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5 @synindex fn cp | |
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7 @synindex pg cp | |
8 @copying | |
9 This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode. | |
10 | |
11 Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, | |
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14 @quotation | |
15 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
16 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or | |
17 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no | |
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24 developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' |
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26 @end copying | |
27 | |
28 @dircategory Emacs | |
29 @direntry | |
30 * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus. | |
31 @end direntry | |
32 @iftex | |
33 @finalout | |
34 @end iftex | |
35 @setchapternewpage odd | |
36 | |
37 @titlepage | |
38 @title Message Manual | |
39 | |
40 @author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen | |
41 @page | |
42 | |
43 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
44 @insertcopying | |
45 @end titlepage | |
46 @page | |
47 | |
48 @node Top | |
49 @top Message | |
50 | |
51 All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in | |
52 Message mode buffers. | |
53 | |
54 @menu | |
55 * Interface:: Setting up message buffers. | |
56 * Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers. | |
57 * Variables:: Customizing the message buffers. | |
58 * Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible. | |
59 * Appendices:: More technical things. | |
60 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation. | |
61 * Index:: Variable, function and concept index. | |
62 * Key Index:: List of Message mode keys. | |
63 @end menu | |
64 | |
65 @c Adjust ../Makefile.in if you change the following lines: | |
66 Message is distributed with Gnus. The Gnus distribution | |
67 @c | |
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71 @node Interface | |
72 @chapter Interface | |
73 | |
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75 follow up, forward, cancel---the program (or person) should just put |
84305 | 76 point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command. |
77 @code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with | |
78 appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before | |
79 sending it. | |
80 | |
81 @menu | |
82 * New Mail Message:: Editing a brand new mail message. | |
83 * New News Message:: Editing a brand new news message. | |
84 * Reply:: Replying via mail. | |
85 * Wide Reply:: Responding to all people via mail. | |
86 * Followup:: Following up via news. | |
87 * Canceling News:: Canceling a news article. | |
88 * Superseding:: Superseding a message. | |
89 * Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail. | |
90 * Resending:: Resending a mail message. | |
91 * Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message. | |
92 * Mailing Lists:: Send mail to mailing lists. | |
93 @end menu | |
94 | |
95 You can customize the Message Mode tool bar, see @kbd{M-x | |
96 customize-apropos RET message-tool-bar}. This feature is only available | |
97 in Emacs. | |
98 | |
99 @node New Mail Message | |
100 @section New Mail Message | |
101 | |
102 @findex message-mail | |
103 The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
104 | |
105 Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the | |
106 @code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these | |
107 are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
108 | |
109 | |
110 @node New News Message | |
111 @section New News Message | |
112 | |
113 @findex message-news | |
114 The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
115 | |
116 This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used | |
117 as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject} | |
118 header. If these are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
119 | |
120 | |
121 @node Reply | |
122 @section Reply | |
123 | |
124 @findex message-reply | |
125 The @code{message-reply} function pops up a message buffer that's a | |
126 reply to the message in the current buffer. | |
127 | |
128 @vindex message-reply-to-function | |
129 Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go | |
130 (@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs | |
131 by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable. | |
132 | |
133 If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the | |
134 @code{From}, you could do something like this: | |
135 | |
136 @lisp | |
137 (setq message-reply-to-function | |
138 (lambda () | |
139 (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody") | |
140 (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender")))) | |
141 (t | |
142 nil)))) | |
143 @end lisp | |
144 | |
145 This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is | |
146 being replied to. | |
147 | |
148 As you can see, this function should return a list. In this case, it | |
149 returns @code{((To . "Whom"))} if it has an opinion as to what the To | |
150 header should be. If it does not, it should just return @code{nil}, and | |
151 the normal methods for determining the To header will be used. | |
152 | |
153 Each list element should be a cons, where the @sc{car} should be the | |
154 name of a header (e.g. @code{Cc}) and the @sc{cdr} should be the header | |
155 value (e.g. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be | |
156 inserted into the head of the outgoing mail. | |
157 | |
158 | |
159 @node Wide Reply | |
160 @section Wide Reply | |
161 | |
162 @findex message-wide-reply | |
163 The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide | |
164 reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a | |
165 reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From} | |
166 (or @code{Reply-to}) and @code{Cc} headers. | |
167 | |
168 @vindex message-wide-reply-to-function | |
169 Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go, | |
170 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
171 @code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
172 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
173 | |
174 @vindex message-dont-reply-to-names | |
175 Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular | |
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179 @vindex message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients | |
180 If @code{message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients} is non-@code{nil} you | |
181 will be asked to confirm that you want to reply to multiple | |
182 recipients. The default is @code{nil}. | |
183 | |
184 @node Followup | |
185 @section Followup | |
186 | |
187 @findex message-followup | |
188 The @code{message-followup} command pops up a message buffer that's a | |
189 followup to the message in the current buffer. | |
190 | |
191 @vindex message-followup-to-function | |
192 Message uses the normal methods to determine where followups are to go, | |
193 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
194 @code{message-followup-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
195 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
196 | |
197 @vindex message-use-followup-to | |
198 The @code{message-use-followup-to} variable says what to do about | |
199 @code{Followup-To} headers. If it is @code{use}, always use the value. | |
200 If it is @code{ask} (which is the default), ask whether to use the | |
201 value. If it is @code{t}, use the value unless it is @samp{poster}. If | |
202 it is @code{nil}, don't use the value. | |
203 | |
204 | |
205 @node Canceling News | |
206 @section Canceling News | |
207 | |
208 @findex message-cancel-news | |
209 The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the | |
210 current buffer. | |
211 | |
212 @vindex message-cancel-message | |
213 The value of @code{message-cancel-message} is inserted in the body of | |
214 the cancel message. The default is @samp{I am canceling my own | |
215 article.}. | |
216 | |
217 @cindex Cancel Locks | |
218 @vindex message-insert-canlock | |
219 @cindex canlock | |
220 When Message posts news messages, it inserts @code{Cancel-Lock} | |
221 headers by default. This is a cryptographic header that ensures that | |
222 only you can cancel your own messages, which is nice. The downside | |
223 is that if you lose your @file{.emacs} file (which is where Gnus | |
224 stores the secret cancel lock password (which is generated | |
225 automatically the first time you use this feature)), you won't be | |
226 able to cancel your message. If you want to manage a password yourself, | |
227 you can put something like the following in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file: | |
228 | |
229 @lisp | |
230 (setq canlock-password "geheimnis" | |
231 canlock-password-for-verify canlock-password) | |
232 @end lisp | |
233 | |
234 Whether to insert the header or not is controlled by the | |
235 @code{message-insert-canlock} variable. | |
236 | |
237 Not many news servers respect the @code{Cancel-Lock} header yet, but | |
238 this is expected to change in the future. | |
239 | |
240 | |
241 @node Superseding | |
242 @section Superseding | |
243 | |
244 @findex message-supersede | |
245 The @code{message-supersede} command pops up a message buffer that will | |
246 supersede the message in the current buffer. | |
247 | |
248 @vindex message-ignored-supersedes-headers | |
249 Headers matching the @code{message-ignored-supersedes-headers} are | |
250 removed before popping up the new message buffer. The default is@* | |
251 @samp{^Path:\\|^Date\\|^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|@* | |
252 ^Received:\\|^X-From-Line:\\|^X-Trace:\\|^X-Complaints-To:\\|@* | |
253 Return-Path:\\|^Supersedes:\\|^NNTP-Posting-Date:\\|^X-Trace:\\|@* | |
254 ^X-Complaints-To:\\|^Cancel-Lock:\\|^Cancel-Key:\\|^X-Hashcash:\\|@* | |
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257 | |
258 | |
259 @node Forwarding | |
260 @section Forwarding | |
261 | |
262 @findex message-forward | |
263 The @code{message-forward} command pops up a message buffer to forward | |
264 the message in the current buffer. If given a prefix, forward using | |
265 news. | |
266 | |
267 @table @code | |
268 @item message-forward-ignored-headers | |
269 @vindex message-forward-ignored-headers | |
270 All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message. | |
271 | |
272 @item message-make-forward-subject-function | |
273 @vindex message-make-forward-subject-function | |
274 A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for | |
275 forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is | |
276 passed into each successive function. | |
277 | |
278 The provided functions are: | |
279 | |
280 @table @code | |
281 @item message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
282 @findex message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
283 Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the | |
284 subject. | |
285 | |
286 @item message-forward-subject-fwd | |
287 Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it. | |
288 @end table | |
289 | |
290 @item message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
291 @vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
292 If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have | |
293 the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:}, | |
294 @samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is | |
295 constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. | |
296 | |
297 @item message-forward-as-mime | |
298 @vindex message-forward-as-mime | |
299 If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are | |
300 included as inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded | |
301 messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, | |
302 non @acronym{MIME}-savvy versions of Gnus would do. | |
303 | |
304 @item message-forward-before-signature | |
305 @vindex message-forward-before-signature | |
306 If non-@code{nil}, put forwarded message before signature, else after. | |
307 | |
308 @end table | |
309 | |
310 | |
311 @node Resending | |
312 @section Resending | |
313 | |
314 @findex message-resend | |
315 The @code{message-resend} command will prompt the user for an address | |
316 and resend the message in the current buffer to that address. | |
