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84305 | 4 @settitle Message Manual |
5 @synindex fn cp | |
6 @synindex vr cp | |
7 @synindex pg cp | |
8 @copying | |
9 This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode. | |
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11 Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, | |
106815 | 12 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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14 @quotation | |
15 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
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16 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or |
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18 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual'', |
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19 and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license |
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20 is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. |
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22 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and |
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23 modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in |
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24 developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' |
84305 | 25 @end quotation |
26 @end copying | |
27 | |
28 @dircategory Emacs | |
29 @direntry | |
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30 * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that |
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33 @iftex | |
34 @finalout | |
35 @end iftex | |
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 | |
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47 @summarycontents |
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48 @contents |
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50 @node Top | |
51 @top Message | |
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84305 | 57 All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in |
58 Message mode buffers. | |
59 | |
60 @menu | |
61 * Interface:: Setting up message buffers. | |
62 * Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers. | |
63 * Variables:: Customizing the message buffers. | |
64 * Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible. | |
65 * Appendices:: More technical things. | |
66 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation. | |
67 * Index:: Variable, function and concept index. | |
68 * Key Index:: List of Message mode keys. | |
69 @end menu | |
70 | |
71 @c Adjust ../Makefile.in if you change the following lines: | |
72 Message is distributed with Gnus. The Gnus distribution | |
73 @c | |
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77 @node Interface | |
78 @chapter Interface | |
79 | |
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81 follow up, forward, cancel---the program (or person) should just put |
84305 | 82 point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command. |
83 @code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with | |
84 appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before | |
85 sending it. | |
86 | |
87 @menu | |
88 * New Mail Message:: Editing a brand new mail message. | |
89 * New News Message:: Editing a brand new news message. | |
90 * Reply:: Replying via mail. | |
91 * Wide Reply:: Responding to all people via mail. | |
92 * Followup:: Following up via news. | |
93 * Canceling News:: Canceling a news article. | |
94 * Superseding:: Superseding a message. | |
95 * Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail. | |
96 * Resending:: Resending a mail message. | |
97 * Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message. | |
98 * Mailing Lists:: Send mail to mailing lists. | |
99 @end menu | |
100 | |
101 You can customize the Message Mode tool bar, see @kbd{M-x | |
102 customize-apropos RET message-tool-bar}. This feature is only available | |
103 in Emacs. | |
104 | |
105 @node New Mail Message | |
106 @section New Mail Message | |
107 | |
108 @findex message-mail | |
109 The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
110 | |
111 Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the | |
112 @code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these | |
113 are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
114 | |
115 | |
116 @node New News Message | |
117 @section New News Message | |
118 | |
119 @findex message-news | |
120 The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
121 | |
122 This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used | |
123 as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject} | |
124 header. If these are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
125 | |
126 | |
127 @node Reply | |
128 @section Reply | |
129 | |
130 @findex message-reply | |
131 The @code{message-reply} function pops up a message buffer that's a | |
132 reply to the message in the current buffer. | |
133 | |
134 @vindex message-reply-to-function | |
135 Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go | |
136 (@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs | |
137 by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable. | |
138 | |
139 If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the | |
140 @code{From}, you could do something like this: | |
141 | |
142 @lisp | |
143 (setq message-reply-to-function | |
144 (lambda () | |
145 (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody") | |
146 (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender")))) | |
147 (t | |
148 nil)))) | |
149 @end lisp | |
150 | |
151 This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is | |
152 being replied to. | |
153 | |
154 As you can see, this function should return a list. In this case, it | |
155 returns @code{((To . "Whom"))} if it has an opinion as to what the To | |
156 header should be. If it does not, it should just return @code{nil}, and | |
157 the normal methods for determining the To header will be used. | |
158 | |
159 Each list element should be a cons, where the @sc{car} should be the | |
160 name of a header (e.g. @code{Cc}) and the @sc{cdr} should be the header | |
161 value (e.g. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be | |
162 inserted into the head of the outgoing mail. | |
163 | |
164 | |
165 @node Wide Reply | |
166 @section Wide Reply | |
167 | |
168 @findex message-wide-reply | |
169 The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide | |
170 reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a | |
171 reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From} | |
172 (or @code{Reply-to}) and @code{Cc} headers. | |
173 | |
174 @vindex message-wide-reply-to-function | |
175 Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go, | |
176 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
177 @code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
178 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
179 | |
180 @vindex message-dont-reply-to-names | |
181 Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular | |
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193 It's complicated to explain, but it's easy to use. |
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195 For instance, if you get an email from @samp{foo@@example.org}, but |
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197 wide reply will go out to both these addresses, since they are unique. |
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199 To avoid this, do something like the following: |
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207 @samp{cvs@@example.org} to go to that address, and nowhere else (i.e., |
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84305 | 216 @vindex message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients |
217 If @code{message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients} is non-@code{nil} you | |
218 will be asked to confirm that you want to reply to multiple | |
219 recipients. The default is @code{nil}. | |
220 | |
221 @node Followup | |
222 @section Followup | |
223 | |
224 @findex message-followup | |
225 The @code{message-followup} command pops up a message buffer that's a | |
226 followup to the message in the current buffer. | |
227 | |
228 @vindex message-followup-to-function | |
229 Message uses the normal methods to determine where followups are to go, | |
230 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
231 @code{message-followup-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
232 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
233 | |
234 @vindex message-use-followup-to | |
235 The @code{message-use-followup-to} variable says what to do about | |
236 @code{Followup-To} headers. If it is @code{use}, always use the value. | |
237 If it is @code{ask} (which is the default), ask whether to use the | |
238 value. If it is @code{t}, use the value unless it is @samp{poster}. If | |
239 it is @code{nil}, don't use the value. | |
240 | |
241 | |
242 @node Canceling News | |
243 @section Canceling News | |
244 | |
245 @findex message-cancel-news | |
246 The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the | |
247 current buffer. | |
248 | |
249 @vindex message-cancel-message | |
250 The value of @code{message-cancel-message} is inserted in the body of | |
251 the cancel message. The default is @samp{I am canceling my own | |
252 article.}. | |
253 | |
254 @cindex Cancel Locks | |
255 @vindex message-insert-canlock | |
256 @cindex canlock | |
257 When Message posts news messages, it inserts @code{Cancel-Lock} | |
258 headers by default. This is a cryptographic header that ensures that | |
259 only you can cancel your own messages, which is nice. The downside | |
260 is that if you lose your @file{.emacs} file (which is where Gnus | |
261 stores the secret cancel lock password (which is generated | |
262 automatically the first time you use this feature)), you won't be | |
263 able to cancel your message. If you want to manage a password yourself, | |
264 you can put something like the following in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file: | |
265 | |
266 @lisp | |
267 (setq canlock-password "geheimnis" | |
268 canlock-password-for-verify canlock-password) | |
269 @end lisp | |
270 | |
271 Whether to insert the header or not is controlled by the | |
272 @code{message-insert-canlock} variable. | |
273 | |
274 Not many news servers respect the @code{Cancel-Lock} header yet, but | |
275 this is expected to change in the future. | |
276 | |
277 | |
278 @node Superseding | |
279 @section Superseding | |
280 | |
281 @findex message-supersede | |
282 The @code{message-supersede} command pops up a message buffer that will | |
283 supersede the message in the current buffer. | |
284 | |
285 @vindex message-ignored-supersedes-headers | |
286 Headers matching the @code{message-ignored-supersedes-headers} are | |
287 removed before popping up the new message buffer. The default is@* | |
288 @samp{^Path:\\|^Date\\|^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|@* | |
289 ^Received:\\|^X-From-Line:\\|^X-Trace:\\|^X-Complaints-To:\\|@* | |
290 Return-Path:\\|^Supersedes:\\|^NNTP-Posting-Date:\\|^X-Trace:\\|@* | |
291 ^X-Complaints-To:\\|^Cancel-Lock:\\|^Cancel-Key:\\|^X-Hashcash:\\|@* | |
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294 | |
295 | |
296 @node Forwarding | |
297 @section Forwarding | |
298 | |
299 @findex message-forward | |
300 The @code{message-forward} command pops up a message buffer to forward | |
301 the message in the current buffer. If given a prefix, forward using | |
302 news. | |
303 | |
304 @table @code | |
305 @item message-forward-ignored-headers | |
306 @vindex message-forward-ignored-headers | |
307 All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message. | |
308 | |
309 @item message-make-forward-subject-function | |
310 @vindex message-make-forward-subject-function | |
311 A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for | |
312 forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is | |
313 passed into each successive function. | |
314 | |
315 The provided functions are: | |
316 | |
317 @table @code | |
318 @item message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
319 @findex message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
320 Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the | |
