | |
707 | |
708 @kindex r @r{(Rmail)} | |
709 @findex rmail-reply | |
710 @cindex reply to a message | |
711 The most common reason to send a message while in Rmail is to reply | |
712 to the message you are reading. To do this, type @kbd{r} | |
713 (@code{rmail-reply}). This displays the @samp{*mail*} buffer in | |
714 another window, much like @kbd{C-x 4 m}, but preinitializes the | |
715 @samp{Subject}, @samp{To}, @samp{CC}, @samp{In-reply-to} and | |
716 @samp{References} header fields based on the message you are replying | |
717 to. The @samp{To} field starts out as the address of the person who | |
718 sent the message you received, and the @samp{CC} field starts out with | |
719 all the other recipients of that message. | |
720 | |
721 @vindex rmail-dont-reply-to-names | |
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729 name starting with @samp{info-}. (Those names are excluded because |
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731 announcements.) |
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733 To omit the @samp{CC} field completely for a particular reply, enter | |
734 the reply command with a numeric argument: @kbd{C-u r} or @kbd{1 r}. | |
735 This means to reply only to the sender of the original message. | |
736 | |
737 Once the @samp{*mail*} buffer has been initialized, editing and | |
738 sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit the | |
739 presupplied header fields if they are not what you want. You can also | |
740 use the commands of Mail mode (@pxref{Mail Mode}), including @kbd{C-c | |
741 C-y} which yanks in the message that you are replying to. You can | |
742 also switch to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch | |
743 back, and yank the new current message. | |
744 | |
745 @kindex M-m @r{(Rmail)} | |
746 @findex rmail-retry-failure | |
747 @cindex retrying a failed message | |
748 @vindex rmail-retry-ignored-headers | |
749 Sometimes a message does not reach its destination. Mailers usually | |
750 send the failed message back to you, enclosed in a @dfn{failure | |
751 message}. The Rmail command @kbd{M-m} (@code{rmail-retry-failure}) | |
752 prepares to send the same message a second time: it sets up a | |
753 @samp{*mail*} buffer with the same text and header fields as before. If | |
754 you type @kbd{C-c C-c} right away, you send the message again exactly | |
755 the same as the first time. Alternatively, you can edit the text or | |
756 headers and then send it. The variable | |
757 @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as | |
758 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which | |
759 headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it. | |
760 | |
761 @kindex f @r{(Rmail)} | |
762 @findex rmail-forward | |
763 @cindex forwarding a message | |
764 Another frequent reason to send mail in Rmail is to @dfn{forward} the | |
765 current message to other users. @kbd{f} (@code{rmail-forward}) makes | |
766 this easy by preinitializing the @samp{*mail*} buffer with the current | |
767 message as the text, and a subject designating a forwarded message. All | |
768 you have to do is fill in the recipients and send. When you forward a | |
769 message, recipients get a message which is ``from'' you, and which has | |
770 the original message in its contents. | |
771 | |
772 @findex unforward-rmail-message | |
773 Forwarding a message encloses it between two delimiter lines. It also | |
774 modifies every line that starts with a dash, by inserting @w{@samp{- }} | |
775 at the start of the line. When you receive a forwarded message, if it | |
776 contains something besides ordinary text---for example, program source | |
777 code---you might find it useful to undo that transformation. You can do | |
778 this by selecting the forwarded message and typing @kbd{M-x | |
779 unforward-rmail-message}. This command extracts the original forwarded | |
780 message, deleting the inserted @w{@samp{- }} strings, and inserts it | |
781 into the Rmail file as a separate message immediately following the | |
782 current one. | |
783 | |
784 @findex rmail-resend | |
785 @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the | |
786 difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the | |
787 original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields | |
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84264 | 789 you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs |
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791 numeric argument.) |
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793 @kindex m @r{(Rmail)} | |
794 @findex rmail-mail | |
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795 Use the @kbd{m} (@code{rmail-mail}) command to start editing an |
84264 | 796 outgoing message that is not a reply. It leaves the header fields empty. |
797 Its only difference from @kbd{C-x 4 m} is that it makes the Rmail buffer | |
798 accessible for @kbd{C-c C-y}, just as @kbd{r} does. Thus, @kbd{m} can be | |