317 | |
318 @vindex message-ignored-resent-headers | |
319 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will | |
320 be removed before sending the message. | |
321 | |
322 | |
323 @node Bouncing | |
324 @section Bouncing | |
325 | |
326 @findex message-bounce | |
327 The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a | |
328 bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce | |
329 information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent | |
330 out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as | |
331 undeliverable. | |
332 | |
333 @vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers | |
334 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp | |
335 will be removed before popping up the buffer. The default is | |
336 @samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\|Delivered-To\\):}. | |
337 | |
338 | |
339 @node Mailing Lists | |
340 @section Mailing Lists | |
341 | |
342 @cindex Mail-Followup-To | |
343 Sometimes while posting to mailing lists, the poster needs to direct | |
344 followups to the post to specific places. The Mail-Followup-To (MFT) | |
345 was created to enable just this. Three example scenarios where this is | |
346 useful: | |
347 | |
348 @itemize @bullet | |
349 @item | |
350 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
351 sent to just the list, and not the poster as well. This will happen | |
352 if the poster is already subscribed to the list. | |
353 | |
354 @item | |
355 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
356 sent to the list and the poster as well. This will happen if the poster | |
357 is not subscribed to the list. | |
358 | |
359 @item | |
360 If a message is posted to several mailing lists, MFT may also be used | |
361 to direct the following discussion to one list only, because | |
362 discussions that are spread over several lists tend to be fragmented | |
363 and very difficult to follow. | |
364 | |
365 @end itemize | |
366 | |
367 Gnus honors the MFT header in other's messages (i.e. while following | |
368 up to someone else's post) and also provides support for generating | |
369 sensible MFT headers for outgoing messages as well. | |
370 | |
371 @c @menu | |
372 @c * Honoring an MFT post:: What to do when one already exists | |
373 @c * Composing with a MFT header:: Creating one from scratch. | |
374 @c @end menu | |
375 | |
376 @c @node Composing with a MFT header | |
377 @subsection Composing a correct MFT header automagically | |
378 | |
379 The first step in getting Gnus to automagically generate a MFT header | |
380 in posts you make is to give Gnus a list of the mailing lists | |
381 addresses you are subscribed to. You can do this in more than one | |
382 way. The following variables would come in handy. | |
383 | |
384 @table @code | |
385 | |
386 @vindex message-subscribed-addresses | |
387 @item message-subscribed-addresses | |
388 This should be a list of addresses the user is subscribed to. Its | |
389 default value is @code{nil}. Example: | |
390 @lisp | |
391 (setq message-subscribed-addresses | |
392 '("ding@@gnus.org" "bing@@noose.org")) | |
393 @end lisp | |
394 | |
395 @vindex message-subscribed-regexps | |
396 @item message-subscribed-regexps | |
397 This should be a list of regexps denoting the addresses of mailing | |
398 lists subscribed to. Default value is @code{nil}. Example: If you | |
399 want to achieve the same result as above: | |
400 @lisp | |
401 (setq message-subscribed-regexps | |
402 '("\\(ding@@gnus\\)\\|\\(bing@@noose\\)\\.org") | |
403 @end lisp | |
404 | |
405 @vindex message-subscribed-address-functions | |
406 @item message-subscribed-address-functions | |
407 This can be a list of functions to be called (one at a time!!) to | |
408 determine the value of MFT headers. It is advisable that these | |
409 functions not take any arguments. Default value is @code{nil}. | |
410 | |
411 There is a pre-defined function in Gnus that is a good candidate for | |
412 this variable. @code{gnus-find-subscribed-addresses} is a function | |
413 that returns a list of addresses corresponding to the groups that have | |
414 the @code{subscribed} (@pxref{Group Parameters, ,Group Parameters, | |
415 gnus, The Gnus Manual}) group parameter set to a non-@code{nil} value. | |
416 This is how you would do it. | |
417 | |
418 @lisp | |
419 (setq message-subscribed-address-functions | |
420 '(gnus-find-subscribed-addresses)) | |
421 @end lisp | |
422 | |
423 @vindex message-subscribed-address-file | |
424 @item message-subscribed-address-file | |
425 You might be one organized human freak and have a list of addresses of | |
426 all subscribed mailing lists in a separate file! Then you can just | |
427 set this variable to the name of the file and life would be good. | |
428 | |
429 @end table | |
430 | |
431 You can use one or more of the above variables. All their values are | |
432 ``added'' in some way that works :-) | |
433 | |
434 Now you are all set. Just start composing a message as you normally do. | |
435 And just send it; as always. Just before the message is sent out, Gnus' | |
436 MFT generation thingy kicks in and checks if the message already has a | |
437 MFT field. If there is one, it is left alone. (Except if it's empty - | |
438 in that case, the field is removed and is not replaced with an | |
439 automatically generated one. This lets you disable MFT generation on a | |
440 per-message basis.) If there is none, then the list of recipient | |
441 addresses (in the To: and Cc: headers) is checked to see if one of them | |
442 is a list address you are subscribed to. If none of them is a list | |
443 address, then no MFT is generated; otherwise, a MFT is added to the | |
444 other headers and set to the value of all addresses in To: and Cc: | |
445 | |
446 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
447 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
448 @kindex C-c C-f C-m | |
449 @findex message-goto-mail-followup-to | |
450 Hm. ``So'', you ask, ``what if I send an email to a list I am not | |
451 subscribed to? I want my MFT to say that I want an extra copy.'' (This | |
452 is supposed to be interpreted by others the same way as if there were no | |
453 MFT, but you can use an explicit MFT to override someone else's | |
454 to-address group parameter.) The function | |
455 @code{message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to} might come in | |
456 handy. It is bound to @kbd{C-c C-f C-a} by default. In any case, you | |
457 can insert a MFT of your own choice; @kbd{C-c C-f C-m} | |
458 (@code{message-goto-mail-followup-to}) will help you get started. | |
459 | |
460 @c @node Honoring an MFT post | |
461 @subsection Honoring an MFT post | |
462 | |
463 @vindex message-use-mail-followup-to | |
464 When you followup to a post on a mailing list, and the post has a MFT | |
465 header, Gnus' action will depend on the value of the variable | |
466 @code{message-use-mail-followup-to}. This variable can be one of: | |
467 | |
468 @table @code | |
469 @item use | |
470 Always honor MFTs. The To: and Cc: headers in your followup will be | |
471 derived from the MFT header of the original post. This is the default. | |
472 | |
473 @item nil | |
474 Always dishonor MFTs (just ignore the darned thing) | |
475 | |
476 @item ask | |
477 Gnus will prompt you for an action. | |
478 | |
479 @end table | |
480 | |
481 It is considered good netiquette to honor MFT, as it is assumed the | |
482 fellow who posted a message knows where the followups need to go | |
483 better than you do. | |
484 | |
485 @node Commands | |
486 @chapter Commands | |
487 | |
488 @menu | |
489 * Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer. | |
490 * Header Commands:: Commands for moving headers or changing headers. | |
491 * Movement:: Moving around in message buffers. | |
492 * Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers. | |
493 * MIME:: @acronym{MIME} considerations. | |
494 * IDNA:: Non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name considerations. | |
495 * Security:: Signing and encrypting messages. | |
496 * Various Commands:: Various things. | |
497 * Sending:: Actually sending the message. | |
498 * Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases. | |
499 * Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling. | |
500 @end menu | |
501 | |
502 | |
503 @node Buffer Entry | |
504 @section Buffer Entry | |
505 @cindex undo | |
506 @kindex C-_ | |
507 | |
508 You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other | |
509 message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and | |
510 may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on | |
511 which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right, | |
512 but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings, | |
513 Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it | |
514 takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few | |
515 times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to. | |
516 | |
517 | |
518 @node Header Commands | |
519 @section Header Commands | |
520 | |
521 @subsection Commands for moving to headers | |
522 | |
523 These following commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't | |
524 exist, it will be inserted. | |
525 | |
526 @table @kbd | |
527 | |
528 @item C-c ? | |
529 @kindex C-c ? | |
530 @findex describe-mode | |
531 Describe the message mode. | |
532 | |
533 @item C-c C-f C-t | |
534 @kindex C-c C-f C-t | |
535 @findex message-goto-to | |
536 Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}). | |
537 | |
538 @item C-c C-f C-o | |
539 @kindex C-c C-f C-o | |
540 @findex message-goto-from | |
541 Go to the @code{From} header (@code{message-goto-from}). (The ``o'' | |
542 in the key binding is for Originator.) | |
543 | |
544 @item C-c C-f C-b | |
545 @kindex C-c C-f C-b | |
546 @findex message-goto-bcc | |
547 Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}). | |
548 | |
549 @item C-c C-f C-f | |
550 @kindex C-c C-f C-f | |
551 @findex message-goto-fcc | |
552 Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}). | |
553 | |
554 @item C-c C-f C-c | |
555 @kindex C-c C-f C-c | |
556 @findex message-goto-cc | |
557 Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}). | |
558 | |
559 @item C-c C-f C-s | |
560 @kindex C-c C-f C-s | |
561 @findex message-goto-subject | |
562 Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}). | |
563 | |
564 @item C-c C-f C-r | |
565 @kindex C-c C-f C-r | |
566 @findex message-goto-reply-to | |
567 Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}). | |
568 | |
569 @item C-c C-f C-n | |
570 @kindex C-c C-f C-n | |
571 @findex message-goto-newsgroups | |
572 Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}). | |
573 | |
574 @item C-c C-f C-d | |
575 @kindex C-c C-f C-d | |
576 @findex message-goto-distribution | |
577 Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}). | |
578 | |
579 @item C-c C-f C-o | |
580 @kindex C-c C-f C-o | |
581 @findex message-goto-followup-to | |
582 Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}). | |
583 | |
584 @item C-c C-f C-k | |
585 @kindex C-c C-f C-k | |
586 @findex message-goto-keywords | |
587 Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}). | |
588 | |
589 @item C-c C-f C-u | |
590 @kindex C-c C-f C-u | |
591 @findex message-goto-summary | |
592 Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}). | |
593 | |
594 @item C-c C-f C-i | |
595 @kindex C-c C-f C-i | |
596 @findex message-insert-or-toggle-importance | |
597 This inserts the @samp{Importance:} header with a value of | |
598 @samp{high}. This header is used to signal the importance of the | |
599 message to the receiver. If the header is already present in the | |
600 buffer, it cycles between the three valid values according to RFC | |
601 1376: @samp{low}, @samp{normal} and @samp{high}. | |
602 | |
603 @item C-c C-f C-a | |
604 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
605 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
606 Insert a reasonable @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
607 (@pxref{Mailing Lists}) in a post to an | |
608 unsubscribed list. When making original posts to a mailing list you are | |
609 not subscribed to, you have to type in a @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
610 by hand. The contents, usually, are the addresses of the list and your | |