321 subject. | |
322 | |
323 @item message-forward-subject-fwd | |
324 Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it. | |
325 @end table | |
326 | |
327 @item message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
328 @vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
329 If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have | |
330 the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:}, | |
331 @samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is | |
332 constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. | |
333 | |
334 @item message-forward-as-mime | |
335 @vindex message-forward-as-mime | |
336 If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are | |
337 included as inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded | |
338 messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, | |
339 non @acronym{MIME}-savvy versions of Gnus would do. | |
340 | |
341 @item message-forward-before-signature | |
342 @vindex message-forward-before-signature | |
343 If non-@code{nil}, put forwarded message before signature, else after. | |
344 | |
345 @end table | |
346 | |
347 | |
348 @node Resending | |
349 @section Resending | |
350 | |
351 @findex message-resend | |
352 The @code{message-resend} command will prompt the user for an address | |
353 and resend the message in the current buffer to that address. | |
354 | |
355 @vindex message-ignored-resent-headers | |
356 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will | |
357 be removed before sending the message. | |
358 | |
359 | |
360 @node Bouncing | |
361 @section Bouncing | |
362 | |
363 @findex message-bounce | |
364 The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a | |
365 bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce | |
366 information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent | |
367 out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as | |
368 undeliverable. | |
369 | |
370 @vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers | |
371 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp | |
372 will be removed before popping up the buffer. The default is | |
373 @samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\|Delivered-To\\):}. | |
374 | |
375 | |
376 @node Mailing Lists | |
377 @section Mailing Lists | |
378 | |
379 @cindex Mail-Followup-To | |
380 Sometimes while posting to mailing lists, the poster needs to direct | |
381 followups to the post to specific places. The Mail-Followup-To (MFT) | |
382 was created to enable just this. Three example scenarios where this is | |
383 useful: | |
384 | |
385 @itemize @bullet | |
386 @item | |
387 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
388 sent to just the list, and not the poster as well. This will happen | |
389 if the poster is already subscribed to the list. | |
390 | |
391 @item | |
392 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
393 sent to the list and the poster as well. This will happen if the poster | |
394 is not subscribed to the list. | |
395 | |
396 @item | |
397 If a message is posted to several mailing lists, MFT may also be used | |
398 to direct the following discussion to one list only, because | |
399 discussions that are spread over several lists tend to be fragmented | |
400 and very difficult to follow. | |
401 | |
402 @end itemize | |
403 | |
404 Gnus honors the MFT header in other's messages (i.e. while following | |
405 up to someone else's post) and also provides support for generating | |
406 sensible MFT headers for outgoing messages as well. | |
407 | |
408 @c @menu | |
409 @c * Honoring an MFT post:: What to do when one already exists | |
410 @c * Composing with a MFT header:: Creating one from scratch. | |
411 @c @end menu | |
412 | |
413 @c @node Composing with a MFT header | |
414 @subsection Composing a correct MFT header automagically | |
415 | |
416 The first step in getting Gnus to automagically generate a MFT header | |
417 in posts you make is to give Gnus a list of the mailing lists | |
418 addresses you are subscribed to. You can do this in more than one | |
419 way. The following variables would come in handy. | |
420 | |
421 @table @code | |
422 | |
423 @vindex message-subscribed-addresses | |
424 @item message-subscribed-addresses | |
425 This should be a list of addresses the user is subscribed to. Its | |
426 default value is @code{nil}. Example: | |
427 @lisp | |
428 (setq message-subscribed-addresses | |
429 '("ding@@gnus.org" "bing@@noose.org")) | |
430 @end lisp | |
431 | |
432 @vindex message-subscribed-regexps | |
433 @item message-subscribed-regexps | |
434 This should be a list of regexps denoting the addresses of mailing | |
435 lists subscribed to. Default value is @code{nil}. Example: If you | |
436 want to achieve the same result as above: | |
437 @lisp | |
438 (setq message-subscribed-regexps | |
439 '("\\(ding@@gnus\\)\\|\\(bing@@noose\\)\\.org") | |
440 @end lisp | |
441 | |
442 @vindex message-subscribed-address-functions | |
443 @item message-subscribed-address-functions | |
444 This can be a list of functions to be called (one at a time!!) to | |
445 determine the value of MFT headers. It is advisable that these | |
446 functions not take any arguments. Default value is @code{nil}. | |
447 | |
448 There is a pre-defined function in Gnus that is a good candidate for | |
449 this variable. @code{gnus-find-subscribed-addresses} is a function | |
450 that returns a list of addresses corresponding to the groups that have | |
451 the @code{subscribed} (@pxref{Group Parameters, ,Group Parameters, | |
452 gnus, The Gnus Manual}) group parameter set to a non-@code{nil} value. | |
453 This is how you would do it. | |
454 | |
455 @lisp | |
456 (setq message-subscribed-address-functions | |
457 '(gnus-find-subscribed-addresses)) | |
458 @end lisp | |
459 | |
460 @vindex message-subscribed-address-file | |
461 @item message-subscribed-address-file | |
462 You might be one organized human freak and have a list of addresses of | |
463 all subscribed mailing lists in a separate file! Then you can just | |
464 set this variable to the name of the file and life would be good. | |
465 | |
466 @end table | |
467 | |
468 You can use one or more of the above variables. All their values are | |
469 ``added'' in some way that works :-) | |
470 | |
471 Now you are all set. Just start composing a message as you normally do. | |
472 And just send it; as always. Just before the message is sent out, Gnus' | |
473 MFT generation thingy kicks in and checks if the message already has a | |
474 MFT field. If there is one, it is left alone. (Except if it's empty - | |
475 in that case, the field is removed and is not replaced with an | |
476 automatically generated one. This lets you disable MFT generation on a | |
477 per-message basis.) If there is none, then the list of recipient | |
478 addresses (in the To: and Cc: headers) is checked to see if one of them | |
479 is a list address you are subscribed to. If none of them is a list | |
480 address, then no MFT is generated; otherwise, a MFT is added to the | |
481 other headers and set to the value of all addresses in To: and Cc: | |
482 | |
483 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
484 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
485 @kindex C-c C-f C-m | |
486 @findex message-goto-mail-followup-to | |
487 Hm. ``So'', you ask, ``what if I send an email to a list I am not | |
488 subscribed to? I want my MFT to say that I want an extra copy.'' (This | |
489 is supposed to be interpreted by others the same way as if there were no | |
490 MFT, but you can use an explicit MFT to override someone else's | |
491 to-address group parameter.) The function | |
492 @code{message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to} might come in | |
493 handy. It is bound to @kbd{C-c C-f C-a} by default. In any case, you | |
494 can insert a MFT of your own choice; @kbd{C-c C-f C-m} | |
495 (@code{message-goto-mail-followup-to}) will help you get started. | |
496 | |
497 @c @node Honoring an MFT post | |
498 @subsection Honoring an MFT post | |
499 | |
500 @vindex message-use-mail-followup-to | |
501 When you followup to a post on a mailing list, and the post has a MFT | |
502 header, Gnus' action will depend on the value of the variable | |
503 @code{message-use-mail-followup-to}. This variable can be one of: | |
504 | |
505 @table @code | |
506 @item use | |
507 Always honor MFTs. The To: and Cc: headers in your followup will be | |
508 derived from the MFT header of the original post. This is the default. | |
509 | |
510 @item nil | |
511 Always dishonor MFTs (just ignore the darned thing) | |
512 | |
513 @item ask | |
514 Gnus will prompt you for an action. | |
515 | |
516 @end table | |
517 | |
518 It is considered good netiquette to honor MFT, as it is assumed the | |
519 fellow who posted a message knows where the followups need to go | |
520 better than you do. | |
521 | |
522 @node Commands | |
523 @chapter Commands | |
524 | |
525 @menu | |
526 * Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer. | |
527 * Header Commands:: Commands for moving headers or changing headers. | |
528 * Movement:: Moving around in message buffers. | |
529 * Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers. | |
530 * MIME:: @acronym{MIME} considerations. | |
531 * IDNA:: Non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name considerations. | |
532 * Security:: Signing and encrypting messages. | |
533 * Various Commands:: Various things. | |
534 * Sending:: Actually sending the message. | |
535 * Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases. | |
536 * Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling. | |
537 @end menu | |
538 | |
539 | |
540 @node Buffer Entry | |
541 @section Buffer Entry | |
542 @cindex undo | |
543 @kindex C-_ | |
544 | |
545 You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other | |
546 message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and | |
547 may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on | |
548 which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right, | |
549 but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings, | |
550 Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it | |
551 takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few | |
552 times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to. | |
553 | |
554 | |
555 @node Header Commands | |
556 @section Header Commands | |
557 | |
558 @subsection Commands for moving to headers | |
559 | |
560 These following commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't | |
561 exist, it will be inserted. | |
562 | |
563 @table @kbd | |
564 | |
565 @item C-c ? | |
566 @kindex C-c ? | |
567 @findex describe-mode | |
568 Describe the message mode. | |
569 | |
570 @item C-c C-f C-t | |
571 @kindex C-c C-f C-t | |
572 @findex message-goto-to | |
573 Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}). | |
574 | |
575 @item C-c C-f C-o | |
576 @kindex C-c C-f C-o | |
577 @findex message-goto-from | |
578 Go to the @code{From} header (@code{message-goto-from}). (The ``o'' | |
579 in the key binding is for Originator.) | |
580 | |
581 @item C-c C-f C-b | |
582 @kindex C-c C-f C-b | |
583 @findex message-goto-bcc | |
584 Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}). | |
585 | |
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589 Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}). | |
590 | |
591 @item C-c C-f C-c | |
592 @kindex C-c C-f C-c | |
593 @findex message-goto-cc | |
594 Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}). | |
595 | |
596 @item C-c C-f C-s | |
597 @kindex C-c C-f C-s | |
598 @findex message-goto-subject | |
599 Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}). | |
600 | |
601 @item C-c C-f C-r | |
602 @kindex C-c C-f C-r | |
603 @findex message-goto-reply-to | |
604 Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}). | |
605 | |
606 @item C-c C-f C-n | |
607 @kindex C-c C-f C-n | |
608 @findex message-goto-newsgroups | |
609 Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}). | |
610 | |
611 @item C-c C-f C-d | |
612 @kindex C-c C-f C-d | |
613 @findex message-goto-distribution | |
614 Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}). | |
615 | |
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619 Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}). | |