799 used to reply to or forward a message; it can do anything @kbd{r} or @kbd{f} | |
800 can do. | |
801 | |
802 @kindex c @r{(Rmail)} | |
803 @findex rmail-continue | |
804 The @kbd{c} (@code{rmail-continue}) command resumes editing the | |
805 @samp{*mail*} buffer, to finish editing an outgoing message you were | |
806 already composing, or to alter a message you have sent. | |
807 | |
808 @vindex rmail-mail-new-frame | |
809 If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a | |
810 non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a | |
811 message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when | |
812 you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the | |
813 @samp{Mail} menu. | |
814 | |
815 All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition | |
816 method that you have chosen (@pxref{Mail Methods}). | |
817 | |
818 @node Rmail Summary | |
819 @section Summaries | |
820 @cindex summary (Rmail) | |
821 | |
822 A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give | |
823 you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the | |
824 message number and date, the sender, the line count, the labels, and | |
825 the subject. Moving point in the summary buffer selects messages as | |
826 you move to their summary lines. Almost all Rmail commands are valid | |
827 in the summary buffer also; when used there, they apply to the message | |
828 described by the current line of the summary. | |
829 | |
830 A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are | |
831 editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer. | |
832 The summary buffer name is made by appending @samp{-summary} to the | |
833 Rmail buffer's name. Normally only one summary buffer is displayed at a | |
834 time. | |
835 | |
836 @menu | |
837 * Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries. | |
838 * Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary. | |
839 @end menu | |
840 | |
841 @node Rmail Make Summary | |
842 @subsection Making Summaries | |
843 | |
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844 Here are the commands to create a summary for the current Rmail |
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846 buffer (such as deleting or expunging messages, and getting new mail) |
84264 | 847 automatically update the summary. |
848 | |
849 @table @kbd | |
850 @item h | |
851 @itemx C-M-h | |
852 Summarize all messages (@code{rmail-summary}). | |
853 @item l @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
854 @itemx C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET} | |
855 Summarize messages that have one or more of the specified labels | |
856 (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}). | |
857 @item C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET} | |
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858 Summarize messages that match the specified recipients |
84264 | 859 (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients}). |
860 @item C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET} | |
861 Summarize messages that have a match for the specified regexp | |
862 @var{topic} in their subjects (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic}). | |
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863 @item C-M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET} |
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866 @item C-M-f @var{senders} @key{RET} |
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867 Summarize messages that match the specified senders. |
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868 (@code{rmail-summary-by-senders}). |
84264 | 869 @end table |
870 | |
871 @kindex h @r{(Rmail)} | |
872 @findex rmail-summary | |
873 The @kbd{h} or @kbd{C-M-h} (@code{rmail-summary}) command fills the summary buffer | |
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874 for the current Rmail buffer with a summary of all the messages in the buffer. |
84264 | 875 It then displays and selects the summary buffer in another window. |
876 | |
877 @kindex l @r{(Rmail)} | |
878 @kindex C-M-l @r{(Rmail)} | |
879 @findex rmail-summary-by-labels | |
880 @kbd{C-M-l @var{labels} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-labels}) makes | |
881 a partial summary mentioning only the messages that have one or more of the | |
882 labels @var{labels}. @var{labels} should contain label names separated by | |
883 commas. | |
884 | |
885 @kindex C-M-r @r{(Rmail)} | |
886 @findex rmail-summary-by-recipients | |
887 @kbd{C-M-r @var{rcpts} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-recipients}) | |
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889 more recipients matching the regular expression @var{rcpts}. You can |
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84264 | 893 |
894 @kindex C-M-t @r{(Rmail)} | |
895 @findex rmail-summary-by-topic | |
896 @kbd{C-M-t @var{topic} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-topic}) | |
897 makes a partial summary mentioning only the messages whose subjects have | |