611 own address. This function inserts such a header automatically. It | |
612 fetches the contents of the @samp{To:} header in the current mail | |
613 buffer, and appends the current @code{user-mail-address}. | |
614 | |
615 If the optional argument @code{include-cc} is non-@code{nil}, the | |
616 addresses in the @samp{Cc:} header are also put into the | |
617 @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header. | |
618 | |
619 @end table | |
620 | |
621 @subsection Commands to change headers | |
622 | |
623 @table @kbd | |
624 | |
625 @item C-c C-o | |
626 @kindex C-c C-o | |
627 @findex message-sort-headers | |
628 @vindex message-header-format-alist | |
629 Sort headers according to @code{message-header-format-alist} | |
630 (@code{message-sort-headers}). | |
631 | |
632 @item C-c C-t | |
633 @kindex C-c C-t | |
634 @findex message-insert-to | |
635 Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or | |
636 @code{From} header of the message you're following up | |
637 (@code{message-insert-to}). | |
638 | |
639 @item C-c C-n | |
640 @kindex C-c C-n | |
641 @findex message-insert-newsgroups | |
642 Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To} | |
643 or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to | |
644 (@code{message-insert-newsgroups}). | |
645 | |
646 @item C-c C-l | |
647 @kindex C-c C-l | |
648 @findex message-to-list-only | |
649 Send a message to the list only. Remove all addresses but the list | |
650 address from @code{To:} and @code{Cc:} headers. | |
651 | |
652 @item C-c M-n | |
653 @kindex C-c M-n | |
654 @findex message-insert-disposition-notification-to | |
655 Insert a request for a disposition | |
656 notification. (@code{message-insert-disposition-notification-to}). | |
657 This means that if the recipient support RFC 2298 she might send you a | |
658 notification that she received the message. | |
659 | |
660 @item M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
661 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
662 @findex message-insert-importance-high | |
663 @cindex Importance | |
664 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{high}, | |
665 deleting headers if necessary. | |
666 | |
667 @item M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
668 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
669 @findex message-insert-importance-low | |
670 @cindex Importance | |
671 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{low}, deleting | |
672 headers if necessary. | |
673 | |
674 @item C-c C-f s | |
675 @kindex C-c C-f s | |
676 @findex message-change-subject | |
677 @cindex Subject | |
678 Change the current @samp{Subject} header. Ask for new @samp{Subject} | |
679 header and append @samp{(was: <Old Subject>)}. The old subject can be | |
680 stripped on replying, see @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} | |
681 (@pxref{Message Headers}). | |
682 | |
683 @item C-c C-f x | |
684 @kindex C-c C-f x | |
685 @findex message-cross-post-followup-to | |
686 @vindex message-cross-post-default | |
687 @vindex message-cross-post-note-function | |
688 @cindex X-Post | |
689 @cindex cross-post | |
690 Set up the @samp{FollowUp-To} header with a target newsgroup for a | |
691 cross-post, add that target newsgroup to the @samp{Newsgroups} header if | |
692 it is not a member of @samp{Newsgroups}, and insert a note in the body. | |
693 If @code{message-cross-post-default} is @code{nil} or if this command is | |
694 called with a prefix-argument, only the @samp{FollowUp-To} header will | |
695 be set but the target newsgroup will not be added to the | |
696 @samp{Newsgroups} header. The function to insert a note is controlled | |
697 by the @code{message-cross-post-note-function} variable. | |
698 | |
699 @item C-c C-f t | |
700 @kindex C-c C-f t | |
701 @findex message-reduce-to-to-cc | |
702 Replace contents of @samp{To} header with contents of @samp{Cc} or | |
703 @samp{Bcc} header. (Iff @samp{Cc} header is not present, @samp{Bcc} | |
704 header will be used instead.) | |
705 | |
706 @item C-c C-f w | |
707 @kindex C-c C-f w | |
708 @findex message-insert-wide-reply | |
709 Insert @samp{To} and @samp{Cc} headers as if you were doing a wide | |
710 reply even if the message was not made for a wide reply first. | |
711 | |
712 @item C-c C-f a | |
713 @kindex C-c C-f a | |
714 @findex message-add-archive-header | |
715 @vindex message-archive-header | |
716 @vindex message-archive-note | |
717 @cindex X-No-Archive | |
718 Insert @samp{X-No-Archive: Yes} in the header and a note in the body. | |
719 The header and the note can be customized using | |
720 @code{message-archive-header} and @code{message-archive-note}. When | |
721 called with a prefix argument, ask for a text to insert. If you don't | |
722 want the note in the body, set @code{message-archive-note} to | |
723 @code{nil}. | |
724 | |
725 @end table | |
726 | |
727 | |
728 @node Movement | |
729 @section Movement | |
730 | |
731 @table @kbd | |
732 @item C-c C-b | |
733 @kindex C-c C-b | |
734 @findex message-goto-body | |
735 Move to the beginning of the body of the message | |
736 (@code{message-goto-body}). | |
737 | |
738 @item C-c C-i | |
739 @kindex C-c C-i | |
740 @findex message-goto-signature | |
741 Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}). | |
742 | |
743 @item C-a | |
744 @kindex C-a | |
745 @findex message-beginning-of-line | |
746 @vindex message-beginning-of-line | |
747 If at beginning of header value, go to beginning of line, else go to | |
748 beginning of header value. (The header value comes after the header | |
749 name and the colon.) This behavior can be disabled by toggling | |
750 the variable @code{message-beginning-of-line}. | |
751 | |
752 @end table | |
753 | |
754 | |
755 @node Insertion | |
756 @section Insertion | |
757 | |
758 @table @kbd | |
759 | |
760 @item C-c C-y | |
761 @kindex C-c C-y | |
762 @findex message-yank-original | |
763 Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer | |
764 (@code{message-yank-original}). | |
765 | |
766 @item C-c C-M-y | |
767 @kindex C-c C-M-y | |
768 @findex message-yank-buffer | |
769 Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the | |
770 message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}). | |
771 | |
772 @item C-c C-q | |
773 @kindex C-c C-q | |
774 @findex message-fill-yanked-message | |
775 Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning: | |
776 Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are | |
777 strange. You'll quickly get a feel for when it's safe, though. Anyway, | |
778 just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be | |
779 all right. | |
780 | |
781 @item C-c C-w | |
782 @kindex C-c C-w | |
783 @findex message-insert-signature | |
784 Insert a signature at the end of the buffer | |
785 (@code{message-insert-signature}). | |
786 | |
787 @item C-c M-h | |
788 @kindex C-c M-h | |
789 @findex message-insert-headers | |
790 Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}). | |
791 | |
792 @item C-c M-m | |
793 @kindex C-c M-m | |
794 @findex message-mark-inserted-region | |
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800 @item C-c M-f | |
801 @kindex C-c M-f | |
802 @findex message-mark-insert-file | |
803 Insert a file in the current article with enclosing tags. | |
804 See @code{message-mark-insert-begin} and @code{message-mark-insert-end}. | |
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808 @end table | |
809 | |
810 | |
811 @node MIME | |
812 @section MIME | |
813 @cindex MML | |
814 @cindex MIME | |
815 @cindex multipart | |
816 @cindex attachment | |
817 | |
818 Message is a @acronym{MIME}-compliant posting agent. The user generally | |
819 doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{MIME} happen---Message will | |
820 automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and | |
821 @code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers. | |
822 | |
823 @findex mml-attach-file | |
824 @kindex C-c C-a | |
825 The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in | |
826 @acronym{MIME} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. | |
827 This can be done with the @kbd{C-c C-a} command (@kbd{M-x mml-attach-file}), | |
828 which will prompt for a file name and a @acronym{MIME} type. | |
829 | |
830 @vindex mml-dnd-protocol-alist | |
831 @vindex mml-dnd-attach-options | |
832 If your Emacs supports drag and drop, you can also drop the file in the | |
833 Message buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} specifies | |
834 what kind of action is done when you drop a file into the Message | |
835 buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-attach-options} controls which | |
836 @acronym{MIME} options you want to specify when dropping a file. If it | |
837 is a list, valid members are @code{type}, @code{description} and | |
838 @code{disposition}. @code{disposition} implies @code{type}. If it is | |
839 @code{nil}, don't ask for options. If it is @code{t}, ask the user | |
840 whether or not to specify options. | |
841 | |
842 You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the @acronym{MML} | |
843 language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME | |
844 Manual}). | |
845 | |
846 @node IDNA | |
847 @section IDNA | |
848 @cindex IDNA | |
849 @cindex internationalized domain names | |
850 @cindex non-ascii domain names | |
851 | |
852 Message is a @acronym{IDNA}-compliant posting agent. The user | |
853 generally doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{IDNA} | |
854 happen---Message will encode non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names in @code{From}, | |
855 @code{To}, and @code{Cc} headers automatically. | |
856 | |
857 Until @acronym{IDNA} becomes more well known, Message queries you | |
858 whether @acronym{IDNA} encoding of the domain name really should | |
859 occur. Some users might not be aware that domain names can contain | |
860 non-@acronym{ASCII} now, so this gives them a safety net if they accidently | |
861 typed a non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name. | |
862 | |
863 @vindex message-use-idna | |
864 The @code{message-use-idna} variable control whether @acronym{IDNA} is | |
865 used. If the variable is @code{nil} no @acronym{IDNA} encoding will | |
866 ever happen, if it is set to the symbol @code{ask} the user will be | |
867 queried, and if set to @code{t} (which is the default if @acronym{IDNA} | |
868 is fully available) @acronym{IDNA} encoding happens automatically. | |
869 | |
870 @findex message-idna-to-ascii-rhs | |
871 If you want to experiment with the @acronym{IDNA} encoding, you can | |
872 invoke @kbd{M-x message-idna-to-ascii-rhs RET} in the message buffer | |
873 to have the non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names encoded while you edit | |
874 the message. | |
875 | |
876 Note that you must have @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/, GNU | |
877 Libidn} installed in order to use this functionality. | |
878 | |
879 @node Security | |
880 @section Security | |
881 @cindex Security | |
882 @cindex S/MIME | |
883 @cindex PGP | |
884 @cindex PGP/MIME | |
885 @cindex sign | |
886 @cindex encrypt | |
887 @cindex secure | |
888 | |
889 Using the @acronym{MML} language, Message is able to create digitally | |
890 signed and digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather | |
891 @acronym{MML}) currently support @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991), | |
892 @acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC 2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
893 | |
894 @menu | |
895 * Signing and encryption:: Signing and encrypting commands. | |
896 * Using S/MIME:: Using S/MIME | |
897 * Using PGP/MIME:: Using PGP/MIME | |
898 * PGP Compatibility:: Compatibility with older implementations | |
899 @end menu | |
900 | |
901 @node Signing and encryption | |
902 @subsection Signing and encrypting commands | |
903 | |
904 Instructing @acronym{MML} to perform security operations on a | |
905 @acronym{MIME} part is done using the @kbd{C-c C-m s} key map for | |
906 signing and the @kbd{C-c C-m c} key map for encryption, as follows. | |
907 @table @kbd | |
908 | |
909 @item C-c C-m s s | |
910 @kindex C-c C-m s s | |
911 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-smime | |
912 | |
913 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
914 | |
915 @item C-c C-m s o | |