620 | |
621 @item C-c C-f C-k | |
622 @kindex C-c C-f C-k | |
623 @findex message-goto-keywords | |
624 Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}). | |
625 | |
626 @item C-c C-f C-u | |
627 @kindex C-c C-f C-u | |
628 @findex message-goto-summary | |
629 Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}). | |
630 | |
631 @item C-c C-f C-i | |
632 @kindex C-c C-f C-i | |
633 @findex message-insert-or-toggle-importance | |
634 This inserts the @samp{Importance:} header with a value of | |
635 @samp{high}. This header is used to signal the importance of the | |
636 message to the receiver. If the header is already present in the | |
637 buffer, it cycles between the three valid values according to RFC | |
638 1376: @samp{low}, @samp{normal} and @samp{high}. | |
639 | |
640 @item C-c C-f C-a | |
641 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
642 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
643 Insert a reasonable @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
644 (@pxref{Mailing Lists}) in a post to an | |
645 unsubscribed list. When making original posts to a mailing list you are | |
646 not subscribed to, you have to type in a @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
647 by hand. The contents, usually, are the addresses of the list and your | |
648 own address. This function inserts such a header automatically. It | |
649 fetches the contents of the @samp{To:} header in the current mail | |
650 buffer, and appends the current @code{user-mail-address}. | |
651 | |
652 If the optional argument @code{include-cc} is non-@code{nil}, the | |
653 addresses in the @samp{Cc:} header are also put into the | |
654 @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header. | |
655 | |
656 @end table | |
657 | |
658 @subsection Commands to change headers | |
659 | |
660 @table @kbd | |
661 | |
662 @item C-c C-o | |
663 @kindex C-c C-o | |
664 @findex message-sort-headers | |
665 @vindex message-header-format-alist | |
666 Sort headers according to @code{message-header-format-alist} | |
667 (@code{message-sort-headers}). | |
668 | |
669 @item C-c C-t | |
670 @kindex C-c C-t | |
671 @findex message-insert-to | |
672 Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or | |
673 @code{From} header of the message you're following up | |
674 (@code{message-insert-to}). | |
675 | |
676 @item C-c C-n | |
677 @kindex C-c C-n | |
678 @findex message-insert-newsgroups | |
679 Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To} | |
680 or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to | |
681 (@code{message-insert-newsgroups}). | |
682 | |
683 @item C-c C-l | |
684 @kindex C-c C-l | |
685 @findex message-to-list-only | |
686 Send a message to the list only. Remove all addresses but the list | |
687 address from @code{To:} and @code{Cc:} headers. | |
688 | |
689 @item C-c M-n | |
690 @kindex C-c M-n | |
691 @findex message-insert-disposition-notification-to | |
692 Insert a request for a disposition | |
693 notification. (@code{message-insert-disposition-notification-to}). | |
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696 | |
697 @item M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
698 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
699 @findex message-insert-importance-high | |
700 @cindex Importance | |
701 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{high}, | |
702 deleting headers if necessary. | |
703 | |
704 @item M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
705 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
706 @findex message-insert-importance-low | |
707 @cindex Importance | |
708 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{low}, deleting | |
709 headers if necessary. | |
710 | |
711 @item C-c C-f s | |
712 @kindex C-c C-f s | |
713 @findex message-change-subject | |
714 @cindex Subject | |
715 Change the current @samp{Subject} header. Ask for new @samp{Subject} | |
716 header and append @samp{(was: <Old Subject>)}. The old subject can be | |
717 stripped on replying, see @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} | |
718 (@pxref{Message Headers}). | |
719 | |
720 @item C-c C-f x | |
721 @kindex C-c C-f x | |
722 @findex message-cross-post-followup-to | |
723 @vindex message-cross-post-default | |
724 @vindex message-cross-post-note-function | |
725 @cindex X-Post | |
726 @cindex cross-post | |
727 Set up the @samp{FollowUp-To} header with a target newsgroup for a | |
728 cross-post, add that target newsgroup to the @samp{Newsgroups} header if | |
729 it is not a member of @samp{Newsgroups}, and insert a note in the body. | |
730 If @code{message-cross-post-default} is @code{nil} or if this command is | |
731 called with a prefix-argument, only the @samp{FollowUp-To} header will | |
732 be set but the target newsgroup will not be added to the | |
733 @samp{Newsgroups} header. The function to insert a note is controlled | |
734 by the @code{message-cross-post-note-function} variable. | |
735 | |
736 @item C-c C-f t | |
737 @kindex C-c C-f t | |
738 @findex message-reduce-to-to-cc | |
739 Replace contents of @samp{To} header with contents of @samp{Cc} or | |
740 @samp{Bcc} header. (Iff @samp{Cc} header is not present, @samp{Bcc} | |
741 header will be used instead.) | |
742 | |
743 @item C-c C-f w | |
744 @kindex C-c C-f w | |
745 @findex message-insert-wide-reply | |
746 Insert @samp{To} and @samp{Cc} headers as if you were doing a wide | |
747 reply even if the message was not made for a wide reply first. | |
748 | |
749 @item C-c C-f a | |
750 @kindex C-c C-f a | |
751 @findex message-add-archive-header | |
752 @vindex message-archive-header | |
753 @vindex message-archive-note | |
754 @cindex X-No-Archive | |
755 Insert @samp{X-No-Archive: Yes} in the header and a note in the body. | |
756 The header and the note can be customized using | |
757 @code{message-archive-header} and @code{message-archive-note}. When | |
758 called with a prefix argument, ask for a text to insert. If you don't | |
759 want the note in the body, set @code{message-archive-note} to | |
760 @code{nil}. | |
761 | |
762 @end table | |
763 | |
764 | |
765 @node Movement | |
766 @section Movement | |
767 | |
768 @table @kbd | |
769 @item C-c C-b | |
770 @kindex C-c C-b | |
771 @findex message-goto-body | |
772 Move to the beginning of the body of the message | |
773 (@code{message-goto-body}). | |
774 | |
775 @item C-c C-i | |
776 @kindex C-c C-i | |
777 @findex message-goto-signature | |
778 Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}). | |
779 | |
780 @item C-a | |
781 @kindex C-a | |
782 @findex message-beginning-of-line | |
783 @vindex message-beginning-of-line | |
784 If at beginning of header value, go to beginning of line, else go to | |
785 beginning of header value. (The header value comes after the header | |
786 name and the colon.) This behavior can be disabled by toggling | |
787 the variable @code{message-beginning-of-line}. | |
788 | |
789 @end table | |
790 | |
791 | |
792 @node Insertion | |
793 @section Insertion | |
794 | |
795 @table @kbd | |
796 | |
797 @item C-c C-y | |
798 @kindex C-c C-y | |
799 @findex message-yank-original | |
800 Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer | |
801 (@code{message-yank-original}). | |
802 | |
803 @item C-c C-M-y | |
804 @kindex C-c C-M-y | |
805 @findex message-yank-buffer | |
806 Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the | |
807 message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}). | |
808 | |
809 @item C-c C-q | |
810 @kindex C-c C-q | |
811 @findex message-fill-yanked-message | |
812 Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning: | |
813 Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are | |
814 strange. You'll quickly get a feel for when it's safe, though. Anyway, | |
815 just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be | |
816 all right. | |
817 | |
818 @item C-c C-w | |
819 @kindex C-c C-w | |
820 @findex message-insert-signature | |
821 Insert a signature at the end of the buffer | |
822 (@code{message-insert-signature}). | |
823 | |
824 @item C-c M-h | |
825 @kindex C-c M-h | |
826 @findex message-insert-headers | |
827 Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}). | |
828 | |
829 @item C-c M-m | |
830 @kindex C-c M-m | |
831 @findex message-mark-inserted-region | |
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837 @item C-c M-f | |
838 @kindex C-c M-f | |
839 @findex message-mark-insert-file | |
840 Insert a file in the current article with enclosing tags. | |
841 See @code{message-mark-insert-begin} and @code{message-mark-insert-end}. | |
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845 @end table | |
846 | |
847 | |
848 @node MIME | |
849 @section MIME | |
850 @cindex MML | |
851 @cindex MIME | |
852 @cindex multipart | |
853 @cindex attachment | |
854 | |
855 Message is a @acronym{MIME}-compliant posting agent. The user generally | |
856 doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{MIME} happen---Message will | |
857 automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and | |
858 @code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers. | |
859 | |
860 @findex mml-attach-file | |
861 @kindex C-c C-a | |
862 The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in | |
863 @acronym{MIME} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. | |
864 This can be done with the @kbd{C-c C-a} command (@kbd{M-x mml-attach-file}), | |
865 which will prompt for a file name and a @acronym{MIME} type. | |
866 | |
867 @vindex mml-dnd-protocol-alist | |
868 @vindex mml-dnd-attach-options | |
869 If your Emacs supports drag and drop, you can also drop the file in the | |
870 Message buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} specifies | |
871 what kind of action is done when you drop a file into the Message | |
872 buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-attach-options} controls which | |
873 @acronym{MIME} options you want to specify when dropping a file. If it | |
874 is a list, valid members are @code{type}, @code{description} and | |
875 @code{disposition}. @code{disposition} implies @code{type}. If it is | |
876 @code{nil}, don't ask for options. If it is @code{t}, ask the user | |
877 whether or not to specify options. | |
878 | |
879 You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the @acronym{MML} | |
880 language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME | |
881 Manual}). | |
882 | |
883 @node IDNA | |
884 @section IDNA | |
885 @cindex IDNA | |
886 @cindex internationalized domain names | |
887 @cindex non-ascii domain names | |
888 | |
889 Message is a @acronym{IDNA}-compliant posting agent. The user | |
890 generally doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{IDNA} | |
891 happen---Message will encode non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names in @code{From}, | |
892 @code{To}, and @code{Cc} headers automatically. | |
893 | |
894 Until @acronym{IDNA} becomes more well known, Message queries you | |
895 whether @acronym{IDNA} encoding of the domain name really should | |
896 occur. Some users might not be aware that domain names can contain | |
897 non-@acronym{ASCII} now, so this gives them a safety net if they accidently | |
898 typed a non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name. | |
899 | |
900 @vindex message-use-idna | |
901 The @code{message-use-idna} variable control whether @acronym{IDNA} is | |
902 used. If the variable is @code{nil} no @acronym{IDNA} encoding will | |
903 ever happen, if it is set to the symbol @code{ask} the user will be | |
904 queried, and if set to @code{t} (which is the default if @acronym{IDNA} | |
905 is fully available) @acronym{IDNA} encoding happens automatically. | |
906 | |
907 @findex message-idna-to-ascii-rhs | |
908 If you want to experiment with the @acronym{IDNA} encoding, you can | |
909 invoke @kbd{M-x message-idna-to-ascii-rhs RET} in the message buffer | |
910 to have the non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names encoded while you edit | |
911 the message. | |
912 | |
913 Note that you must have @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/, GNU | |
914 Libidn} installed in order to use this functionality. | |
915 | |
916 @node Security | |
917 @section Security | |
918 @cindex Security | |
919 @cindex S/MIME | |
920 @cindex PGP | |
921 @cindex PGP/MIME | |
922 @cindex sign | |
923 @cindex encrypt | |
