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5 @synindex fn cp | |
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7 @synindex pg cp | |
8 @copying | |
9 This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode. | |
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11 Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, | |
100974 | 12 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 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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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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24 developing GNU and promoting software freedom.'' |
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26 @end copying | |
27 | |
28 @dircategory Emacs | |
29 @direntry | |
30 * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus. | |
31 @end direntry | |
32 @iftex | |
33 @finalout | |
34 @end iftex | |
35 | |
36 @titlepage | |
37 @title Message Manual | |
38 | |
39 @author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen | |
40 @page | |
41 | |
42 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
43 @insertcopying | |
44 @end titlepage | |
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49 @node Top | |
50 @top Message | |
51 | |
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84305 | 56 All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in |
57 Message mode buffers. | |
58 | |
59 @menu | |
60 * Interface:: Setting up message buffers. | |
61 * Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers. | |
62 * Variables:: Customizing the message buffers. | |
63 * Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible. | |
64 * Appendices:: More technical things. | |
65 * GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation. | |
66 * Index:: Variable, function and concept index. | |
67 * Key Index:: List of Message mode keys. | |
68 @end menu | |
69 | |
70 @c Adjust ../Makefile.in if you change the following lines: | |
71 Message is distributed with Gnus. The Gnus distribution | |
72 @c | |
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75 | |
76 @node Interface | |
77 @chapter Interface | |
78 | |
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80 follow up, forward, cancel---the program (or person) should just put |
84305 | 81 point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command. |
82 @code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with | |
83 appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before | |
84 sending it. | |
85 | |
86 @menu | |
87 * New Mail Message:: Editing a brand new mail message. | |
88 * New News Message:: Editing a brand new news message. | |
89 * Reply:: Replying via mail. | |
90 * Wide Reply:: Responding to all people via mail. | |
91 * Followup:: Following up via news. | |
92 * Canceling News:: Canceling a news article. | |
93 * Superseding:: Superseding a message. | |
94 * Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail. | |
95 * Resending:: Resending a mail message. | |
96 * Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message. | |
97 * Mailing Lists:: Send mail to mailing lists. | |
98 @end menu | |
99 | |
100 You can customize the Message Mode tool bar, see @kbd{M-x | |
101 customize-apropos RET message-tool-bar}. This feature is only available | |
102 in Emacs. | |
103 | |
104 @node New Mail Message | |
105 @section New Mail Message | |
106 | |
107 @findex message-mail | |
108 The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
109 | |
110 Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the | |
111 @code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these | |
112 are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
113 | |
114 | |
115 @node New News Message | |
116 @section New News Message | |
117 | |
118 @findex message-news | |
119 The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer. | |
120 | |
121 This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used | |
122 as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject} | |
123 header. If these are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
124 | |
125 | |
126 @node Reply | |
127 @section Reply | |
128 | |
129 @findex message-reply | |
130 The @code{message-reply} function pops up a message buffer that's a | |
131 reply to the message in the current buffer. | |
132 | |
133 @vindex message-reply-to-function | |
134 Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go | |
135 (@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs | |
136 by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable. | |
137 | |
138 If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the | |
139 @code{From}, you could do something like this: | |
140 | |
141 @lisp | |
142 (setq message-reply-to-function | |
143 (lambda () | |
144 (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody") | |
145 (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender")))) | |
146 (t | |
147 nil)))) | |
148 @end lisp | |
149 | |
150 This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is | |
151 being replied to. | |
152 | |
153 As you can see, this function should return a list. In this case, it | |
154 returns @code{((To . "Whom"))} if it has an opinion as to what the To | |
155 header should be. If it does not, it should just return @code{nil}, and | |
156 the normal methods for determining the To header will be used. | |
157 | |
158 Each list element should be a cons, where the @sc{car} should be the | |
159 name of a header (e.g. @code{Cc}) and the @sc{cdr} should be the header | |
160 value (e.g. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be | |
161 inserted into the head of the outgoing mail. | |
162 | |
163 | |
164 @node Wide Reply | |
165 @section Wide Reply | |
166 | |
167 @findex message-wide-reply | |
168 The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide | |
169 reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a | |
170 reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From} | |
171 (or @code{Reply-to}) and @code{Cc} headers. | |
172 | |
173 @vindex message-wide-reply-to-function | |
174 Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go, | |
175 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
176 @code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
177 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
178 | |
179 @vindex message-dont-reply-to-names | |
180 Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular | |
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182 @code{Cc} header. A value of @code{nil} means exclude your name only. |
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184 @vindex message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients | |
185 If @code{message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients} is non-@code{nil} you | |