916 @kindex C-c C-m s o | |
917 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgp | |
918 | |
919 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
920 | |
921 @item C-c C-m s p | |
922 @kindex C-c C-m s p | |
923 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
924 | |
925 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
926 | |
927 @item C-c C-m c s | |
928 @kindex C-c C-m c s | |
929 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-smime | |
930 | |
931 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
932 | |
933 @item C-c C-m c o | |
934 @kindex C-c C-m c o | |
935 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp | |
936 | |
937 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
938 | |
939 @item C-c C-m c p | |
940 @kindex C-c C-m c p | |
941 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime | |
942 | |
943 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
944 | |
945 @item C-c C-m C-n | |
946 @kindex C-c C-m C-n | |
947 @findex mml-unsecure-message | |
948 Remove security related @acronym{MML} tags from message. | |
949 | |
950 @end table | |
951 | |
952 These commands do not immediately sign or encrypt the message, they | |
953 merely insert the proper @acronym{MML} secure tag to instruct the | |
954 @acronym{MML} engine to perform that operation when the message is | |
955 actually sent. They may perform other operations too, such as locating | |
956 and retrieving a @acronym{S/MIME} certificate of the person you wish to | |
957 send encrypted mail to. When the mml parsing engine converts your | |
958 @acronym{MML} into a properly encoded @acronym{MIME} message, the secure | |
959 tag will be replaced with either a part or a multipart tag. If your | |
960 message contains other mml parts, a multipart tag will be used; if no | |
961 other parts are present in your message a single part tag will be used. | |
962 This way, message mode will do the Right Thing (TM) with | |
963 signed/encrypted multipart messages. | |
964 | |
965 Since signing and especially encryption often is used when sensitive | |
966 information is sent, you may want to have some way to ensure that your | |
967 mail is actually signed or encrypted. After invoking the above | |
968 sign/encrypt commands, it is possible to preview the raw article by | |
969 using @kbd{C-u C-c RET P} (@code{mml-preview}). Then you can | |
970 verify that your long rant about what your ex-significant other or | |
971 whomever actually did with that funny looking person at that strange | |
972 party the other night, actually will be sent encrypted. | |
973 | |
974 @emph{Note!} Neither @acronym{PGP/MIME} nor @acronym{S/MIME} encrypt/signs | |
975 RFC822 headers. They only operate on the @acronym{MIME} object. Keep this | |
976 in mind before sending mail with a sensitive Subject line. | |
977 | |
978 By default, when encrypting a message, Gnus will use the | |
979 ``signencrypt'' mode, which means the message is both signed and | |
980 encrypted. If you would like to disable this for a particular | |
981 message, give the @code{mml-secure-message-encrypt-*} command a prefix | |
982 argument, e.g., @kbd{C-u C-c C-m c p}. | |
983 | |
984 Actually using the security commands above is not very difficult. At | |
985 least not compared with making sure all involved programs talk with each | |
986 other properly. Thus, we now describe what external libraries or | |
987 programs are required to make things work, and some small general hints. | |
988 | |
989 @node Using S/MIME | |
990 @subsection Using S/MIME | |
991 | |
992 @emph{Note!} This section assume you have a basic familiarity with | |
993 modern cryptography, @acronym{S/MIME}, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and | |
994 so on. | |
995 | |
996 The @acronym{S/MIME} support in Message (and @acronym{MML}) require | |
997 OpenSSL. OpenSSL performs the actual @acronym{S/MIME} sign/encrypt | |
998 operations. OpenSSL can be found at @uref{http://www.openssl.org/}. | |
999 OpenSSL 0.9.6 and later should work. Version 0.9.5a cannot extract mail | |
1000 addresses from certificates, and it insert a spurious CR character into | |
1001 @acronym{MIME} separators so you may wish to avoid it if you would like | |
1002 to avoid being regarded as someone who send strange mail. (Although by | |
1003 sending @acronym{S/MIME} messages you've probably already lost that | |
1004 contest.) | |
1005 | |
1006 To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not | |
1007 required. Message (@acronym{MML}) need a certificate for the person to whom you | |
1008 wish to communicate with though. You're asked for this when you type | |
1009 @kbd{C-c C-m c s}. Currently there are two ways to retrieve this | |
1010 certificate, from a local file or from DNS. If you chose a local | |
1011 file, it need to contain a X.509 certificate in @acronym{PEM} format. | |
1012 If you chose DNS, you're asked for the domain name where the | |
1013 certificate is stored, the default is a good guess. To my belief, | |
1014 Message (@acronym{MML}) is the first mail agent in the world to support | |
1015 retrieving @acronym{S/MIME} certificates from DNS, so you're not | |
1016 likely to find very many certificates out there. At least there | |
1017 should be one, stored at the domain @code{simon.josefsson.org}. LDAP | |
1018 is a more popular method of distributing certificates, support for it | |
1019 is planned. (Meanwhile, you can use @code{ldapsearch} from the | |
1020 command line to retrieve a certificate into a file and use it.) | |
1021 | |
1022 As for signing messages, OpenSSL can't perform signing operations | |
1023 without some kind of configuration. Especially, you need to tell it | |
1024 where your private key and your certificate is stored. @acronym{MML} | |
1025 uses an Emacs interface to OpenSSL, aptly named @code{smime.el}, and it | |
1026 contain a @code{custom} group used for this configuration. So, try | |
1027 @kbd{M-x customize-group RET smime RET} and look around. | |
1028 | |
1029 Currently there is no support for talking to a CA (or RA) to create | |
1030 your own certificate. None is planned either. You need to do this | |
1031 manually with OpenSSL or using some other program. I used Netscape | |
1032 and got a free @acronym{S/MIME} certificate from one of the big CA's on the | |
1033 net. Netscape is able to export your private key and certificate in | |
1034 PKCS #12 format. Use OpenSSL to convert this into a plain X.509 | |
1035 certificate in PEM format as follows. | |
1036 | |
1037 @example | |
1038 $ openssl pkcs12 -in ns.p12 -clcerts -nodes > key+cert.pem | |
1039 @end example | |
1040 | |
1041 The @file{key+cert.pem} file should be pointed to from the | |
1042 @code{smime-keys} variable. You should now be able to send signed mail. | |
1043 | |
1044 @emph{Note!} Your private key is now stored unencrypted in the file, | |
1045 so take care in handling it. Storing encrypted keys on the disk are | |
1046 supported, and Gnus will ask you for a passphrase before invoking | |
1047 OpenSSL. Read the OpenSSL documentation for how to achieve this. If | |
1048 you use unencrypted keys (e.g., if they are on a secure storage, or if | |
1049 you are on a secure single user machine) simply press @code{RET} at | |
1050 the passphrase prompt. | |
1051 | |
1052 @node Using PGP/MIME | |
1053 @subsection Using PGP/MIME | |
1054 | |
1055 @acronym{PGP/MIME} requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such | |
1056 as @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/, GNU Privacy Guard}. Pre-OpenPGP | |
1057 implementations such as PGP 2.x and PGP 5.x are also supported. One | |
1058 Emacs interface to the PGP implementations, PGG (@pxref{Top, ,PGG, | |
1059 pgg, PGG Manual}), is included, but Mailcrypt and Florian Weimer's | |
1060 @code{gpg.el} are also supported. @xref{PGP Compatibility}. | |
1061 | |
1062 @cindex gpg-agent | |
1063 Message internally calls GnuPG (the @command{gpg} command) to perform | |
1064 data encryption, and in certain cases (decrypting or signing for | |
1065 example), @command{gpg} requires user's passphrase. Currently the | |
1066 recommended way to supply your passphrase to @command{gpg} is to use the | |
1067 @command{gpg-agent} program. | |
1068 | |
1069 To use @command{gpg-agent} in Emacs, you need to run the following | |
1070 command from the shell before starting Emacs. | |
1071 | |
1072 @example | |
1073 eval `gpg-agent --daemon` | |
1074 @end example | |
1075 | |
1076 This will invoke @command{gpg-agent} and set the environment variable | |
1077 @code{GPG_AGENT_INFO} to allow @command{gpg} to communicate with it. | |
1078 It might be good idea to put this command in your @file{.xsession} or | |
1079 @file{.bash_profile}. @xref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , , gnupg, Using the | |
1080 GNU Privacy Guard}. | |
1081 | |
1082 Once your @command{gpg-agent} is set up, it will ask you for a | |
1083 passphrase as needed for @command{gpg}. Under the X Window System, | |
1084 you will see a new passphrase input dialog appear. The dialog is | |
1085 provided by PIN Entry (the @command{pinentry} command), and as of | |
1086 version 0.7.2, @command{pinentry} cannot cooperate with Emacs on a | |
1087 single tty. So, if you are using a text console, you may need to put | |
1088 a passphrase into gpg-agent's cache beforehand. The following command | |
1089 does the trick. | |
1090 | |
1091 @example | |
1092 gpg --use-agent --sign < /dev/null > /dev/null | |
1093 @end example | |
1094 | |
1095 The Lisp variable @code{pgg-gpg-use-agent} controls whether to use | |
1096 @command{gpg-agent}. See also @xref{Caching passphrase, , , pgg, The | |
1097 PGG Manual}. | |
1098 | |
1099 | |
1100 @node PGP Compatibility | |
1101 @subsection Compatibility with older implementations | |
1102 | |
1103 @vindex gpg-temp-directory | |
1104 Note, if you are using the @code{gpg.el} you must make sure that the | |
1105 directory specified by @code{gpg-temp-directory} have permissions | |
1106 0700. | |
1107 | |
1108 Creating your own key is described in detail in the documentation of | |
1109 your PGP implementation, so we refer to it. | |
1110 | |
1111 If you have imported your old PGP 2.x key into GnuPG, and want to send | |
1112 signed and encrypted messages to your fellow PGP 2.x users, you'll | |
1113 discover that the receiver cannot understand what you send. One | |
1114 solution is to use PGP 2.x instead (i.e., if you use @code{pgg}, set | |
1115 @code{pgg-default-scheme} to @code{pgp}). If you do want to use | |
1116 GnuPG, you can use a compatibility script called @code{gpg-2comp} | |
1117 available from | |
1118 @uref{http://muppet.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de/~gero/gpg-2comp/}. You | |
1119 could also convince your fellow PGP 2.x users to convert to GnuPG. | |
1120 @vindex mml-signencrypt-style-alist | |
1121 As a final workaround, you can make the sign and encryption work in | |
1122 two steps; separately sign, then encrypt a message. If you would like | |
1123 to change this behavior you can customize the | |
1124 @code{mml-signencrypt-style-alist} variable. For example: | |
1125 | |
1126 @lisp | |
1127 (setq mml-signencrypt-style-alist '(("smime" separate) | |
1128 ("pgp" separate) | |
1129 ("pgpauto" separate) | |
1130 ("pgpmime" separate))) | |
1131 @end lisp | |
1132 | |
1133 This causes to sign and encrypt in two passes, thus generating a | |
1134 message that can be understood by PGP version 2. | |
1135 | |
1136 (Refer to @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/pgp2x.html} for more | |
1137 information about the problem.) | |
1138 | |
1139 @node Various Commands | |
1140 @section Various Commands | |
1141 | |
1142 @table @kbd | |
1143 | |
1144 @item C-c C-r | |
1145 @kindex C-c C-r | |
1146 @findex message-caesar-buffer-body | |
1147 Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message | |
1148 (@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just | |
1149 rotate the visible portion of the buffer. A numerical prefix says how | |
1150 many places to rotate the text. The default is 13. | |
1151 | |
1152 @item C-c C-e | |
1153 @kindex C-c C-e | |
1154 @findex message-elide-region | |
1155 @vindex message-elide-ellipsis | |
1156 Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}). | |
1157 The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable | |
1158 @code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis | |