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900 match is against the whole message, not just the subject. |
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902 @kindex C-M-s @r{(Rmail)} | |
903 @findex rmail-summary-by-regexp | |
904 @kbd{C-M-s @var{regexp} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-regexp}) | |
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84264 | 906 (including the date and the subject lines) match the regular |
907 expression @var{regexp}. | |
908 | |
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909 @kindex C-M-f @r{(Rmail)} |
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911 @kbd{C-M-f @var{senders} @key{RET}} (@code{rmail-summary-by-senders}) |
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916 Note that there is only one summary buffer for any Rmail buffer; |
84264 | 917 making any kind of summary discards any previous summary. |
918 | |
919 @vindex rmail-summary-window-size | |
920 @vindex rmail-summary-line-count-flag | |
921 The variable @code{rmail-summary-window-size} says how many lines to | |
922 use for the summary window. The variable | |
923 @code{rmail-summary-line-count-flag} controls whether the summary line | |
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925 this option to nil might speed up the generation of summaries. |
84264 | 926 |
927 @node Rmail Summary Edit | |
928 @subsection Editing in Summaries | |
929 | |
930 You can use the Rmail summary buffer to do almost anything you can do | |
931 in the Rmail buffer itself. In fact, once you have a summary buffer, | |
932 there's no need to switch back to the Rmail buffer. | |
933 | |
934 You can select and display various messages in the Rmail buffer, from | |
935 the summary buffer, just by moving point in the summary buffer to | |
936 different lines. It doesn't matter what Emacs command you use to move | |
937 point; whichever line point is on at the end of the command, that | |
938 message is selected in the Rmail buffer. | |
939 | |
940 Almost all Rmail commands work in the summary buffer as well as in the | |
941 Rmail buffer. Thus, @kbd{d} in the summary buffer deletes the current | |
942 message, @kbd{u} undeletes, and @kbd{x} expunges. (However, in the | |
943 summary buffer, a numeric argument to @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d} and @kbd{u} | |
944 serves as a repeat count. A negative argument reverses the meaning of | |
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946 the relevant direction, the delete commands go to the first or last |
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948 @kbd{C-o} output the current message to a FILE; @kbd{r} starts a reply |
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951 @c rmail-summary-scroll-between-messages not mentioned. |
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956 of the previous deleted messages. |
84264 | 957 |
958 The Rmail commands to move between messages also work in the summary | |
959 buffer, but with a twist: they move through the set of messages included | |
960 in the summary. They also ensure the Rmail buffer appears on the screen | |
961 (unlike cursor motion commands, which update the contents of the Rmail | |
962 buffer but don't display it in a window unless it already appears). | |
963 Here is a list of these commands: | |
964 | |
965 @table @kbd | |
966 @item n | |
967 Move to next line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select its | |
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968 message (@code{rmail-summary-next-msg}). |
84264 | 969 @item p |
970 Move to previous line, skipping lines saying `deleted', and select | |
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971 its message (@code{rmail-summary-previous-msg}). |
84264 | 972 @item M-n |
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973 Move to next line and select its message (@code{rmail-summary-next-all}). |
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976 (@code{rmail-summary-previous-all}). |
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982 (@code{rmail-summary-first-message}). |
84264 | 983 @item j |
984 @itemx @key{RET} | |
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989 the summary buffer. |
84264 | 990 @item M-s @var{pattern} @key{RET} |
991 Search through messages for @var{pattern} starting with the current | |
992 message; select the message found, and move point in the summary buffer | |
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1003 (@code{rmail-summary-previous-labeled-message}). |
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1005 Move to the next message with the same subject as the current message |
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1009 Move to the previous message with the same subject as the current message |
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1010 (@code{rmail-summary-previous-same-subject}). |
84264 | 1011 @end table |
1012 | |