924 @cindex secure | |
925 | |
926 Using the @acronym{MML} language, Message is able to create digitally | |
927 signed and digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather | |
928 @acronym{MML}) currently support @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991), | |
929 @acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC 2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
930 | |
931 @menu | |
932 * Signing and encryption:: Signing and encrypting commands. | |
933 * Using S/MIME:: Using S/MIME | |
934 * Using PGP/MIME:: Using PGP/MIME | |
935 * PGP Compatibility:: Compatibility with older implementations | |
936 @end menu | |
937 | |
938 @node Signing and encryption | |
939 @subsection Signing and encrypting commands | |
940 | |
941 Instructing @acronym{MML} to perform security operations on a | |
942 @acronym{MIME} part is done using the @kbd{C-c C-m s} key map for | |
943 signing and the @kbd{C-c C-m c} key map for encryption, as follows. | |
944 @table @kbd | |
945 | |
946 @item C-c C-m s s | |
947 @kindex C-c C-m s s | |
948 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-smime | |
949 | |
950 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
951 | |
952 @item C-c C-m s o | |
953 @kindex C-c C-m s o | |
954 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgp | |
955 | |
956 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
957 | |
958 @item C-c C-m s p | |
959 @kindex C-c C-m s p | |
960 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
961 | |
962 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
963 | |
964 @item C-c C-m c s | |
965 @kindex C-c C-m c s | |
966 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-smime | |
967 | |
968 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
969 | |
970 @item C-c C-m c o | |
971 @kindex C-c C-m c o | |
972 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp | |
973 | |
974 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
975 | |
976 @item C-c C-m c p | |
977 @kindex C-c C-m c p | |
978 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime | |
979 | |
980 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
981 | |
982 @item C-c C-m C-n | |
983 @kindex C-c C-m C-n | |
984 @findex mml-unsecure-message | |
985 Remove security related @acronym{MML} tags from message. | |
986 | |
987 @end table | |
988 | |
989 These commands do not immediately sign or encrypt the message, they | |
990 merely insert the proper @acronym{MML} secure tag to instruct the | |
991 @acronym{MML} engine to perform that operation when the message is | |
992 actually sent. They may perform other operations too, such as locating | |
993 and retrieving a @acronym{S/MIME} certificate of the person you wish to | |
994 send encrypted mail to. When the mml parsing engine converts your | |
995 @acronym{MML} into a properly encoded @acronym{MIME} message, the secure | |
996 tag will be replaced with either a part or a multipart tag. If your | |
997 message contains other mml parts, a multipart tag will be used; if no | |
998 other parts are present in your message a single part tag will be used. | |
999 This way, message mode will do the Right Thing (TM) with | |
1000 signed/encrypted multipart messages. | |
1001 | |
1002 Since signing and especially encryption often is used when sensitive | |
1003 information is sent, you may want to have some way to ensure that your | |
1004 mail is actually signed or encrypted. After invoking the above | |
1005 sign/encrypt commands, it is possible to preview the raw article by | |
1006 using @kbd{C-u C-c RET P} (@code{mml-preview}). Then you can | |
1007 verify that your long rant about what your ex-significant other or | |
1008 whomever actually did with that funny looking person at that strange | |
1009 party the other night, actually will be sent encrypted. | |
1010 | |
1011 @emph{Note!} Neither @acronym{PGP/MIME} nor @acronym{S/MIME} encrypt/signs | |
1012 RFC822 headers. They only operate on the @acronym{MIME} object. Keep this | |
1013 in mind before sending mail with a sensitive Subject line. | |
1014 | |
1015 By default, when encrypting a message, Gnus will use the | |
1016 ``signencrypt'' mode, which means the message is both signed and | |
1017 encrypted. If you would like to disable this for a particular | |
1018 message, give the @code{mml-secure-message-encrypt-*} command a prefix | |
1019 argument, e.g., @kbd{C-u C-c C-m c p}. | |
1020 | |
1021 Actually using the security commands above is not very difficult. At | |
1022 least not compared with making sure all involved programs talk with each | |
1023 other properly. Thus, we now describe what external libraries or | |
1024 programs are required to make things work, and some small general hints. | |
1025 | |
1026 @node Using S/MIME | |
1027 @subsection Using S/MIME | |
1028 | |
1029 @emph{Note!} This section assume you have a basic familiarity with | |
1030 modern cryptography, @acronym{S/MIME}, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and | |
1031 so on. | |
1032 | |
1033 The @acronym{S/MIME} support in Message (and @acronym{MML}) require | |
1034 OpenSSL. OpenSSL performs the actual @acronym{S/MIME} sign/encrypt | |
1035 operations. OpenSSL can be found at @uref{http://www.openssl.org/}. | |
1036 OpenSSL 0.9.6 and later should work. Version 0.9.5a cannot extract mail | |
1037 addresses from certificates, and it insert a spurious CR character into | |
1038 @acronym{MIME} separators so you may wish to avoid it if you would like | |
1039 to avoid being regarded as someone who send strange mail. (Although by | |
1040 sending @acronym{S/MIME} messages you've probably already lost that | |
1041 contest.) | |
1042 | |
1043 To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not | |
1044 required. Message (@acronym{MML}) need a certificate for the person to whom you | |
1045 wish to communicate with though. You're asked for this when you type | |
1046 @kbd{C-c C-m c s}. Currently there are two ways to retrieve this | |
1047 certificate, from a local file or from DNS. If you chose a local | |
1048 file, it need to contain a X.509 certificate in @acronym{PEM} format. | |
1049 If you chose DNS, you're asked for the domain name where the | |
1050 certificate is stored, the default is a good guess. To my belief, | |
1051 Message (@acronym{MML}) is the first mail agent in the world to support | |
1052 retrieving @acronym{S/MIME} certificates from DNS, so you're not | |
1053 likely to find very many certificates out there. At least there | |
1054 should be one, stored at the domain @code{simon.josefsson.org}. LDAP | |
1055 is a more popular method of distributing certificates, support for it | |
1056 is planned. (Meanwhile, you can use @code{ldapsearch} from the | |
1057 command line to retrieve a certificate into a file and use it.) | |
1058 | |
1059 As for signing messages, OpenSSL can't perform signing operations | |
1060 without some kind of configuration. Especially, you need to tell it | |
1061 where your private key and your certificate is stored. @acronym{MML} | |
1062 uses an Emacs interface to OpenSSL, aptly named @code{smime.el}, and it | |
1063 contain a @code{custom} group used for this configuration. So, try | |
1064 @kbd{M-x customize-group RET smime RET} and look around. | |
1065 | |
1066 Currently there is no support for talking to a CA (or RA) to create | |
1067 your own certificate. None is planned either. You need to do this | |
1068 manually with OpenSSL or using some other program. I used Netscape | |
1069 and got a free @acronym{S/MIME} certificate from one of the big CA's on the | |
1070 net. Netscape is able to export your private key and certificate in | |
1071 PKCS #12 format. Use OpenSSL to convert this into a plain X.509 | |
1072 certificate in PEM format as follows. | |
1073 | |
1074 @example | |
1075 $ openssl pkcs12 -in ns.p12 -clcerts -nodes > key+cert.pem | |
1076 @end example | |
1077 | |
1078 The @file{key+cert.pem} file should be pointed to from the | |
1079 @code{smime-keys} variable. You should now be able to send signed mail. | |
1080 | |
1081 @emph{Note!} Your private key is now stored unencrypted in the file, | |
1082 so take care in handling it. Storing encrypted keys on the disk are | |
1083 supported, and Gnus will ask you for a passphrase before invoking | |
1084 OpenSSL. Read the OpenSSL documentation for how to achieve this. If | |
1085 you use unencrypted keys (e.g., if they are on a secure storage, or if | |
1086 you are on a secure single user machine) simply press @code{RET} at | |
1087 the passphrase prompt. | |
1088 | |
1089 @node Using PGP/MIME | |
1090 @subsection Using PGP/MIME | |
1091 | |
1092 @acronym{PGP/MIME} requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such | |
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1099 @cindex gpg-agent | |
1100 Message internally calls GnuPG (the @command{gpg} command) to perform | |
1101 data encryption, and in certain cases (decrypting or signing for | |
1102 example), @command{gpg} requires user's passphrase. Currently the | |
1103 recommended way to supply your passphrase to @command{gpg} is to use the | |
1104 @command{gpg-agent} program. | |
1105 | |
1106 To use @command{gpg-agent} in Emacs, you need to run the following | |
1107 command from the shell before starting Emacs. | |
1108 | |
1109 @example | |
1110 eval `gpg-agent --daemon` | |
1111 @end example | |
1112 | |
1113 This will invoke @command{gpg-agent} and set the environment variable | |
1114 @code{GPG_AGENT_INFO} to allow @command{gpg} to communicate with it. | |
1115 It might be good idea to put this command in your @file{.xsession} or | |
1116 @file{.bash_profile}. @xref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , , gnupg, Using the | |
1117 GNU Privacy Guard}. | |
1118 | |
1119 Once your @command{gpg-agent} is set up, it will ask you for a | |
1120 passphrase as needed for @command{gpg}. Under the X Window System, | |
1121 you will see a new passphrase input dialog appear. The dialog is | |
1122 provided by PIN Entry (the @command{pinentry} command), and as of | |
1123 version 0.7.2, @command{pinentry} cannot cooperate with Emacs on a | |
1124 single tty. So, if you are using a text console, you may need to put | |
1125 a passphrase into gpg-agent's cache beforehand. The following command | |
1126 does the trick. | |
1127 | |
1128 @example | |
1129 gpg --use-agent --sign < /dev/null > /dev/null | |
1130 @end example | |
1131 | |
1132 The Lisp variable @code{pgg-gpg-use-agent} controls whether to use | |
1133 @command{gpg-agent}. See also @xref{Caching passphrase, , , pgg, The | |
1134 PGG Manual}. | |
1135 | |
1136 | |
1137 @node PGP Compatibility | |
1138 @subsection Compatibility with older implementations | |
1139 | |
1140 @vindex gpg-temp-directory | |
1141 Note, if you are using the @code{gpg.el} you must make sure that the | |
1142 directory specified by @code{gpg-temp-directory} have permissions | |
1143 0700. | |
1144 | |
1145 Creating your own key is described in detail in the documentation of | |
1146 your PGP implementation, so we refer to it. | |
1147 | |
1148 If you have imported your old PGP 2.x key into GnuPG, and want to send | |
1149 signed and encrypted messages to your fellow PGP 2.x users, you'll | |
1150 discover that the receiver cannot understand what you send. One | |
1151 solution is to use PGP 2.x instead (i.e., if you use @code{pgg}, set | |
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1155 As a final workaround, you can make the sign and encryption work in | |
1156 two steps; separately sign, then encrypt a message. If you would like | |
1157 to change this behavior you can customize the | |
1158 @code{mml-signencrypt-style-alist} variable. For example: | |
1159 | |
1160 @lisp | |
1161 (setq mml-signencrypt-style-alist '(("smime" separate) | |
1162 ("pgp" separate) | |
1163 ("pgpauto" separate) | |
1164 ("pgpmime" separate))) | |
1165 @end lisp | |
1166 | |
1167 This causes to sign and encrypt in two passes, thus generating a | |
1168 message that can be understood by PGP version 2. | |
1169 | |
1170 (Refer to @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/pgp2x.html} for more | |
1171 information about the problem.) | |
1172 | |
1173 @node Various Commands | |
1174 @section Various Commands | |
1175 | |
1176 @table @kbd | |
1177 | |
1178 @item C-c C-r | |
1179 @kindex C-c C-r | |
1180 @findex message-caesar-buffer-body | |