1159 (@samp{[...]}). | |
1160 | |
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1167 @kindex C-c C-z | |
1168 @findex message-kill-to-signature | |
1169 Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the | |
1170 end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}). | |
1171 | |
1172 @item C-c C-v | |
1173 @kindex C-c C-v | |
1174 @findex message-delete-not-region | |
1175 Delete all text in the body of the message that is outside the region | |
1176 (@code{message-delete-not-region}). | |
1177 | |
1178 @item M-RET | |
1179 @kindex M-RET | |
1180 @findex message-newline-and-reformat | |
1181 Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text. | |
1182 | |
1183 Here's an example: | |
1184 | |
1185 @example | |
1186 > This is some quoted text. And here's more quoted text. | |
1187 @end example | |
1188 | |
1189 If point is before @samp{And} and you press @kbd{M-RET}, you'll get: | |
1190 | |
1191 @example | |
1192 > This is some quoted text. | |
1193 | |
1194 * | |
1195 | |
1196 > And here's more quoted text. | |
1197 @end example | |
1198 | |
1199 @samp{*} says where point will be placed. | |
1200 | |
1201 @item C-c M-r | |
1202 @kindex C-c M-r | |
1203 @findex message-rename-buffer | |
1204 Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix, | |
1205 prompt for a new buffer name. | |
1206 | |
1207 @item TAB | |
1208 @kindex TAB | |
1209 @findex message-tab | |
1210 @vindex message-tab-body-function | |
1211 If @code{message-tab-body-function} is non-@code{nil}, execute the | |
1212 function it specifies. Otherwise use the function bound to @kbd{TAB} in | |
1213 @code{text-mode-map} or @code{global-map}. | |
1214 | |
1215 @end table | |
1216 | |
1217 | |
1218 @node Sending | |
1219 @section Sending | |
1220 | |
1221 @table @kbd | |
1222 @item C-c C-c | |
1223 @kindex C-c C-c | |
1224 @findex message-send-and-exit | |
1225 Send the message and bury the current buffer | |
1226 (@code{message-send-and-exit}). | |
1227 | |
1228 @item C-c C-s | |
1229 @kindex C-c C-s | |
1230 @findex message-send | |
1231 Send the message (@code{message-send}). | |
1232 | |
1233 @item C-c C-d | |
1234 @kindex C-c C-d | |
1235 @findex message-dont-send | |
1236 Bury the message buffer and exit (@code{message-dont-send}). | |
1237 | |
1238 @item C-c C-k | |
1239 @kindex C-c C-k | |
1240 @findex message-kill-buffer | |
1241 Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). | |
1242 | |
1243 @end table | |
1244 | |
1245 | |
1246 | |
1247 @node Mail Aliases | |
1248 @section Mail Aliases | |
1249 @cindex mail aliases | |
1250 @cindex aliases | |
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1254 @vindex message-mail-alias-type | |
1255 The @code{message-mail-alias-type} variable controls what type of mail | |
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1259 | |
1260 @code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and | |
1261 @file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like: | |
1262 | |
1263 @example | |
1264 alias lmi "Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@ifi.uio.no>" | |
1265 alias ding "ding@@ifi.uio.no (ding mailing list)" | |
1266 @end example | |
1267 | |
1268 After adding lines like this to your @file{~/.mailrc} file, you should | |
1269 be able to just write @samp{lmi} in the @code{To} or @code{Cc} (and so | |
1270 on) headers and press @kbd{SPC} to expand the alias. | |
1271 | |
1272 No expansion will be performed upon sending of the message---all | |
1273 expansions have to be done explicitly. | |
1274 | |
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1284 @node Spelling | |
1285 @section Spelling | |
1286 @cindex spelling | |
1287 @findex ispell-message | |
1288 | |
1289 There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages: | |
1290 @code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and | |
1291 probably more popular package. You typically first write the message, | |
1292 and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the | |
1293 typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put | |
1294 something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1295 | |
1296 @lisp | |
1297 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message) | |
1298 @end lisp | |
1299 | |
1300 @vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1301 If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be | |
1302 controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable: | |
1303 | |
1304 @lisp | |
1305 (setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1306 '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8") | |
1307 (".*" . "default"))) | |
1308 @end lisp | |
1309 | |
1310 @code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1311 installed. | |
1312 | |
1313 The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks | |
1314 your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in | |
1315 various ways. | |
1316 | |
1317 To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your | |
1318 @file{.emacs} file: | |
1319 | |
1320 @lisp | |
1321 (defun my-message-setup-routine () | |
1322 (flyspell-mode 1)) | |
1323 (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine) | |
1324 @end lisp | |
1325 | |
1326 @code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1327 installed. | |
1328 | |
1329 | |
1330 @node Variables | |
1331 @chapter Variables | |
1332 | |
1333 @menu | |
1334 * Message Headers:: General message header stuff. | |
1335 * Mail Headers:: Customizing mail headers. | |
1336 * Mail Variables:: Other mail variables. | |
1337 * News Headers:: Customizing news headers. | |
1338 * News Variables:: Other news variables. | |
1339 * Insertion Variables:: Customizing how things are inserted. | |
1340 * Various Message Variables:: Other message variables. | |
1341 * Sending Variables:: Variables for sending. | |
1342 * Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers. | |
1343 * Message Actions:: Actions to be performed when exiting. | |
1344 @end menu | |
1345 | |
1346 | |
1347 @node Message Headers | |
1348 @section Message Headers | |
1349 | |
1350 Message is quite aggressive on the message generation front. It has to | |
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84305 | 1352 messages, it has to generate all headers itself (instead of letting the |
1353 mail/news system do it) to ensure that mail and news copies of messages | |
1354 look sufficiently similar. | |
1355 | |
1356 @table @code | |
1357 | |
1358 @item message-generate-headers-first | |
1359 @vindex message-generate-headers-first | |
1360 If @code{t}, generate all required headers before starting to | |
1361 compose the message. This can also be a list of headers to generate: | |
1362 | |
1363 @lisp | |
1364 (setq message-generate-headers-first | |
1365 '(References)) | |
1366 @end lisp | |
1367 | |
1368 @vindex message-required-headers | |
1369 The variables @code{message-required-headers}, | |
1370 @code{message-required-mail-headers} and | |
1371 @code{message-required-news-headers} specify which headers are | |
1372 required. | |
1373 | |
1374 Note that some headers will be removed and re-generated before posting, | |
1375 because of the variable @code{message-deletable-headers} (see below). | |
1376 | |
1377 @item message-draft-headers | |
1378 @vindex message-draft-headers | |
1379 When running Message from Gnus, the message buffers are associated | |
1380 with a draft group. @code{message-draft-headers} says which headers | |
1381 should be generated when a draft is written to the draft group. | |
1382 | |
1383 @item message-from-style | |
1384 @vindex message-from-style | |
1385 Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid | |
1386 values: | |
1387 | |
1388 @table @code | |
1389 @item nil | |
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1392 @item parens | |
1393 @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}. | |
1394 | |
1395 @item angles | |
1396 @samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}. | |
1397 | |
1398 @item default | |
1399 Look like @code{angles} if that doesn't require quoting, and | |
1400 @code{parens} if it does. If even @code{parens} requires quoting, use | |
1401 @code{angles} anyway. | |
1402 | |
1403 @end table | |
1404 | |
1405 @item message-deletable-headers | |
1406 @vindex message-deletable-headers | |
1407 Headers in this list that were previously generated by Message will be | |
1408 deleted before posting. Let's say you post an article. Then you decide | |
1409 to post it again to some other group, you naughty boy, so you jump back | |
1410 to the @code{*post-buf*} buffer, edit the @code{Newsgroups} line, and | |
1411 ship it off again. By default, this variable makes sure that the old | |
1412 generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If | |
1413 this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would | |
1414 prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world. | |
1415 Allegedly. | |
1416 | |
1417 @item message-default-headers | |
1418 @vindex message-default-headers | |
1419 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1420 buffers. | |
1421 | |
1422 @item message-subject-re-regexp | |
1423 @vindex message-subject-re-regexp | |
1424 @cindex Aw | |
1425 @cindex Sv | |
1426 @cindex Re | |
1427 Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This | |
1428 is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is | |
1429 Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have | |
1430 failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software | |
1431 to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } | |
1432 (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may | |
1433 have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may | |
1434 set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I | |
1435 just throw away non-compliant mail. | |
1436 | |
1437 Here's an example of a value to deal with these headers when | |
1438 responding to a message: | |
1439 | |
1440 @lisp | |
1441 (setq message-subject-re-regexp | |
1442 (concat | |
1443 "^[ \t]*" | |
1444 "\\(" | |
1445 "\\(" | |
1446 "[Aa][Nn][Tt][Ww]\\.?\\|" ; antw | |
1447 "[Aa][Ww]\\|" ; aw | |
1448 "[Ff][Ww][Dd]?\\|" ; fwd | |
1449 "[Oo][Dd][Pp]\\|" ; odp | |
1450 "[Rr][Ee]\\|" ; re | |
1451 "[Rr][\311\351][Ff]\\.?\\|" ; ref | |
1452 "[Ss][Vv]" ; sv | |
1453 "\\)" | |
1454 "\\(\\[[0-9]*\\]\\)" | |
1455 "*:[ \t]*" | |
1456 "\\)" | |
1457 "*[ \t]*" | |
1458 )) | |
1459 @end lisp | |
1460 | |
1461 @item message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1462 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1463 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp | |
1464 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-regexp | |
1465 Controls what to do with trailing @samp{(was: <old subject>)} in subject | |
1466 lines. If @code{nil}, leave the subject unchanged. If it is the symbol | |
1467 @code{ask}, query the user what to do. In this case, the subject is | |
1468 matched against @code{message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp}. If | |
1469 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} is @code{t}, always strip the | |
1470 trailing old subject. In this case, | |
1471 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-regexp} is used. | |
1472 | |
1473 @item message-alternative-emails | |
1474 @vindex message-alternative-emails | |
1475 Regexp matching alternative email addresses. The first address in the | |
1476 To, Cc or From headers of the original article matching this variable is | |
1477 used as the From field of outgoing messages, replacing the default From | |
1478 value. | |
1479 | |
1480 For example, if you have two secondary email addresses john@@home.net | |
1481 and john.doe@@work.com and want to use them in the From field when | |
1482 composing a reply to a message addressed to one of them, you could set | |
1483 this variable like this: | |
1484 | |
1485 @lisp | |
1486 (setq message-alternative-emails | |
1487 (regexp-opt '("john@@home.net" "john.doe@@work.com"))) | |
1488 @end lisp | |
1489 | |
1490 This variable has precedence over posting styles and anything that runs | |
1491 off @code{message-setup-hook}. | |
1492 | |
1493 @item message-allow-no-recipients | |
1494 @vindex message-allow-no-recipients | |
1495 Specifies what to do when there are no recipients other than | |
1496 @code{Gcc} or @code{Fcc}. If it is @code{always}, the posting is | |
1497 allowed. If it is @code{never}, the posting is not allowed. If it is | |