1013 @vindex rmail-redisplay-summary | |
1014 Deletion, undeletion, and getting new mail, and even selection of a | |
1015 different message all update the summary buffer when you do them in the | |
1016 Rmail buffer. If the variable @code{rmail-redisplay-summary} is | |
1017 non-@code{nil}, these actions also bring the summary buffer back onto | |
1018 the screen. | |
1019 | |
1020 @kindex Q @r{(Rmail summary)} | |
1021 @findex rmail-summary-wipe | |
1022 @kindex q @r{(Rmail summary)} | |
1023 @findex rmail-summary-quit | |
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1025 @findex rmail-summary-bury |
84264 | 1026 When you are finished using the summary, type @kbd{Q} |
1027 (@code{rmail-summary-wipe}) to delete the summary buffer's window. You | |
1028 can also exit Rmail while in the summary: @kbd{q} | |
1029 (@code{rmail-summary-quit}) deletes the summary window, then exits from | |
1030 Rmail by saving the Rmail file and switching to another buffer. | |
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1032 Rmail summary and buffer. |
84264 | 1033 |
1034 @node Rmail Sorting | |
1035 @section Sorting the Rmail File | |
85114 | 1036 @cindex sorting Rmail file |
1037 @cindex Rmail file sorting | |
84264 | 1038 |
1039 @table @kbd | |
85114 | 1040 @findex rmail-sort-by-date |
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1042 @itemx M-x rmail-sort-by-date |
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1043 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by date. |
84264 | 1044 |
85114 | 1045 @findex rmail-sort-by-subject |
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1047 @itemx M-x rmail-sort-by-subject |
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1048 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by subject. |
84264 | 1049 |
85114 | 1050 @findex rmail-sort-by-author |
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1052 @itemx M-x rmail-sort-by-author |
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1053 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by author's name. |
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85114 | 1055 @findex rmail-sort-by-recipient |
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1058 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by recipient's names. |
84264 | 1059 |
85114 | 1060 @findex rmail-sort-by-correspondent |
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1063 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by the name of the other |
84264 | 1064 correspondent. |
1065 | |
85114 | 1066 @findex rmail-sort-by-lines |
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1069 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by number of lines. |
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1071 @findex rmail-sort-by-labels |
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1072 @item C-c C-s C-k @key{RET} @var{labels} @key{RET} |
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1073 @itemx M-x rmail-sort-by-labels @key{RET} @var{labels} @key{RET} |
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1074 Sort messages of current Rmail buffer by labels. The argument |
84264 | 1075 @var{labels} should be a comma-separated list of labels. The order of |
1076 these labels specifies the order of messages; messages with the first | |
1077 label come first, messages with the second label come second, and so on. | |
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84264 | 1079 @end table |
1080 | |
1081 The Rmail sort commands perform a @emph{stable sort}: if there is no | |
1082 reason to prefer either one of two messages, their order remains | |
1083 unchanged. You can use this to sort by more than one criterion. For | |
1084 example, if you use @code{rmail-sort-by-date} and then | |
1085 @code{rmail-sort-by-author}, messages from the same author appear in | |
1086 order by date. | |
1087 | |
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1088 With a prefix argument, all these commands reverse the order of |
84264 | 1089 comparison. This means they sort messages from newest to oldest, from |
1090 biggest to smallest, or in reverse alphabetical order. | |
1091 | |
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1094 Note that these commands always sort the whole Rmail buffer, even if the |
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1097 Note that you cannot undo a sort, so you may wish to save the Rmail |
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1101 @section Display of Messages | |
1102 | |
1103 Rmail reformats the header of each message before displaying it for | |
1104 the first time. Reformatting hides uninteresting header fields to | |
1105 reduce clutter. You can use the @kbd{t} command to show the entire | |
1106 header or to repeat the header reformatting operation. | |
1107 | |
1108 @table @kbd | |
1109 @item t | |
1110 Toggle display of complete header (@code{rmail-toggle-header}). | |
1111 @end table | |
1112 | |
1113 @vindex rmail-ignored-headers | |