1181 Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message | |
1182 (@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just | |
1183 rotate the visible portion of the buffer. A numerical prefix says how | |
1184 many places to rotate the text. The default is 13. | |
1185 | |
1186 @item C-c C-e | |
1187 @kindex C-c C-e | |
1188 @findex message-elide-region | |
1189 @vindex message-elide-ellipsis | |
1190 Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}). | |
1191 The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable | |
1192 @code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis | |
1193 (@samp{[...]}). | |
1194 | |
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1201 @kindex C-c C-z | |
1202 @findex message-kill-to-signature | |
1203 Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the | |
1204 end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}). | |
1205 | |
1206 @item C-c C-v | |
1207 @kindex C-c C-v | |
1208 @findex message-delete-not-region | |
1209 Delete all text in the body of the message that is outside the region | |
1210 (@code{message-delete-not-region}). | |
1211 | |
1212 @item M-RET | |
1213 @kindex M-RET | |
1214 @findex message-newline-and-reformat | |
1215 Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text. | |
1216 | |
1217 Here's an example: | |
1218 | |
1219 @example | |
1220 > This is some quoted text. And here's more quoted text. | |
1221 @end example | |
1222 | |
1223 If point is before @samp{And} and you press @kbd{M-RET}, you'll get: | |
1224 | |
1225 @example | |
1226 > This is some quoted text. | |
1227 | |
1228 * | |
1229 | |
1230 > And here's more quoted text. | |
1231 @end example | |
1232 | |
1233 @samp{*} says where point will be placed. | |
1234 | |
1235 @item C-c M-r | |
1236 @kindex C-c M-r | |
1237 @findex message-rename-buffer | |
1238 Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix, | |
1239 prompt for a new buffer name. | |
1240 | |
1241 @item TAB | |
1242 @kindex TAB | |
1243 @findex message-tab | |
1244 @vindex message-tab-body-function | |
1245 If @code{message-tab-body-function} is non-@code{nil}, execute the | |
1246 function it specifies. Otherwise use the function bound to @kbd{TAB} in | |
1247 @code{text-mode-map} or @code{global-map}. | |
1248 | |
1249 @end table | |
1250 | |
1251 | |
1252 @node Sending | |
1253 @section Sending | |
1254 | |
1255 @table @kbd | |
1256 @item C-c C-c | |
1257 @kindex C-c C-c | |
1258 @findex message-send-and-exit | |
1259 Send the message and bury the current buffer | |
1260 (@code{message-send-and-exit}). | |
1261 | |
1262 @item C-c C-s | |
1263 @kindex C-c C-s | |
1264 @findex message-send | |
1265 Send the message (@code{message-send}). | |
1266 | |
1267 @item C-c C-d | |
1268 @kindex C-c C-d | |
1269 @findex message-dont-send | |
1270 Bury the message buffer and exit (@code{message-dont-send}). | |
1271 | |
1272 @item C-c C-k | |
1273 @kindex C-c C-k | |
1274 @findex message-kill-buffer | |
1275 Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). | |
1276 | |
1277 @end table | |
1278 | |
1279 | |
1280 | |
1281 @node Mail Aliases | |
1282 @section Mail Aliases | |
1283 @cindex mail aliases | |
1284 @cindex aliases | |
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1288 @vindex message-mail-alias-type | |
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1293 | |
1294 @code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and | |
1295 @file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like: | |
1296 | |
1297 @example | |
1298 alias lmi "Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@ifi.uio.no>" | |
1299 alias ding "ding@@ifi.uio.no (ding mailing list)" | |
1300 @end example | |
1301 | |
1302 After adding lines like this to your @file{~/.mailrc} file, you should | |
1303 be able to just write @samp{lmi} in the @code{To} or @code{Cc} (and so | |
1304 on) headers and press @kbd{SPC} to expand the alias. | |
1305 | |
1306 No expansion will be performed upon sending of the message---all | |
1307 expansions have to be done explicitly. | |
1308 | |
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1318 @node Spelling | |
1319 @section Spelling | |
1320 @cindex spelling | |
1321 @findex ispell-message | |
1322 | |
1323 There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages: | |
1324 @code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and | |
1325 probably more popular package. You typically first write the message, | |
1326 and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the | |
1327 typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put | |
1328 something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1329 | |
1330 @lisp | |
1331 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message) | |
1332 @end lisp | |
1333 | |
1334 @vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1335 If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be | |
1336 controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable: | |
1337 | |
1338 @lisp | |
1339 (setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1340 '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8") | |
1341 (".*" . "default"))) | |
1342 @end lisp | |
1343 | |
1344 @code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1345 installed. | |
1346 | |
1347 The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks | |
1348 your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in | |
1349 various ways. | |
1350 | |
1351 To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your | |
1352 @file{.emacs} file: | |
1353 | |
1354 @lisp | |
1355 (defun my-message-setup-routine () | |
1356 (flyspell-mode 1)) | |
1357 (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine) | |
1358 @end lisp | |
1359 | |
1360 @code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1361 installed. | |
1362 | |
1363 | |
1364 @node Variables | |
1365 @chapter Variables | |
1366 | |
1367 @menu | |
1368 * Message Headers:: General message header stuff. | |
1369 * Mail Headers:: Customizing mail headers. | |
1370 * Mail Variables:: Other mail variables. | |
1371 * News Headers:: Customizing news headers. | |
1372 * News Variables:: Other news variables. | |
1373 * Insertion Variables:: Customizing how things are inserted. | |
1374 * Various Message Variables:: Other message variables. | |
1375 * Sending Variables:: Variables for sending. | |
1376 * Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers. | |
1377 * Message Actions:: Actions to be performed when exiting. | |
1378 @end menu | |
1379 | |
1380 | |
1381 @node Message Headers | |
1382 @section Message Headers | |
1383 | |
1384 Message is quite aggressive on the message generation front. It has to | |
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1387 mail/news system do it) to ensure that mail and news copies of messages | |
1388 look sufficiently similar. | |
1389 | |
1390 @table @code | |
1391 | |
1392 @item message-generate-headers-first | |
1393 @vindex message-generate-headers-first | |
1394 If @code{t}, generate all required headers before starting to | |
1395 compose the message. This can also be a list of headers to generate: | |
1396 | |
1397 @lisp | |
1398 (setq message-generate-headers-first | |
1399 '(References)) | |
1400 @end lisp | |
1401 | |
1402 @vindex message-required-headers | |
1403 The variables @code{message-required-headers}, | |
1404 @code{message-required-mail-headers} and | |
1405 @code{message-required-news-headers} specify which headers are | |
1406 required. | |
1407 | |
1408 Note that some headers will be removed and re-generated before posting, | |
1409 because of the variable @code{message-deletable-headers} (see below). | |
1410 | |
1411 @item message-draft-headers | |
1412 @vindex message-draft-headers | |
1413 When running Message from Gnus, the message buffers are associated | |
1414 with a draft group. @code{message-draft-headers} says which headers | |
1415 should be generated when a draft is written to the draft group. | |
1416 | |
1417 @item message-from-style | |
1418 @vindex message-from-style | |
1419 Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid | |
1420 values: | |
1421 | |
1422 @table @code | |
1423 @item nil | |
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1426 @item parens | |
1427 @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}. | |
1428 | |
1429 @item angles | |
1430 @samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}. | |
1431 | |
1432 @item default | |
1433 Look like @code{angles} if that doesn't require quoting, and | |
1434 @code{parens} if it does. If even @code{parens} requires quoting, use | |
1435 @code{angles} anyway. | |
1436 | |
1437 @end table | |
1438 | |
1439 @item message-deletable-headers | |
1440 @vindex message-deletable-headers | |
1441 Headers in this list that were previously generated by Message will be | |
1442 deleted before posting. Let's say you post an article. Then you decide | |
1443 to post it again to some other group, you naughty boy, so you jump back | |
1444 to the @code{*post-buf*} buffer, edit the @code{Newsgroups} line, and | |
1445 ship it off again. By default, this variable makes sure that the old | |
1446 generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If | |
1447 this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would | |
1448 prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world. | |
1449 Allegedly. | |
1450 | |
1451 @item message-default-headers | |
1452 @vindex message-default-headers | |
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1458 @item message-subject-re-regexp | |
1459 @vindex message-subject-re-regexp | |
1460 @cindex Aw | |
1461 @cindex Sv | |
1462 @cindex Re | |
1463 Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This | |
1464 is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is | |
1465 Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have | |
1466 failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software | |
1467 to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } | |
1468 (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may | |
1469 have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may | |
1470 set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I | |
1471 just throw away non-compliant mail. | |
1472 | |
1473 Here's an example of a value to deal with these headers when | |
1474 responding to a message: | |
1475 | |
1476 @lisp | |
1477 (setq message-subject-re-regexp | |
1478 (concat | |
1479 "^[ \t]*" | |
1480 "\\(" | |
1481 "\\(" | |
1482 "[Aa][Nn][Tt][Ww]\\.?\\|" ; antw | |
1483 "[Aa][Ww]\\|" ; aw | |
1484 "[Ff][Ww][Dd]?\\|" ; fwd | |
1485 "[Oo][Dd][Pp]\\|" ; odp | |
1486 "[Rr][Ee]\\|" ; re | |
1487 "[Rr][\311\351][Ff]\\.?\\|" ; ref | |
1488 "[Ss][Vv]" ; sv | |
1489 "\\)" | |
1490 "\\(\\[[0-9]*\\]\\)" | |
1491 "*:[ \t]*" | |
1492 "\\)" | |
1493 "*[ \t]*" | |
1494 )) | |
1495 @end lisp | |
1496 | |
1497 @item message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1498 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1499 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp | |
1500 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-regexp | |
1501 Controls what to do with trailing @samp{(was: <old subject>)} in subject | |
1502 lines. If @code{nil}, leave the subject unchanged. If it is the symbol | |
1503 @code{ask}, query the user what to do. In this case, the subject is | |
1504 matched against @code{message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp}. If | |
1505 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} is @code{t}, always strip the | |
1506 trailing old subject. In this case, | |
1507 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-regexp} is used. | |
1508 | |
1509 @item message-alternative-emails | |
1510 @vindex message-alternative-emails | |
1511 Regexp matching alternative email addresses. The first address in the | |
1512 To, Cc or From headers of the original article matching this variable is | |
1513 used as the From field of outgoing messages, replacing the default From | |
1514 value. | |
1515 | |
1516 For example, if you have two secondary email addresses john@@home.net | |
1517 and john.doe@@work.com and want to use them in the From field when | |
1518 composing a reply to a message addressed to one of them, you could set | |
1519 this variable like this: | |
1520 | |
1521 @lisp | |
1522 (setq message-alternative-emails | |
1523 (regexp-opt '("john@@home.net" "john.doe@@work.com"))) | |
1524 @end lisp | |