1498 @code{ask} (the default), you are prompted. | |
1499 | |
1500 @item message-hidden-headers | |
1501 @vindex message-hidden-headers | |
1502 A regexp, a list of regexps, or a list where the first element is | |
1503 @code{not} and the rest are regexps. It says which headers to keep | |
1504 hidden when composing a message. | |
1505 | |
1506 @lisp | |
1507 (setq message-hidden-headers | |
1508 '(not "From" "Subject" "To" "Cc" "Newsgroups")) | |
1509 @end lisp | |
1510 | |
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84305 | 1514 @item message-header-synonyms |
1515 @vindex message-header-synonyms | |
1516 A list of lists of header synonyms. E.g., if this list contains a | |
1517 member list with elements @code{Cc} and @code{To}, then | |
1518 @code{message-carefully-insert-headers} will not insert a @code{To} | |
1519 header when the message is already @code{Cc}ed to the recipient. | |
1520 | |
1521 @end table | |
1522 | |
1523 | |
1524 @node Mail Headers | |
1525 @section Mail Headers | |
1526 | |
1527 @table @code | |
1528 @item message-required-mail-headers | |
1529 @vindex message-required-mail-headers | |
1530 @xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is | |
1531 @code{(From Subject Date (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID | |
1532 (optional . User-Agent))} by default. | |
1533 | |
1534 @item message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1535 @vindex message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1536 Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is@* | |
1537 @samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|^Xref:\\|^X-Draft-From:\\|@* | |
1538 ^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1539 | |
1540 @item message-default-mail-headers | |
1541 @vindex message-default-mail-headers | |
1542 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1543 buffers that are initialized as mail. | |
1544 | |
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84305 | 1552 @end table |
1553 | |
1554 | |
1555 @node Mail Variables | |
1556 @section Mail Variables | |
1557 | |
1558 @table @code | |
1559 @item message-send-mail-function | |
1560 @vindex message-send-mail-function | |
87647 | 1561 @findex message-send-mail-function |
84305 | 1562 @findex message-send-mail-with-sendmail |
1563 @findex message-send-mail-with-mh | |
1564 @findex message-send-mail-with-qmail | |
1565 @findex message-smtpmail-send-it | |
1566 @findex smtpmail-send-it | |
1567 @findex feedmail-send-it | |
87647 | 1568 @findex message-send-mail-with-mailclient |
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84305 | 1575 |
87647 | 1576 The function |
1577 @code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail} pipes your article to the | |
1578 @code{sendmail} binary for further queuing and sending. When your local | |
1579 system is not configured for sending mail using @code{sendmail}, and you | |
1580 have access to a remote @acronym{SMTP} server, you can set | |
1581 @code{message-send-mail-function} to @code{smtpmail-send-it} and make | |
1582 sure to setup the @code{smtpmail} package correctly. An example: | |
1583 | |
1584 @lisp | |
1585 (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it | |
1586 smtpmail-default-smtp-server "YOUR SMTP HOST") | |
1587 @end lisp | |
1588 | |
1589 To the thing similar to this, there is | |
1590 @code{message-smtpmail-send-it}. It is useful if your @acronym{ISP} | |
1591 requires the @acronym{POP}-before-@acronym{SMTP} authentication. | |
1592 @xref{POP before SMTP, , POP before SMTP, gnus, The Gnus Manual}. | |
1593 | |
84305 | 1594 @item message-mh-deletable-headers |
1595 @vindex message-mh-deletable-headers | |
1596 Most versions of MH doesn't like being fed messages that contain the | |
1597 headers in this variable. If this variable is non-@code{nil} (which is | |
1598 the default), these headers will be removed before mailing when sending | |
1599 messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these | |
1600 headers. | |
1601 | |
1602 @item message-qmail-inject-program | |
1603 @vindex message-qmail-inject-program | |
1604 @cindex qmail | |
1605 Location of the qmail-inject program. | |
1606 | |
1607 @item message-qmail-inject-args | |
1608 @vindex message-qmail-inject-args | |
1609 Arguments passed to qmail-inject programs. | |
1610 This should be a list of strings, one string for each argument. It | |
1611 may also be a function. | |
1612 | |
1613 For e.g., if you wish to set the envelope sender address so that bounces | |
1614 go to the right place or to deal with listserv's usage of that address, you | |
1615 might set this variable to @code{'("-f" "you@@some.where")}. | |
1616 | |
1617 @item message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1618 @vindex message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1619 @cindex sendmail | |
1620 Non-@code{nil} means don't add @samp{-f username} to the sendmail | |
1621 command line. Doing so would be even more evil than leaving it out. | |
1622 | |
1623 @item message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1624 @vindex message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1625 When @code{message-sendmail-f-is-evil} is @code{nil}, this specifies | |
1626 the address to use in the @acronym{SMTP} envelope. If it is | |
1627 @code{nil}, use @code{user-mail-address}. If it is the symbol | |
1628 @code{header}, use the @samp{From} header of the message. | |
1629 | |
1630 @item message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1631 @vindex message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1632 Set this to non-@code{nil} if the system's mailer runs the header and | |
1633 body together. (This problem exists on SunOS 4 when sendmail is run | |
1634 in remote mode.) The value should be an expression to test whether | |
1635 the problem will actually occur. | |
1636 | |
1637 @item message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1638 @vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1639 @cindex split large message | |
1640 The limitation of messages sent as message/partial. The lower bound | |
1641 of message size in characters, beyond which the message should be sent | |
1642 in several parts. If it is @code{nil}, the size is unlimited. | |
1643 | |
1644 @end table | |
1645 | |
1646 | |
1647 @node News Headers | |
1648 @section News Headers | |
1649 | |
1650 @vindex message-required-news-headers | |
1651 @code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These | |
1652 headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's | |
1653 impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid: | |
1654 | |
1655 @table @code | |
1656 | |
1657 @item From | |
1658 @cindex From | |
1659 @findex user-full-name | |
1660 @findex user-mail-address | |
1661 This required header will be filled out with the result of the | |
1662 @code{message-make-from} function, which depends on the | |
1663 @code{message-from-style}, @code{user-full-name}, | |
1664 @code{user-mail-address} variables. | |
1665 | |
1666 @item Subject | |
1667 @cindex Subject | |
1668 This required header will be prompted for if not present already. | |
1669 | |
1670 @item Newsgroups | |
1671 @cindex Newsgroups | |
1672 This required header says which newsgroups the article is to be posted | |
1673 to. If it isn't present already, it will be prompted for. | |
1674 | |
1675 @item Organization | |
1676 @cindex organization | |
1677 @vindex message-user-organization | |
1678 @vindex message-user-organization-file | |
1679 This optional header will be filled out depending on the | |
1680 @code{message-user-organization} variable. | |
1681 @code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is | |
1682 @code{t}. This variable can also be a string (in which case this string | |
1683 will be used), or it can be a function (which will be called with no | |
1684 parameters and should return a string to be used). | |
1685 | |
1686 @item Lines | |
1687 @cindex Lines | |
1688 This optional header will be computed by Message. | |
1689 | |
1690 @item Message-ID | |
1691 @cindex Message-ID | |
1692 @vindex message-user-fqdn | |
1693 @vindex mail-host-address | |
1694 @vindex user-mail-address | |
1695 @findex system-name | |
1696 @cindex Sun | |
1697 @cindex i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me | |
1698 This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be | |
1699 created based on the date, time, user name (for the local part) and the | |
1700 domain part. For the domain part, message will look (in this order) at | |
1701 @code{message-user-fqdn}, @code{system-name}, @code{mail-host-address} | |
1702 and @code{message-user-mail-address} (i.e. @code{user-mail-address}) | |
1703 until a probably valid fully qualified domain name (FQDN) was found. | |
1704 | |
1705 @item User-Agent | |
1706 @cindex User-Agent | |
1707 This optional header will be filled out according to the | |
1708 @code{message-newsreader} local variable. | |
1709 | |
1710 @item In-Reply-To | |
1711 This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From} | |
1712 header of the article being replied to. | |
1713 | |
1714 @item Expires | |
1715 @cindex Expires | |
1716 @vindex message-expires | |
1717 This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the | |
1718 @code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't | |
1719 be used unless you know what you're doing. | |
1720 | |
1721 @item Distribution | |
1722 @cindex Distribution | |
1723 @vindex message-distribution-function | |
1724 This optional header is filled out according to the | |
1725 @code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and | |
1726 much misunderstood header. | |
1727 | |
1728 @item Path | |
1729 @cindex path | |
1730 @vindex message-user-path | |
1731 This extremely optional header should probably never be used. | |
1732 However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is | |
1733 present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this | |
1734 @code{Path} header is to look. If it is @code{nil}, use the server name | |
1735 as the leaf node. If it is a string, use the string. If it is neither | |
1736 a string nor @code{nil}, use the user name only. However, it is highly | |
1737 unlikely that you should need to fiddle with this variable at all. | |
1738 @end table | |
1739 | |
1740 @findex yow | |
1741 @cindex Mime-Version | |
1742 In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The @sc{car} of this cons | |
1743 should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and | |
1744 the @sc{cdr} can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of | |
1745 this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should | |
1746 return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert | |
1747 @code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")} | |
1748 into the list. If you want to insert a funny quote, you could enter | |
1749 something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function | |
1750 @code{yow} will then be called without any arguments. | |
1751 | |
1752 If the list contains a cons where the @sc{car} of the cons is | |
1753 @code{optional}, the @sc{cdr} of this cons will only be inserted if it is | |
1754 non-@code{nil}. | |
1755 | |
1756 If you want to delete an entry from this list, the following Lisp | |
1757 snippet might be useful. Adjust accordingly if you want to remove | |
1758 another element. | |
1759 | |
1760 @lisp | |
1761 (setq message-required-news-headers | |
1762 (delq 'Message-ID message-required-news-headers)) | |
1763 @end lisp | |
1764 | |
1765 Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles: | |
1766 | |
1767 @table @code | |
1768 | |
1769 @item message-syntax-checks | |
1770 @vindex message-syntax-checks | |
1771 Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts. | |
1772 To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add | |
1773 | |
1774 @lisp | |
1775 (signature . disabled) | |
1776 @end lisp | |
1777 | |
1778 to this list. | |
1779 | |
1780 Valid checks are: | |
1781 | |
1782 @table @code | |
1783 @item approved | |
1784 @cindex approved | |
1785 Check whether the article has an @code{Approved} header, which is | |
1786 something only moderators should include. | |
1787 @item continuation-headers | |
1788 Check whether there are continuation header lines that don't begin with | |
1789 whitespace. | |
1790 @item control-chars | |