1114 @vindex rmail-nonignored-headers | |
1115 Reformatting the header involves deleting most header fields, on the | |
1116 grounds that they are not interesting. The variable | |
1117 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression that specifies | |
1118 which header fields to hide in this way---if it matches the beginning | |
1119 of a header field, that whole field is hidden. However, the variable | |
1120 @code{rmail-nonignored-headers} provides a further override: a header | |
1121 matching that regular expression is shown even if it matches | |
1122 @code{rmail-ignored-headers} too. | |
1123 | |
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1130 @findex rmail-toggle-header | |
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1131 To see the complete, original header, use the @kbd{t} command |
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1133 the current message and displays it with the original header. Repeating |
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1134 @kbd{t} reformats the message again, which shows only the interesting |
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1135 headers according to the current values of the above variables. |
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1136 Selecting the message again also reformats it if necessary. |
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1138 When the @kbd{t} command has a prefix argument, a positive argument | |
1139 means to show the reformatted header, and a zero or negative argument | |
1140 means to show the full header. | |
1141 | |
1142 @vindex rmail-highlighted-headers | |
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1144 interesting---by default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields. |
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1146 that specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the |
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1147 beginning of a header field, that whole field is highlighted. To turn |
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1173 @section Rmail and Coding Systems | |
1174 | |
1175 @cindex decoding mail messages (Rmail) | |
1176 Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@acronym{ASCII} | |
1177 characters, just as Emacs does with files you visit and with subprocess | |
1178 output. Rmail uses the standard @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in | |
1179 the message, if any, to determine how the message was encoded by the | |
1180 sender. It maps @var{charset} into the corresponding Emacs coding | |
1181 system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses that coding system to decode | |
1182 message text. If the message header doesn't have the @samp{charset} | |
1183 specification, or if @var{charset} is not recognized, | |
1184 Rmail chooses the coding system with the usual Emacs heuristics and | |
1185 defaults (@pxref{Recognize Coding}). | |
1186 | |
1187 @cindex fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages | |
1188 Occasionally, a message is decoded incorrectly, either because Emacs | |
1189 guessed the wrong coding system in the absence of the @samp{charset} | |
1190 specification, or because the specification was inaccurate. For | |
1191 example, a misconfigured mailer could send a message with a | |
1192 @samp{charset=iso-8859-1} header when the message is actually encoded | |
1193 in @code{koi8-r}. When you see the message text garbled, or some of | |
1194 its characters displayed as empty boxes, this may have happened. | |
1195 | |
1196 @findex rmail-redecode-body | |
1197 You can correct the problem by decoding the message again using the | |
1198 right coding system, if you can figure out or guess which one is | |
1199 right. To do this, invoke the @kbd{M-x rmail-redecode-body} command. | |
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1203 | |
1204 @node Rmail Editing | |
1205 @section Editing Within a Message | |
1206 | |
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1207 Most of the usual Emacs keybindings are available in Rmail mode, though a |
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1209 other purposes. However, the Rmail buffer is normally read only, and | |
1210 most of the letters are redefined as Rmail commands. If you want to | |
1211 edit the text of a message, you must use the Rmail command @kbd{e}. | |
1212 | |
1213 @table @kbd | |
1214 @item e | |
1215 Edit the current message as ordinary text. | |
1216 @end table | |
1217 | |
1218 @kindex e @r{(Rmail)} | |
1219 @findex rmail-edit-current-message | |
1220 The @kbd{e} command (@code{rmail-edit-current-message}) switches from | |
1221 Rmail mode into Rmail Edit mode, another major mode which is nearly the | |
1222 same as Text mode. The mode line indicates this change. | |
1223 | |
1224 In Rmail Edit mode, letters insert themselves as usual and the Rmail | |
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1230 @vindex rmail-edit-mode-hook | |