1525 | |
1526 This variable has precedence over posting styles and anything that runs | |
1527 off @code{message-setup-hook}. | |
1528 | |
1529 @item message-allow-no-recipients | |
1530 @vindex message-allow-no-recipients | |
1531 Specifies what to do when there are no recipients other than | |
1532 @code{Gcc} or @code{Fcc}. If it is @code{always}, the posting is | |
1533 allowed. If it is @code{never}, the posting is not allowed. If it is | |
1534 @code{ask} (the default), you are prompted. | |
1535 | |
1536 @item message-hidden-headers | |
1537 @vindex message-hidden-headers | |
1538 A regexp, a list of regexps, or a list where the first element is | |
1539 @code{not} and the rest are regexps. It says which headers to keep | |
1540 hidden when composing a message. | |
1541 | |
1542 @lisp | |
1543 (setq message-hidden-headers | |
1544 '(not "From" "Subject" "To" "Cc" "Newsgroups")) | |
1545 @end lisp | |
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1552 A list of lists of header synonyms. E.g., if this list contains a | |
1553 member list with elements @code{Cc} and @code{To}, then | |
1554 @code{message-carefully-insert-headers} will not insert a @code{To} | |
1555 header when the message is already @code{Cc}ed to the recipient. | |
1556 | |
1557 @end table | |
1558 | |
1559 | |
1560 @node Mail Headers | |
1561 @section Mail Headers | |
1562 | |
1563 @table @code | |
1564 @item message-required-mail-headers | |
1565 @vindex message-required-mail-headers | |
1566 @xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is | |
1567 @code{(From Subject Date (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID | |
1568 (optional . User-Agent))} by default. | |
1569 | |
1570 @item message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1571 @vindex message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1572 Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is@* | |
1573 @samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|^Xref:\\|^X-Draft-From:\\|@* | |
1574 ^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1575 | |
1576 @item message-default-mail-headers | |
1577 @vindex message-default-mail-headers | |
1578 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1579 buffers that are initialized as mail. | |
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1589 | |
1590 | |
1591 @node Mail Variables | |
1592 @section Mail Variables | |
1593 | |
1594 @table @code | |
1595 @item message-send-mail-function | |
1596 @vindex message-send-mail-function | |
87647 | 1597 @findex message-send-mail-function |
84305 | 1598 @findex message-send-mail-with-sendmail |
1599 @findex message-send-mail-with-mh | |
1600 @findex message-send-mail-with-qmail | |
1601 @findex message-smtpmail-send-it | |
1602 @findex smtpmail-send-it | |
1603 @findex feedmail-send-it | |
87647 | 1604 @findex message-send-mail-with-mailclient |
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1613 @code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail} pipes your article to the | |
1614 @code{sendmail} binary for further queuing and sending. When your local | |
1615 system is not configured for sending mail using @code{sendmail}, and you | |
1616 have access to a remote @acronym{SMTP} server, you can set | |
1617 @code{message-send-mail-function} to @code{smtpmail-send-it} and make | |
1618 sure to setup the @code{smtpmail} package correctly. An example: | |
1619 | |
1620 @lisp | |
1621 (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it | |
1622 smtpmail-default-smtp-server "YOUR SMTP HOST") | |
1623 @end lisp | |
1624 | |
1625 To the thing similar to this, there is | |
1626 @code{message-smtpmail-send-it}. It is useful if your @acronym{ISP} | |
1627 requires the @acronym{POP}-before-@acronym{SMTP} authentication. | |
1628 @xref{POP before SMTP, , POP before SMTP, gnus, The Gnus Manual}. | |
1629 | |
84305 | 1630 @item message-mh-deletable-headers |
1631 @vindex message-mh-deletable-headers | |
1632 Most versions of MH doesn't like being fed messages that contain the | |
1633 headers in this variable. If this variable is non-@code{nil} (which is | |
1634 the default), these headers will be removed before mailing when sending | |
1635 messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these | |
1636 headers. | |
1637 | |
1638 @item message-qmail-inject-program | |
1639 @vindex message-qmail-inject-program | |
1640 @cindex qmail | |
1641 Location of the qmail-inject program. | |
1642 | |
1643 @item message-qmail-inject-args | |
1644 @vindex message-qmail-inject-args | |
1645 Arguments passed to qmail-inject programs. | |
1646 This should be a list of strings, one string for each argument. It | |
1647 may also be a function. | |
1648 | |
1649 For e.g., if you wish to set the envelope sender address so that bounces | |
1650 go to the right place or to deal with listserv's usage of that address, you | |
1651 might set this variable to @code{'("-f" "you@@some.where")}. | |
1652 | |
1653 @item message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1654 @vindex message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1655 @cindex sendmail | |
1656 Non-@code{nil} means don't add @samp{-f username} to the sendmail | |
1657 command line. Doing so would be even more evil than leaving it out. | |
1658 | |
1659 @item message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1660 @vindex message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1661 When @code{message-sendmail-f-is-evil} is @code{nil}, this specifies | |
1662 the address to use in the @acronym{SMTP} envelope. If it is | |
1663 @code{nil}, use @code{user-mail-address}. If it is the symbol | |
1664 @code{header}, use the @samp{From} header of the message. | |
1665 | |
1666 @item message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1667 @vindex message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1668 Set this to non-@code{nil} if the system's mailer runs the header and | |
1669 body together. (This problem exists on SunOS 4 when sendmail is run | |
1670 in remote mode.) The value should be an expression to test whether | |
1671 the problem will actually occur. | |
1672 | |
1673 @item message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1674 @vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1675 @cindex split large message | |
1676 The limitation of messages sent as message/partial. The lower bound | |
1677 of message size in characters, beyond which the message should be sent | |
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1681 @end table | |
1682 | |
1683 | |
1684 @node News Headers | |
1685 @section News Headers | |
1686 | |
1687 @vindex message-required-news-headers | |
1688 @code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These | |
1689 headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's | |
1690 impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid: | |
1691 | |
1692 @table @code | |
1693 | |
1694 @item From | |
1695 @cindex From | |
1696 @findex user-full-name | |
1697 @findex user-mail-address | |
1698 This required header will be filled out with the result of the | |
1699 @code{message-make-from} function, which depends on the | |
1700 @code{message-from-style}, @code{user-full-name}, | |
1701 @code{user-mail-address} variables. | |
1702 | |
1703 @item Subject | |
1704 @cindex Subject | |
1705 This required header will be prompted for if not present already. | |
1706 | |
1707 @item Newsgroups | |
1708 @cindex Newsgroups | |
1709 This required header says which newsgroups the article is to be posted | |
1710 to. If it isn't present already, it will be prompted for. | |
1711 | |
1712 @item Organization | |
1713 @cindex organization | |
1714 @vindex message-user-organization | |
1715 @vindex message-user-organization-file | |
1716 This optional header will be filled out depending on the | |
1717 @code{message-user-organization} variable. | |
1718 @code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is | |
1719 @code{t}. This variable can also be a string (in which case this string | |
1720 will be used), or it can be a function (which will be called with no | |
1721 parameters and should return a string to be used). | |
1722 | |
1723 @item Lines | |
1724 @cindex Lines | |
1725 This optional header will be computed by Message. | |
1726 | |
1727 @item Message-ID | |
1728 @cindex Message-ID | |
1729 @vindex message-user-fqdn | |
1730 @vindex mail-host-address | |
1731 @vindex user-mail-address | |
1732 @findex system-name | |
1733 @cindex Sun | |
1734 @cindex i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me | |
1735 This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be | |
1736 created based on the date, time, user name (for the local part) and the | |
1737 domain part. For the domain part, message will look (in this order) at | |
1738 @code{message-user-fqdn}, @code{system-name}, @code{mail-host-address} | |
1739 and @code{message-user-mail-address} (i.e. @code{user-mail-address}) | |
1740 until a probably valid fully qualified domain name (FQDN) was found. | |
1741 | |
1742 @item User-Agent | |
1743 @cindex User-Agent | |
1744 This optional header will be filled out according to the | |
1745 @code{message-newsreader} local variable. | |
1746 | |
1747 @item In-Reply-To | |
1748 This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From} | |
1749 header of the article being replied to. | |
1750 | |
1751 @item Expires | |
1752 @cindex Expires | |
1753 @vindex message-expires | |
1754 This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the | |
1755 @code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't | |
1756 be used unless you know what you're doing. | |
1757 | |
1758 @item Distribution | |
1759 @cindex Distribution | |
1760 @vindex message-distribution-function | |
1761 This optional header is filled out according to the | |
1762 @code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and | |
1763 much misunderstood header. | |
1764 | |
1765 @item Path | |
1766 @cindex path | |
1767 @vindex message-user-path | |
1768 This extremely optional header should probably never be used. | |
1769 However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is | |
1770 present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this | |
1771 @code{Path} header is to look. If it is @code{nil}, use the server name | |
1772 as the leaf node. If it is a string, use the string. If it is neither | |
1773 a string nor @code{nil}, use the user name only. However, it is highly | |
1774 unlikely that you should need to fiddle with this variable at all. | |
1775 @end table | |
1776 | |
1777 @findex yow | |
1778 @cindex Mime-Version | |
1779 In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The @sc{car} of this cons | |
1780 should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and | |
1781 the @sc{cdr} can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of | |
1782 this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should | |
1783 return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert | |
1784 @code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")} | |
1785 into the list. If you want to insert a funny quote, you could enter | |
1786 something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function | |
1787 @code{yow} will then be called without any arguments. | |
1788 | |
1789 If the list contains a cons where the @sc{car} of the cons is | |
1790 @code{optional}, the @sc{cdr} of this cons will only be inserted if it is | |
1791 non-@code{nil}. | |
1792 | |
1793 If you want to delete an entry from this list, the following Lisp | |
1794 snippet might be useful. Adjust accordingly if you want to remove | |
1795 another element. | |
1796 | |
1797 @lisp | |
1798 (setq message-required-news-headers | |
1799 (delq 'Message-ID message-required-news-headers)) | |
1800 @end lisp | |
1801 | |
1802 Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles: | |
1803 | |
1804 @table @code | |
1805 | |
1806 @item message-syntax-checks | |
1807 @vindex message-syntax-checks | |
1808 Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts. | |
1809 To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add | |
1810 | |
1811 @lisp | |
1812 (signature . disabled) | |
1813 @end lisp | |
1814 | |
1815 to this list. | |
1816 | |
1817 Valid checks are: | |
1818 | |
1819 @table @code | |
1820 @item approved | |
1821 @cindex approved | |
1822 Check whether the article has an @code{Approved} header, which is | |