1791 Check for invalid characters. | |
1792 @item empty | |
1793 Check whether the article is empty. | |
1794 @item existing-newsgroups | |
1795 Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and | |
1796 @code{Followup-To} headers exist. | |
1797 @item from | |
1798 Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice. | |
1799 @item illegible-text | |
1800 Check whether there is any non-printable character in the body. | |
1801 @item invisible-text | |
1802 Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer. | |
1803 @item long-header-lines | |
1804 Check for too long header lines. | |
1805 @item long-lines | |
1806 @cindex long lines | |
1807 Check for too long lines in the body. | |
1808 @item message-id | |
1809 Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks syntactically ok. | |
1810 @item multiple-headers | |
1811 Check for the existence of multiple equal headers. | |
1812 @item new-text | |
1813 Check whether there is any new text in the messages. | |
1814 @item newsgroups | |
1815 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} header exists and is not empty. | |
1816 @item quoting-style | |
1817 Check whether text follows last quoted portion. | |
1818 @item repeated-newsgroups | |
1819 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1820 contains repeated group names. | |
1821 @item reply-to | |
1822 Check whether the @code{Reply-To} header looks ok. | |
1823 @item sender | |
1824 @cindex Sender | |
1825 Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd. | |
1826 @item sendsys | |
1827 @cindex sendsys | |
1828 Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands. | |
1829 @item shoot | |
1830 Check whether the domain part of the @code{Message-ID} header looks ok. | |
1831 @item shorten-followup-to | |
1832 Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number | |
1833 of groups to post to. | |
1834 @item signature | |
1835 Check the length of the signature. | |
1836 @item size | |
1837 Check for excessive size. | |
1838 @item subject | |
1839 Check whether the @code{Subject} header exists and is not empty. | |
1840 @item subject-cmsg | |
1841 Check the subject for commands. | |
1842 @item valid-newsgroups | |
1843 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1844 are valid syntactically. | |
1845 @end table | |
1846 | |
1847 All these conditions are checked by default, except for @code{sender} | |
1848 for which the check is disabled by default if | |
1849 @code{message-insert-canlock} is non-@code{nil} (@pxref{Canceling News}). | |
1850 | |
1851 @item message-ignored-news-headers | |
1852 @vindex message-ignored-news-headers | |
1853 Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@* | |
1854 @samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|@* | |
1855 ^X-Draft-From:\\|^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1856 | |
1857 @item message-default-news-headers | |
1858 @vindex message-default-news-headers | |
1859 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1860 buffers that are initialized as news. | |
1861 | |
1862 @end table | |
1863 | |
1864 | |
1865 @node News Variables | |
1866 @section News Variables | |
1867 | |
1868 @table @code | |
1869 @item message-send-news-function | |
1870 @vindex message-send-news-function | |
1871 Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is | |
1872 @code{message-send-news}. | |
1873 | |
1874 @item message-post-method | |
1875 @vindex message-post-method | |
1876 Gnusish @dfn{select method} (see the Gnus manual for details) used for | |
1877 posting a prepared news message. | |
1878 | |
1879 @end table | |
1880 | |
1881 | |
1882 @node Insertion Variables | |
1883 @section Insertion Variables | |
1884 | |
1885 @table @code | |
1886 @item message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1887 @vindex message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1888 All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked | |
1889 messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be | |
1890 removed. | |
1891 | |
1892 @item message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1893 @vindex message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1894 Regexp matching the longest possible citation prefix on a line. | |
1895 | |
1896 @item message-citation-line-function | |
1897 @vindex message-citation-line-function | |
1898 @cindex attribution line | |
1899 Function called to insert the citation line. The default is | |
1900 @code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines | |
1901 that look like: | |
1902 | |
1903 @example | |
1904 Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes: | |
1905 @end example | |
1906 | |
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1911 function is called. | |
1912 | |
1913 Note that Gnus provides a feature where clicking on `writes:' hides the | |
1914 cited text. If you change the citation line too much, readers of your | |
1915 messages will have to adjust their Gnus, too. See the variable | |
1916 @code{gnus-cite-attribution-suffix}. @xref{Article Highlighting, , | |
1917 Article Highlighting, gnus, The Gnus Manual}, for details. | |
1918 | |
1919 @item message-yank-prefix | |
1920 @vindex message-yank-prefix | |
1921 @cindex yanking | |
1922 @cindex quoting | |
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84305 | 1929 |
1930 @item message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1931 @vindex message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1932 @cindex yanking | |
1933 @cindex cited | |
1934 @cindex quoting | |
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84305 | 1947 |
1948 @item message-indentation-spaces | |
1949 @vindex message-indentation-spaces | |
1950 Number of spaces to indent yanked messages. | |
1951 | |
1952 @item message-cite-function | |
1953 @vindex message-cite-function | |
1954 @findex message-cite-original | |
1955 @findex sc-cite-original | |
1956 @findex message-cite-original-without-signature | |
1957 @cindex Supercite | |
1958 Function for citing an original message. The default is | |
1959 @code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message | |
1960 and prepends @samp{> } to each line. | |
1961 @code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides | |
1962 the signature. You can also set it to @code{sc-cite-original} to use | |
1963 Supercite. | |
1964 | |
1965 @item message-indent-citation-function | |
1966 @vindex message-indent-citation-function | |
1967 Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
1968 This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the | |
1969 citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function | |
1970 should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified. | |
1971 | |
1972 @item message-mark-insert-begin | |
1973 @vindex message-mark-insert-begin | |
1974 String to mark the beginning of some inserted text. | |
1975 | |
1976 @item message-mark-insert-end | |
1977 @vindex message-mark-insert-end | |
1978 String to mark the end of some inserted text. | |
1979 | |
1980 @item message-signature | |
1981 @vindex message-signature | |
1982 String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t} | |
1983 (which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be | |
1984 inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be | |
1985 used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead. | |
1986 If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all. | |
1987 | |
1988 @item message-signature-file | |
1989 @vindex message-signature-file | |
1990 File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer. | |
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84305 | 1993 The default is @file{~/.signature}. |
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2004 @vindex message-signature-insert-empty-line | |
2005 If @code{t} (the default value) an empty line is inserted before the | |
2006 signature separator. | |
2007 | |
2008 @end table | |
2009 | |
2010 Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three | |
2011 characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it | |
2012 easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the | |
2013 signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel | |
2014 that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally. | |
2015 | |
2016 Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long. | |
2017 Including @acronym{ASCII} graphics is an efficient way to get | |
2018 everybody to believe that you are silly and have nothing important to | |
2019 say. | |
2020 | |
2021 | |
2022 @node Various Message Variables | |
2023 @section Various Message Variables | |
2024 | |
2025 @table @code | |
2026 @item message-default-charset | |
2027 @vindex message-default-charset | |
2028 @cindex charset | |
2029 Symbol naming a @acronym{MIME} charset. Non-@acronym{ASCII} characters | |
2030 in messages are assumed to be encoded using this charset. The default | |
2031 is @code{iso-8859-1} on non-@sc{mule} Emacsen; otherwise @code{nil}, | |
2032 which means ask the user. (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule} | |
2033 Emacsen.) @xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, | |
2034 Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@acronym{MIME} | |
2035 translation process. | |
2036 | |
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2045 @vindex message-signature-separator | |
2046 Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by | |
2047 default. | |
2048 | |
2049 @item mail-header-separator | |
2050 @vindex mail-header-separator | |
2051 String used to separate the headers from the body. It is @samp{--text | |
2052 follows this line--} by default. | |
2053 | |
2054 @item message-directory | |
2055 @vindex message-directory | |
2056 Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}. | |
2057 All other mail file variables are derived from @code{message-directory}. | |
2058 | |
2059 @item message-auto-save-directory | |
2060 @vindex message-auto-save-directory | |
2061 Directory where Message auto-saves buffers if Gnus isn't running. If | |
2062 @code{nil}, Message won't auto-save. The default is @file{~/Mail/drafts/}. | |
2063 | |
2064 @item message-signature-setup-hook | |
2065 @vindex message-signature-setup-hook | |
2066 Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the | |
2067 headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted. | |
2068 | |
2069 @item message-setup-hook | |
2070 @vindex message-setup-hook | |
2071 Hook run as the last thing when the message buffer has been initialized, | |
2072 but before yanked text is inserted. | |
2073 | |
2074 @item message-header-setup-hook | |
2075 @vindex message-header-setup-hook | |
2076 Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers. | |
2077 | |
2078 For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a | |
2079 @samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages | |
2080 you send to mailing lists, you could do something like the following: | |
2081 | |
2082 @lisp | |
2083 (defun my-message-header-setup-hook () | |
2084 (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) | |
2085 (when (or (message-fetch-field "newsgroups") | |
2086 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-address) | |
2087 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-list)) | |
2088 (insert "Mail-Copies-To: never\n")))) | |
2089 | |
2090 (add-hook 'message-header-setup-hook | |
2091 'my-message-header-setup-hook) | |
2092 @end lisp | |
2093 | |
2094 @item message-send-hook | |
2095 @vindex message-send-hook | |
2096 Hook run before sending messages. | |
2097 | |
2098 If you want to add certain headers before sending, you can use the | |
2099 @code{message-add-header} function in this hook. For instance: | |
2100 @findex message-add-header | |
2101 | |
2102 @lisp | |
2103 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content) | |
2104 (defun my-message-add-content () | |
2105 (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense") | |
2106 (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no")) | |
2107 @end lisp | |
2108 | |
2109 This function won't add the header if the header is already present. | |
2110 | |
2111 @item message-send-mail-hook | |
2112 @vindex message-send-mail-hook | |
2113 Hook run before sending mail messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2114 just before the message is actually sent as mail. | |
2115 | |
2116 @item message-send-news-hook | |