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1236 @node Rmail Digest | |
1237 @section Digest Messages | |
1238 @cindex digest message | |
1239 @cindex undigestify | |
1240 | |
1241 A @dfn{digest message} is a message which exists to contain and carry | |
1242 several other messages. Digests are used on some moderated mailing | |
1243 lists; all the messages that arrive for the list during a period of time | |
1244 such as one day are put inside a single digest which is then sent to the | |
1245 subscribers. Transmitting the single digest uses much less computer | |
1246 time than transmitting the individual messages even though the total | |
1247 size is the same, because the per-message overhead in network mail | |
1248 transmission is considerable. | |
1249 | |
1250 @findex undigestify-rmail-message | |
1251 When you receive a digest message, the most convenient way to read it is | |
1252 to @dfn{undigestify} it: to turn it back into many individual messages. | |
1253 Then you can read and delete the individual messages as it suits you. | |
1254 To do this, select the digest message and type the command @kbd{M-x | |
1255 undigestify-rmail-message}. This extracts the submessages as separate | |
1256 Rmail messages, and inserts them following the digest. The digest | |
1257 message itself is flagged as deleted. | |
1258 | |
1259 @node Rmail Rot13 | |
1260 @section Reading Rot13 Messages | |
1261 @cindex rot13 code | |
1262 | |
1263 Mailing list messages that might offend some readers are sometimes | |
1264 encoded in a simple code called @dfn{rot13}---so named because it | |
1265 rotates the alphabet by 13 letters. This code is not for secrecy, as it | |
1266 provides none; rather, it enables those who might be offended to avoid | |
1267 seeing the real text of the message. | |
1268 | |
1269 @findex rot13-other-window | |
1270 To view a buffer which uses the rot13 code, use the command @kbd{M-x | |
1271 rot13-other-window}. This displays the current buffer in another window | |
1272 which applies the code when displaying the text. | |
1273 | |
1274 @node Movemail | |
1275 @section @code{movemail} program | |
1276 @cindex @code{movemail} program | |
1277 | |
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1290 protocol. | |
1291 | |
1292 The Mailutils version is able to handle a wide set of mailbox | |
1293 formats, such as plain UNIX mailboxes, @code{maildir} and @code{MH} | |
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1300 @smallexample | |
1301 @var{proto}://[@var{user}[:@var{password}]@@]@var{host-or-file-name} | |
1302 @end smallexample | |
1303 | |
1304 @noindent | |
1305 where square brackets denote optional elements. | |
1306 | |
1307 @table @var | |
1308 @item proto | |
1309 Specifies the @dfn{mailbox protocol}, or @dfn{format} to | |
1310 use. The exact semantics of the rest of @acronym{URL} elements depends | |
1311 on the actual value of @var{proto} (see below). | |
1312 | |
1313 @item user | |
1314 User name to access the remote mailbox. | |
1315 | |
1316 @item password | |
1317 User password to access the remote mailbox. | |
1318 | |
1319 @item host-or-file-name | |
1320 Hostname of the remote server for remote mailboxes or file name of a | |
1321 local mailbox. | |
1322 @end table | |
1323 | |
1324 @noindent | |
1325 @var{Proto} can be one of: | |
1326 | |
1327 @table @code | |
1328 @item mbox | |
1329 Usual UNIX mailbox format. In this case, neither @var{user} nor | |
1330 @var{pass} are used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the file name of | |
1331 the mailbox file, e.g., @code{mbox://var/spool/mail/smith}. | |
1332 | |
1333 @item mh | |
1334 A local mailbox in the @acronym{MH} format. @var{User} and | |
1335 @var{pass} are not used. @var{Host-or-file-name} denotes the name of | |
1336 @acronym{MH} folder, e.g., @code{mh://Mail/inbox}. | |
1337 | |
1338 @item maildir | |
1339 A local mailbox in the @acronym{maildir} format. @var{User} and | |
1340 @var{pass} are not used, and @var{host-or-file-name} denotes the name of | |
1341 @code{maildir} mailbox, e.g., @code{maildir://mail/inbox}. | |
1342 | |
1343 @item file | |
1344 Any local mailbox format. Its actual format is detected automatically | |
1345 by @code{movemail}. | |
1346 | |
1347 @item pop | |
1348 A remote mailbox to be accessed via POP3 protocol. @var{User} | |
1349 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to | |
1350 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP | |
1351 address of the remote mail server to connect to; e.g., | |
1352 @code{pop://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}. | |
1353 | |
1354 @item imap | |
1355 A remote mailbox to be accessed via IMAP4 protocol. @var{User} | |
1356 specifies the remote user name to use, @var{pass} may be used to | |
1357 specify the user password, @var{host-or-file-name} is the name or IP | |
1358 address of the remote mail server to connect to; | |
1359 e.g., @code{imap://smith:guessme@@remote.server.net}. | |
1360 @end table | |
1361 | |
1362 Alternatively, you can specify the file name of the mailbox to use. | |