1823 something only moderators should include. | |
1824 @item continuation-headers | |
1825 Check whether there are continuation header lines that don't begin with | |
1826 whitespace. | |
1827 @item control-chars | |
1828 Check for invalid characters. | |
1829 @item empty | |
1830 Check whether the article is empty. | |
1831 @item existing-newsgroups | |
1832 Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and | |
1833 @code{Followup-To} headers exist. | |
1834 @item from | |
1835 Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice. | |
1836 @item illegible-text | |
1837 Check whether there is any non-printable character in the body. | |
1838 @item invisible-text | |
1839 Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer. | |
1840 @item long-header-lines | |
1841 Check for too long header lines. | |
1842 @item long-lines | |
1843 @cindex long lines | |
1844 Check for too long lines in the body. | |
1845 @item message-id | |
1846 Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks syntactically ok. | |
1847 @item multiple-headers | |
1848 Check for the existence of multiple equal headers. | |
1849 @item new-text | |
1850 Check whether there is any new text in the messages. | |
1851 @item newsgroups | |
1852 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} header exists and is not empty. | |
1853 @item quoting-style | |
1854 Check whether text follows last quoted portion. | |
1855 @item repeated-newsgroups | |
1856 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1857 contains repeated group names. | |
1858 @item reply-to | |
1859 Check whether the @code{Reply-To} header looks ok. | |
1860 @item sender | |
1861 @cindex Sender | |
1862 Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd. | |
1863 @item sendsys | |
1864 @cindex sendsys | |
1865 Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands. | |
1866 @item shoot | |
1867 Check whether the domain part of the @code{Message-ID} header looks ok. | |
1868 @item shorten-followup-to | |
1869 Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number | |
1870 of groups to post to. | |
1871 @item signature | |
1872 Check the length of the signature. | |
1873 @item size | |
1874 Check for excessive size. | |
1875 @item subject | |
1876 Check whether the @code{Subject} header exists and is not empty. | |
1877 @item subject-cmsg | |
1878 Check the subject for commands. | |
1879 @item valid-newsgroups | |
1880 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1881 are valid syntactically. | |
1882 @end table | |
1883 | |
1884 All these conditions are checked by default, except for @code{sender} | |
1885 for which the check is disabled by default if | |
1886 @code{message-insert-canlock} is non-@code{nil} (@pxref{Canceling News}). | |
1887 | |
1888 @item message-ignored-news-headers | |
1889 @vindex message-ignored-news-headers | |
1890 Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@* | |
1891 @samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|@* | |
1892 ^X-Draft-From:\\|^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1893 | |
1894 @item message-default-news-headers | |
1895 @vindex message-default-news-headers | |
1896 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1897 buffers that are initialized as news. | |
1898 | |
1899 @end table | |
1900 | |
1901 | |
1902 @node News Variables | |
1903 @section News Variables | |
1904 | |
1905 @table @code | |
1906 @item message-send-news-function | |
1907 @vindex message-send-news-function | |
1908 Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is | |
1909 @code{message-send-news}. | |
1910 | |
1911 @item message-post-method | |
1912 @vindex message-post-method | |
1913 Gnusish @dfn{select method} (see the Gnus manual for details) used for | |
1914 posting a prepared news message. | |
1915 | |
1916 @end table | |
1917 | |
1918 | |
1919 @node Insertion Variables | |
1920 @section Insertion Variables | |
1921 | |
1922 @table @code | |
1923 @item message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1924 @vindex message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1925 All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked | |
1926 messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be | |
1927 removed. | |
1928 | |
1929 @item message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1930 @vindex message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1931 Regexp matching the longest possible citation prefix on a line. | |
1932 | |
1933 @item message-citation-line-function | |
1934 @vindex message-citation-line-function | |
1935 @cindex attribution line | |
1936 Function called to insert the citation line. The default is | |
1937 @code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines | |
1938 that look like: | |
1939 | |
1940 @example | |
1941 Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes: | |
1942 @end example | |
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1948 function is called. | |
1949 | |
1950 Note that Gnus provides a feature where clicking on `writes:' hides the | |
1951 cited text. If you change the citation line too much, readers of your | |
1952 messages will have to adjust their Gnus, too. See the variable | |
1953 @code{gnus-cite-attribution-suffix}. @xref{Article Highlighting, , | |
1954 Article Highlighting, gnus, The Gnus Manual}, for details. | |
1955 | |
1956 @item message-yank-prefix | |
1957 @vindex message-yank-prefix | |
1958 @cindex yanking | |
1959 @cindex quoting | |
1960 When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want | |
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1967 @item message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1968 @vindex message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1969 @cindex yanking | |
1970 @cindex cited | |
1971 @cindex quoting | |
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1985 @item message-indentation-spaces | |
1986 @vindex message-indentation-spaces | |
1987 Number of spaces to indent yanked messages. | |
1988 | |
1989 @item message-cite-function | |
1990 @vindex message-cite-function | |
1991 @findex message-cite-original | |
1992 @findex message-cite-original-without-signature | |
1993 Function for citing an original message. The default is | |
1994 @code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message | |
1995 and prepends @samp{> } to each line. | |
1996 @code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides | |
100282 | 1997 the signature. |
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1999 @item message-indent-citation-function | |
2000 @vindex message-indent-citation-function | |
2001 Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
2002 This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the | |
2003 citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function | |
2004 should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified. | |
2005 | |
2006 @item message-mark-insert-begin | |
2007 @vindex message-mark-insert-begin | |
2008 String to mark the beginning of some inserted text. | |
2009 | |
2010 @item message-mark-insert-end | |
2011 @vindex message-mark-insert-end | |
2012 String to mark the end of some inserted text. | |
2013 | |
2014 @item message-signature | |
2015 @vindex message-signature | |
2016 String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t} | |
2017 (which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be | |
2018 inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be | |
2019 used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead. | |
2020 If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all. | |
2021 | |
2022 @item message-signature-file | |
2023 @vindex message-signature-file | |
2024 File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer. | |
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2038 @vindex message-signature-insert-empty-line | |
2039 If @code{t} (the default value) an empty line is inserted before the | |
2040 signature separator. | |
2041 | |
2042 @end table | |
2043 | |
2044 Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three | |
2045 characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it | |
2046 easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the | |
2047 signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel | |
2048 that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally. | |
2049 | |
2050 Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long. | |
2051 Including @acronym{ASCII} graphics is an efficient way to get | |
2052 everybody to believe that you are silly and have nothing important to | |
2053 say. | |
2054 | |
2055 | |
2056 @node Various Message Variables | |
2057 @section Various Message Variables | |
2058 | |
2059 @table @code | |
2060 @item message-default-charset | |
2061 @vindex message-default-charset | |
2062 @cindex charset | |
2063 Symbol naming a @acronym{MIME} charset. Non-@acronym{ASCII} characters | |
2064 in messages are assumed to be encoded using this charset. The default | |
2065 is @code{iso-8859-1} on non-@sc{mule} Emacsen; otherwise @code{nil}, | |
2066 which means ask the user. (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule} | |
2067 Emacsen.) @xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, | |
2068 Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@acronym{MIME} | |
2069 translation process. | |
2070 | |
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84305 | 2078 @item message-signature-separator |
2079 @vindex message-signature-separator | |
2080 Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by | |
2081 default. | |
2082 | |
2083 @item mail-header-separator | |
2084 @vindex mail-header-separator | |
2085 String used to separate the headers from the body. It is @samp{--text | |
2086 follows this line--} by default. | |
2087 | |
2088 @item message-directory | |
2089 @vindex message-directory | |
2090 Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}. | |
2091 All other mail file variables are derived from @code{message-directory}. | |
2092 | |
2093 @item message-auto-save-directory | |
2094 @vindex message-auto-save-directory | |
2095 Directory where Message auto-saves buffers if Gnus isn't running. If | |
2096 @code{nil}, Message won't auto-save. The default is @file{~/Mail/drafts/}. | |
2097 | |
2098 @item message-signature-setup-hook | |
2099 @vindex message-signature-setup-hook | |
2100 Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the | |
2101 headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted. | |
2102 | |
2103 @item message-setup-hook | |
2104 @vindex message-setup-hook | |
2105 Hook run as the last thing when the message buffer has been initialized, | |
2106 but before yanked text is inserted. | |
2107 | |
2108 @item message-header-setup-hook | |
2109 @vindex message-header-setup-hook | |
2110 Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers. | |
2111 | |
2112 For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a | |
2113 @samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages | |
2114 you send to mailing lists, you could do something like the following: | |
2115 | |
2116 @lisp | |
2117 (defun my-message-header-setup-hook () | |
2118 (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) | |
2119 (when (or (message-fetch-field "newsgroups") | |
2120 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-address) | |
2121 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-list)) | |
2122 (insert "Mail-Copies-To: never\n")))) | |
2123 | |
2124 (add-hook 'message-header-setup-hook | |
2125 'my-message-header-setup-hook) | |
2126 @end lisp | |
2127 | |
2128 @item message-send-hook | |
2129 @vindex message-send-hook | |
2130 Hook run before sending messages. | |
2131 | |
2132 If you want to add certain headers before sending, you can use the | |
2133 @code{message-add-header} function in this hook. For instance: | |
2134 @findex message-add-header | |
2135 | |
2136 @lisp | |
2137 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content) | |
2138 (defun my-message-add-content () | |
2139 (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense") | |
2140 (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no")) | |
2141 @end lisp | |
2142 | |
2143 This function won't add the header if the header is already present. | |
2144 | |
2145 @item message-send-mail-hook | |
2146 @vindex message-send-mail-hook | |