2117 @vindex message-send-news-hook | |
2118 Hook run before sending news messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2119 just before the message is actually sent as news. | |
2120 | |
2121 @item message-sent-hook | |
2122 @vindex message-sent-hook | |
2123 Hook run after sending messages. | |
2124 | |
2125 @item message-cancel-hook | |
2126 @vindex message-cancel-hook | |
2127 Hook run when canceling news articles. | |
2128 | |
2129 @item message-mode-syntax-table | |
2130 @vindex message-mode-syntax-table | |
2131 Syntax table used in message mode buffers. | |
2132 | |
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84305 | 2139 @item message-strip-special-text-properties |
2140 @vindex message-strip-special-text-properties | |
2141 Emacs has a number of special text properties which can break message | |
2142 composing in various ways. If this option is set, message will strip | |
2143 these properties from the message composition buffer. However, some | |
2144 packages requires these properties to be present in order to work. If | |
2145 you use one of these packages, turn this option off, and hope the | |
2146 message composition doesn't break too bad. | |
2147 | |
2148 @item message-send-method-alist | |
2149 @vindex message-send-method-alist | |
2150 @findex message-mail-p | |
2151 @findex message-news-p | |
2152 @findex message-send-via-mail | |
2153 @findex message-send-via-news | |
2154 Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form: | |
2155 | |
2156 @lisp | |
2157 (@var{type} @var{predicate} @var{function}) | |
2158 @end lisp | |
2159 | |
2160 @table @var | |
2161 @item type | |
2162 A symbol that names the method. | |
2163 | |
2164 @item predicate | |
2165 A function called without any parameters to determine whether the | |
2166 message is a message of type @var{type}. The function will be called in | |
2167 the buffer where the message is. | |
2168 | |
2169 @item function | |
2170 A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}. | |
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2173 | |
2174 The default is: | |
2175 | |
2176 @lisp | |
2177 ((news message-news-p message-send-via-news) | |
2178 (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail)) | |
2179 @end lisp | |
2180 | |
2181 The @code{message-news-p} function returns non-@code{nil} if the message | |
2182 looks like news, and the @code{message-send-via-news} function sends the | |
2183 message according to the @code{message-send-news-function} variable | |
2184 (@pxref{News Variables}). The @code{message-mail-p} function returns | |
2185 non-@code{nil} if the message looks like mail, and the | |
2186 @code{message-send-via-mail} function sends the message according to the | |
2187 @code{message-send-mail-function} variable (@pxref{Mail Variables}). | |
2188 | |
2189 All the elements in this alist will be tried in order, so a message | |
2190 containing both a valid @samp{Newsgroups} header and a valid @samp{To} | |
2191 header, for example, will be sent as news, and then as mail. | |
2192 @end table | |
2193 | |
2194 | |
2195 | |
2196 @node Sending Variables | |
2197 @section Sending Variables | |
2198 | |
2199 @table @code | |
2200 | |
2201 @item message-fcc-handler-function | |
2202 @vindex message-fcc-handler-function | |
2203 A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be | |
2204 called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default | |
2205 function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format. | |
2206 | |
2207 @item message-courtesy-message | |
2208 @vindex message-courtesy-message | |
2209 When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of | |
2210 the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the | |
2211 newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If | |
2212 this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added. | |
2213 The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of | |
2214 an article\\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\\n\\n"}. | |
2215 | |
2216 @item message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2217 @vindex message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2218 If @code{nil}, attach files as normal parts in Fcc copies; if it is | |
2219 non-@code{nil}, attach local files as external parts. | |
2220 | |
2221 @item message-interactive | |
2222 @vindex message-interactive | |
2223 If non-@code{nil} wait for and display errors when sending a message; | |
2224 if @code{nil} let the mailer mail back a message to report errors. | |
2225 | |
98344 | 2226 @item message-confirm-send |
2227 @vindex message-confirm-send | |
2228 If non-@code{nil} display a y/n prompt before actually sending the | |
2229 message. | |
2230 | |
84305 | 2231 @end table |
2232 | |
2233 | |
2234 @node Message Buffers | |
2235 @section Message Buffers | |
2236 | |
2237 Message will generate new buffers with unique buffer names when you | |
2238 request a message buffer. When you send the message, the buffer isn't | |
2239 normally killed off. Its name is changed and a certain number of old | |
2240 message buffers are kept alive. | |
2241 | |
2242 @table @code | |
2243 @item message-generate-new-buffers | |
2244 @vindex message-generate-new-buffers | |
2245 Controls whether to create a new message buffer to compose a message. | |
2246 Valid values include: | |
2247 | |
2248 @table @code | |
2249 @item nil | |
2250 Generate the buffer name in the Message way (e.g., *mail*, *news*, *mail | |
2251 to whom*, *news on group*, etc.) and continue editing in the existing | |
2252 buffer of that name. If there is no such buffer, it will be newly | |
2253 created. | |
2254 | |
2255 @item unique | |
2256 @item t | |
2257 Create the new buffer with the name generated in the Message way. This | |
2258 is the default. | |
2259 | |
2260 @item unsent | |
2261 Similar to @code{unique} but the buffer name begins with "*unsent ". | |
2262 | |
2263 @item standard | |
2264 Similar to @code{nil} but the buffer name is simpler like *mail | |
2265 message*. | |
2266 @end table | |
2267 @table @var | |
2268 @item function | |
2269 If this is a function, call that function with three parameters: The | |
2270 type, the To address and the group name (any of these may be | |
2271 @code{nil}). The function should return the new buffer name. | |
2272 @end table | |
2273 | |
2274 The default value is @code{unique}. | |
2275 | |
2276 @item message-max-buffers | |
2277 @vindex message-max-buffers | |
2278 This variable says how many old message buffers to keep. If there are | |
2279 more message buffers than this, the oldest buffer will be killed. The | |
2280 default is 10. If this variable is @code{nil}, no old message buffers | |
2281 will ever be killed. | |
2282 | |
2283 @item message-send-rename-function | |
2284 @vindex message-send-rename-function | |
2285 After sending a message, the buffer is renamed from, for instance, | |
2286 @samp{*reply to Lars*} to @samp{*sent reply to Lars*}. If you don't | |
2287 like this, set this variable to a function that renames the buffer in a | |
2288 manner you like. If you don't want to rename the buffer at all, you can | |
2289 say: | |
2290 | |
2291 @lisp | |
2292 (setq message-send-rename-function 'ignore) | |
2293 @end lisp | |
2294 | |
2295 @item message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2296 @findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2297 If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit. | |
2298 | |
2299 @end table | |
2300 | |
2301 | |
2302 @node Message Actions | |
2303 @section Message Actions | |
2304 | |
2305 When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely | |
2306 to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps | |
2307 return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as | |
2308 replied. | |
2309 | |
2310 @vindex message-kill-actions | |
2311 @vindex message-postpone-actions | |
2312 @vindex message-exit-actions | |
2313 @vindex message-send-actions | |
2314 The user may exit from the message buffer in various ways. The most | |
2315 common is @kbd{C-c C-c}, which sends the message and exits. Other | |
2316 possibilities are @kbd{C-c C-s} which just sends the message, @kbd{C-c | |
2317 C-d} which postpones the message editing and buries the message buffer, | |
2318 and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions | |
2319 have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed: | |
2320 @code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions}, | |
2321 @code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}. | |
2322 | |
2323 Message provides a function to interface with these lists: | |
2324 @code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be | |
2325 added, and the rest of the arguments are which lists to add this action | |
2326 to. Here's an example from Gnus: | |
2327 | |
2328 @lisp | |
2329 (message-add-action | |
2330 `(set-window-configuration ,(current-window-configuration)) | |
2331 'exit 'postpone 'kill) | |
2332 @end lisp | |
2333 | |
2334 This restores the Gnus window configuration when the message buffer is | |
2335 killed, postponed or exited. | |
2336 | |
2337 An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the | |
2338 @sc{car} is a function and the @sc{cdr} is the list of arguments, or | |
2339 a form to be @code{eval}ed. | |
2340 | |
2341 | |
2342 @node Compatibility | |
2343 @chapter Compatibility | |
2344 @cindex compatibility | |
2345 | |
2346 Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-} | |
2347 variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables | |
2348 into account, you can put the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
2349 | |
2350 @lisp | |
2351 (require 'messcompat) | |
2352 @end lisp | |
2353 | |
2354 This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the | |
2355 corresponding mail variables. | |
2356 | |
2357 | |
2358 @node Appendices | |
2359 @chapter Appendices | |
2360 | |
2361 @menu | |
2362 * Responses:: Standard rules for determining where responses go. | |
2363 @end menu | |
2364 | |
2365 | |
2366 @node Responses | |
2367 @section Responses | |
2368 | |
2369 To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used | |
2370 by default. | |
2371 | |
2372 @table @dfn | |
2373 @item reply | |
2374 A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who | |
2375 sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To | |
2376 determine who the recipient will be, the following headers are | |
2377 consulted, in turn: | |
2378 | |
2379 @table @code | |
2380 @item Reply-To | |
2381 | |
2382 @item From | |
2383 @end table | |
2384 | |
2385 | |
2386 @item wide reply | |
2387 A @dfn{wide reply} is a mail response that includes @emph{all} entities | |
2388 mentioned in the message you are responded to. All mailboxes from the | |
2389 following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing | |
2390 @code{To}/@code{Cc} headers: | |
2391 | |
2392 @table @code | |
2393 @item From | |
2394 (unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead). | |
2395 | |
2396 @item Cc | |
2397 | |
2398 @item To | |
2399 @end table | |
2400 | |
2401 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will also be included | |
2402 in the list of mailboxes. If this header is @samp{never}, that means | |
2403 that the @code{From} (or @code{Reply-To}) mailbox will be suppressed. | |
2404 | |
2405 | |
2406 @item followup | |
2407 A @dfn{followup} is a response sent via news. The following headers | |
2408 (listed in order of precedence) determine where the response is to be | |
2409 sent: | |
2410 | |
2411 @table @code | |
2412 | |
2413 @item Followup-To | |
2414 | |
2415 @item Newsgroups | |
2416 | |
2417 @end table | |
2418 | |
2419 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will be used as the | |
2420 basis of the new @code{Cc} header, except if this header is | |
2421 @samp{never}. | |
2422 | |
2423 @end table | |
2424 | |
2425 | |
2426 @node GNU Free Documentation License | |
2427 @chapter GNU Free Documentation License | |
2428 @include doclicense.texi | |
2429 | |
2430 @node Index | |
2431 @chapter Index | |
2432 @printindex cp | |
2433 | |
2434 @node Key Index | |
2435 @chapter Key Index | |
2436 @printindex ky | |
2437 | |
2438 @summarycontents | |
2439 @contents | |
2440 @bye | |
2441 | |
2442 @c End: | |
2443 | |
2444 @ignore | |
2445 arch-tag: 16ab76af-a281-4e34-aed6-5624569f7601 | |
2446 @end ignore |