1363 This is equivalent to specifying the @samp{file} protocol: | |
1364 | |
1365 @smallexample | |
1366 /var/spool/mail/@var{user} @equiv{} file://var/spool/mail/@var{user} | |
1367 @end smallexample | |
1368 | |
1369 @vindex rmail-movemail-program | |
1370 @vindex rmail-movemail-search-path | |
1371 The variable @code{rmail-movemail-program} controls which version of | |
1372 @code{movemail} to use. If that is a string, it specifies the | |
1373 absolute file name of the @code{movemail} executable. If it is | |
1374 @code{nil}, Rmail searches for @code{movemail} in the directories | |
1375 listed in @code{rmail-movemail-search-path} and @code{exec-path}, then | |
1376 in @code{exec-directory}. | |
1377 | |
1378 @node Remote Mailboxes | |
1379 @section Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes | |
1380 @pindex movemail | |
1381 | |
1382 Some sites use a method called POP for accessing users' inbox data | |
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1390 Both versions of @code{movemail} only work with POP3, not with older | |
1391 versions of POP. | |
1392 | |
1393 @cindex @env{MAILHOST} environment variable | |
1394 @cindex POP mailboxes | |
1395 No matter which flavor of @code{movemail} you use, you can specify | |
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1398 @samp{pop://@var{username}@@@var{hostname}}, where | |
1399 @var{hostname} is the host name or IP address of the remote mail | |
1400 server and @var{username} is the user name on that server. | |
1401 Additionally, you may specify the password in the mailbox @acronym{URL}: | |
1402 @samp{pop://@var{username}:@var{password}@@@var{hostname}}. In this | |
1403 case, @var{password} takes preference over the one set by | |
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1416 @cindex IMAP mailboxes | |
1417 Another method for accessing remote mailboxes is IMAP. This method is | |
1418 supported only by the Mailutils @code{movemail}. To specify an IMAP | |
1419 mailbox in the inbox list, use the following mailbox @acronym{URL}: | |
1420 @samp{imap://@var{username}[:@var{password}]@@@var{hostname}}. The | |
1421 @var{password} part is optional, as described above. | |
1422 | |
1423 @vindex rmail-remote-password | |
1424 @vindex rmail-remote-password-required | |
1425 Accessing a remote mailbox may require a password. Rmail uses the | |
1426 following algorithm to retrieve it: | |
1427 | |
1428 @enumerate | |
1429 @item | |
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84264 | 1431 used. |
1432 @item | |
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84264 | 1436 If the variable @code{rmail-remote-password} is non-@code{nil}, its |
1437 value is used. | |
1438 @item | |
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1439 Otherwise, Rmail will ask you for the password to use. |
84264 | 1440 @end enumerate |
1441 | |
1442 @vindex rmail-movemail-flags | |
1443 If you need to pass additional command-line flags to @code{movemail}, | |
1444 set the variable @code{rmail-movemail-flags} a list of the flags you | |
1445 wish to use. Do not use this variable to pass the @samp{-p} flag to | |
1446 preserve your inbox contents; use @code{rmail-preserve-inbox} instead. | |
1447 | |
1448 @cindex Kerberos POP authentication | |
1449 The @code{movemail} program installed at your site may support | |
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1450 Kerberos authentication (the Emacs @code{movemail} does so if Emacs was |
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1452 @code{--with-kerberos5}). If it is supported, it is used by default |
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1457 @cindex reverse order in POP inboxes | |
1458 Some POP servers store messages in reverse order. If your server does | |
1459 this, and you would rather read your mail in the order in which it was | |
1460 received, you can tell @code{movemail} to reverse the order of | |
1461 downloaded messages by adding the @samp{-r} flag to | |
1462 @code{rmail-movemail-flags}. | |
1463 | |
1464 @cindex TLS encryption (Rmail) | |
1465 Mailutils @code{movemail} supports TLS encryption. If you wish to | |
1466 use it, add the @samp{--tls} flag to @code{rmail-movemail-flags}. | |
1467 | |
1468 @node Other Mailbox Formats | |
1469 @section Retrieving Mail from Local Mailboxes in Various Formats | |
1470 | |
1471 If your incoming mail is stored on a local machine in a format other | |
1472 than UNIX mailbox, you will need the Mailutils @code{movemail} to | |
1473 retrieve it. @xref{Movemail}, for the detailed description of | |
1474 @code{movemail} versions. For example, to access mail from a inbox in | |
1475 @code{maildir} format located in @file{/var/spool/mail/in}, you would | |
1476 include the following in the Rmail inbox list: | |
1477 | |
1478 @smallexample | |
1479 maildir://var/spool/mail/in | |
1480 @end smallexample | |
1481 | |
1482 @ignore | |
1483 arch-tag: 034965f6-38df-47a2-a9f1-b8bc8ab37e23 | |
1484 @end ignore |