2147 Hook run before sending mail messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2148 just before the message is actually sent as mail. | |
2149 | |
2150 @item message-send-news-hook | |
2151 @vindex message-send-news-hook | |
2152 Hook run before sending news messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2153 just before the message is actually sent as news. | |
2154 | |
2155 @item message-sent-hook | |
2156 @vindex message-sent-hook | |
2157 Hook run after sending messages. | |
2158 | |
2159 @item message-cancel-hook | |
2160 @vindex message-cancel-hook | |
2161 Hook run when canceling news articles. | |
2162 | |
2163 @item message-mode-syntax-table | |
2164 @vindex message-mode-syntax-table | |
2165 Syntax table used in message mode buffers. | |
2166 | |
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84305 | 2173 @item message-strip-special-text-properties |
2174 @vindex message-strip-special-text-properties | |
2175 Emacs has a number of special text properties which can break message | |
2176 composing in various ways. If this option is set, message will strip | |
2177 these properties from the message composition buffer. However, some | |
2178 packages requires these properties to be present in order to work. If | |
2179 you use one of these packages, turn this option off, and hope the | |
2180 message composition doesn't break too bad. | |
2181 | |
2182 @item message-send-method-alist | |
2183 @vindex message-send-method-alist | |
2184 @findex message-mail-p | |
2185 @findex message-news-p | |
2186 @findex message-send-via-mail | |
2187 @findex message-send-via-news | |
2188 Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form: | |
2189 | |
2190 @lisp | |
2191 (@var{type} @var{predicate} @var{function}) | |
2192 @end lisp | |
2193 | |
2194 @table @var | |
2195 @item type | |
2196 A symbol that names the method. | |
2197 | |
2198 @item predicate | |
2199 A function called without any parameters to determine whether the | |
2200 message is a message of type @var{type}. The function will be called in | |
2201 the buffer where the message is. | |
2202 | |
2203 @item function | |
2204 A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}. | |
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2207 | |
2208 The default is: | |
2209 | |
2210 @lisp | |
2211 ((news message-news-p message-send-via-news) | |
2212 (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail)) | |
2213 @end lisp | |
2214 | |
2215 The @code{message-news-p} function returns non-@code{nil} if the message | |
2216 looks like news, and the @code{message-send-via-news} function sends the | |
2217 message according to the @code{message-send-news-function} variable | |
2218 (@pxref{News Variables}). The @code{message-mail-p} function returns | |
2219 non-@code{nil} if the message looks like mail, and the | |
2220 @code{message-send-via-mail} function sends the message according to the | |
2221 @code{message-send-mail-function} variable (@pxref{Mail Variables}). | |
2222 | |
2223 All the elements in this alist will be tried in order, so a message | |
2224 containing both a valid @samp{Newsgroups} header and a valid @samp{To} | |
2225 header, for example, will be sent as news, and then as mail. | |
2226 @end table | |
2227 | |
2228 | |
2229 | |
2230 @node Sending Variables | |
2231 @section Sending Variables | |
2232 | |
2233 @table @code | |
2234 | |
2235 @item message-fcc-handler-function | |
2236 @vindex message-fcc-handler-function | |
2237 A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be | |
2238 called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default | |
2239 function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format. | |
2240 | |
2241 @item message-courtesy-message | |
2242 @vindex message-courtesy-message | |
2243 When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of | |
2244 the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the | |
2245 newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If | |
2246 this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added. | |
2247 The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of | |
2248 an article\\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\\n\\n"}. | |
2249 | |
2250 @item message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2251 @vindex message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2252 If @code{nil}, attach files as normal parts in Fcc copies; if it is | |
2253 non-@code{nil}, attach local files as external parts. | |
2254 | |
2255 @item message-interactive | |
2256 @vindex message-interactive | |
2257 If non-@code{nil} wait for and display errors when sending a message; | |
2258 if @code{nil} let the mailer mail back a message to report errors. | |
2259 | |
98344 | 2260 @item message-confirm-send |
2261 @vindex message-confirm-send | |
98345 | 2262 When non-@code{nil}, Gnus will ask for confirmation when sending a |
98344 | 2263 message. |
2264 | |
84305 | 2265 @end table |
2266 | |
2267 | |
2268 @node Message Buffers | |
2269 @section Message Buffers | |
2270 | |
2271 Message will generate new buffers with unique buffer names when you | |
2272 request a message buffer. When you send the message, the buffer isn't | |
2273 normally killed off. Its name is changed and a certain number of old | |
2274 message buffers are kept alive. | |
2275 | |
2276 @table @code | |
2277 @item message-generate-new-buffers | |
2278 @vindex message-generate-new-buffers | |
2279 Controls whether to create a new message buffer to compose a message. | |
2280 Valid values include: | |
2281 | |
2282 @table @code | |
2283 @item nil | |
2284 Generate the buffer name in the Message way (e.g., *mail*, *news*, *mail | |
2285 to whom*, *news on group*, etc.) and continue editing in the existing | |
2286 buffer of that name. If there is no such buffer, it will be newly | |
2287 created. | |
2288 | |
2289 @item unique | |
2290 @item t | |
2291 Create the new buffer with the name generated in the Message way. This | |
2292 is the default. | |
2293 | |
2294 @item unsent | |
2295 Similar to @code{unique} but the buffer name begins with "*unsent ". | |
2296 | |
2297 @item standard | |
2298 Similar to @code{nil} but the buffer name is simpler like *mail | |
2299 message*. | |
2300 @end table | |
2301 @table @var | |
2302 @item function | |
2303 If this is a function, call that function with three parameters: The | |
2304 type, the To address and the group name (any of these may be | |
2305 @code{nil}). The function should return the new buffer name. | |
2306 @end table | |
2307 | |
2308 The default value is @code{unique}. | |
2309 | |
2310 @item message-max-buffers | |
2311 @vindex message-max-buffers | |
2312 This variable says how many old message buffers to keep. If there are | |
2313 more message buffers than this, the oldest buffer will be killed. The | |
2314 default is 10. If this variable is @code{nil}, no old message buffers | |
2315 will ever be killed. | |
2316 | |
2317 @item message-send-rename-function | |
2318 @vindex message-send-rename-function | |
2319 After sending a message, the buffer is renamed from, for instance, | |
2320 @samp{*reply to Lars*} to @samp{*sent reply to Lars*}. If you don't | |
2321 like this, set this variable to a function that renames the buffer in a | |
2322 manner you like. If you don't want to rename the buffer at all, you can | |
2323 say: | |
2324 | |
2325 @lisp | |
2326 (setq message-send-rename-function 'ignore) | |
2327 @end lisp | |
2328 | |
2329 @item message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2330 @findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2331 If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit. | |
2332 | |
2333 @end table | |
2334 | |
2335 | |
2336 @node Message Actions | |
2337 @section Message Actions | |
2338 | |
2339 When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely | |
2340 to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps | |
2341 return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as | |
2342 replied. | |
2343 | |
2344 @vindex message-kill-actions | |
2345 @vindex message-postpone-actions | |
2346 @vindex message-exit-actions | |
2347 @vindex message-send-actions | |
2348 The user may exit from the message buffer in various ways. The most | |
2349 common is @kbd{C-c C-c}, which sends the message and exits. Other | |
2350 possibilities are @kbd{C-c C-s} which just sends the message, @kbd{C-c | |
2351 C-d} which postpones the message editing and buries the message buffer, | |
2352 and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions | |
2353 have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed: | |
2354 @code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions}, | |
2355 @code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}. | |
2356 | |
2357 Message provides a function to interface with these lists: | |
2358 @code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be | |
2359 added, and the rest of the arguments are which lists to add this action | |
2360 to. Here's an example from Gnus: | |
2361 | |
2362 @lisp | |
2363 (message-add-action | |
2364 `(set-window-configuration ,(current-window-configuration)) | |
2365 'exit 'postpone 'kill) | |
2366 @end lisp | |
2367 | |
2368 This restores the Gnus window configuration when the message buffer is | |
2369 killed, postponed or exited. | |
2370 | |
2371 An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the | |
2372 @sc{car} is a function and the @sc{cdr} is the list of arguments, or | |
2373 a form to be @code{eval}ed. | |
2374 | |
2375 | |
2376 @node Compatibility | |
2377 @chapter Compatibility | |
2378 @cindex compatibility | |
2379 | |
2380 Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-} | |
2381 variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables | |
2382 into account, you can put the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
2383 | |
2384 @lisp | |
2385 (require 'messcompat) | |
2386 @end lisp | |
2387 | |
2388 This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the | |
2389 corresponding mail variables. | |
2390 | |
2391 | |
2392 @node Appendices | |
2393 @chapter Appendices | |
2394 | |
2395 @menu | |
2396 * Responses:: Standard rules for determining where responses go. | |
2397 @end menu | |
2398 | |
2399 | |
2400 @node Responses | |
2401 @section Responses | |
2402 | |
2403 To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used | |
2404 by default. | |
2405 | |
2406 @table @dfn | |
2407 @item reply | |
2408 A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who | |
2409 sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To | |
2410 determine who the recipient will be, the following headers are | |
2411 consulted, in turn: | |
2412 | |
2413 @table @code | |
2414 @item Reply-To | |
2415 | |
2416 @item From | |
2417 @end table | |
2418 | |
2419 | |
2420 @item wide reply | |
2421 A @dfn{wide reply} is a mail response that includes @emph{all} entities | |
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84305 | 2423 following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing |
2424 @code{To}/@code{Cc} headers: | |
2425 | |
2426 @table @code | |
2427 @item From | |
2428 (unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead). | |
2429 | |
2430 @item Cc | |
2431 | |
2432 @item To | |
2433 @end table | |
2434 | |
2435 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will also be included | |
2436 in the list of mailboxes. If this header is @samp{never}, that means | |
2437 that the @code{From} (or @code{Reply-To}) mailbox will be suppressed. | |
2438 | |
2439 | |
2440 @item followup | |
2441 A @dfn{followup} is a response sent via news. The following headers | |
2442 (listed in order of precedence) determine where the response is to be | |
2443 sent: | |
2444 | |
2445 @table @code | |
2446 | |
2447 @item Followup-To | |
2448 | |
2449 @item Newsgroups | |
2450 | |
2451 @end table | |
2452 | |
2453 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will be used as the | |
2454 basis of the new @code{Cc} header, except if this header is | |
2455 @samp{never}. | |
2456 | |
2457 @end table | |
2458 | |
2459 | |
2460 @node GNU Free Documentation License | |
2461 @chapter GNU Free Documentation License | |
2462 @include doclicense.texi | |
2463 | |
2464 @node Index | |
2465 @chapter Index | |
2466 @printindex cp | |
2467 | |
2468 @node Key Index | |
2469 @chapter Key Index | |
2470 @printindex ky | |
2471 | |
2472 @bye | |
2473 | |
2474 @c End: |