186 will be asked to confirm that you want to reply to multiple | |
187 recipients. The default is @code{nil}. | |
188 | |
189 @node Followup | |
190 @section Followup | |
191 | |
192 @findex message-followup | |
193 The @code{message-followup} command pops up a message buffer that's a | |
194 followup to the message in the current buffer. | |
195 | |
196 @vindex message-followup-to-function | |
197 Message uses the normal methods to determine where followups are to go, | |
198 but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
199 @code{message-followup-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
200 @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
201 | |
202 @vindex message-use-followup-to | |
203 The @code{message-use-followup-to} variable says what to do about | |
204 @code{Followup-To} headers. If it is @code{use}, always use the value. | |
205 If it is @code{ask} (which is the default), ask whether to use the | |
206 value. If it is @code{t}, use the value unless it is @samp{poster}. If | |
207 it is @code{nil}, don't use the value. | |
208 | |
209 | |
210 @node Canceling News | |
211 @section Canceling News | |
212 | |
213 @findex message-cancel-news | |
214 The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the | |
215 current buffer. | |
216 | |
217 @vindex message-cancel-message | |
218 The value of @code{message-cancel-message} is inserted in the body of | |
219 the cancel message. The default is @samp{I am canceling my own | |
220 article.}. | |
221 | |
222 @cindex Cancel Locks | |
223 @vindex message-insert-canlock | |
224 @cindex canlock | |
225 When Message posts news messages, it inserts @code{Cancel-Lock} | |
226 headers by default. This is a cryptographic header that ensures that | |
227 only you can cancel your own messages, which is nice. The downside | |
228 is that if you lose your @file{.emacs} file (which is where Gnus | |
229 stores the secret cancel lock password (which is generated | |
230 automatically the first time you use this feature)), you won't be | |
231 able to cancel your message. If you want to manage a password yourself, | |
232 you can put something like the following in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file: | |
233 | |
234 @lisp | |
235 (setq canlock-password "geheimnis" | |
236 canlock-password-for-verify canlock-password) | |
237 @end lisp | |
238 | |
239 Whether to insert the header or not is controlled by the | |
240 @code{message-insert-canlock} variable. | |
241 | |
242 Not many news servers respect the @code{Cancel-Lock} header yet, but | |
243 this is expected to change in the future. | |
244 | |
245 | |
246 @node Superseding | |
247 @section Superseding | |
248 | |
249 @findex message-supersede | |
250 The @code{message-supersede} command pops up a message buffer that will | |
251 supersede the message in the current buffer. | |
252 | |
253 @vindex message-ignored-supersedes-headers | |
254 Headers matching the @code{message-ignored-supersedes-headers} are | |
255 removed before popping up the new message buffer. The default is@* | |
256 @samp{^Path:\\|^Date\\|^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|@* | |
257 ^Received:\\|^X-From-Line:\\|^X-Trace:\\|^X-Complaints-To:\\|@* | |
258 Return-Path:\\|^Supersedes:\\|^NNTP-Posting-Date:\\|^X-Trace:\\|@* | |
259 ^X-Complaints-To:\\|^Cancel-Lock:\\|^Cancel-Key:\\|^X-Hashcash:\\|@* | |
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263 | |
264 @node Forwarding | |
265 @section Forwarding | |
266 | |
267 @findex message-forward | |
268 The @code{message-forward} command pops up a message buffer to forward | |
269 the message in the current buffer. If given a prefix, forward using | |
270 news. | |
271 | |
272 @table @code | |
273 @item message-forward-ignored-headers | |
274 @vindex message-forward-ignored-headers | |
275 All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message. | |
276 | |
277 @item message-make-forward-subject-function | |
278 @vindex message-make-forward-subject-function | |
279 A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for | |
280 forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is | |
281 passed into each successive function. | |
282 | |
283 The provided functions are: | |
284 | |
285 @table @code | |
286 @item message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
287 @findex message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
288 Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the | |
289 subject. | |
290 | |
291 @item message-forward-subject-fwd | |
292 Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it. | |
293 @end table | |
294 | |
295 @item message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
296 @vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
297 If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have | |
298 the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:}, | |
299 @samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is | |
300 constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. | |
301 | |
302 @item message-forward-as-mime | |
303 @vindex message-forward-as-mime | |
304 If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are | |
305 included as inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded | |
306 messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, | |
307 non @acronym{MIME}-savvy versions of Gnus would do. | |
308 | |
309 @item message-forward-before-signature | |
310 @vindex message-forward-before-signature | |
311 If non-@code{nil}, put forwarded message before signature, else after. | |
312 | |
313 @end table | |
314 | |
315 | |
316 @node Resending | |
317 @section Resending | |
318 | |
319 @findex message-resend | |
320 The @code{message-resend} command will prompt the user for an address | |
321 and resend the message in the current buffer to that address. | |
322 | |
323 @vindex message-ignored-resent-headers | |
324 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will | |
325 be removed before sending the message. | |
326 | |
327 | |
328 @node Bouncing | |
329 @section Bouncing | |
330 | |
331 @findex message-bounce | |
332 The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a | |
333 bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce | |
334 information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent | |
335 out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as | |
336 undeliverable. | |
337 | |
338 @vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers | |
339 Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp | |
340 will be removed before popping up the buffer. The default is | |
341 @samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\|Delivered-To\\):}. | |
342 | |
343 | |
344 @node Mailing Lists | |
345 @section Mailing Lists | |
346 | |
347 @cindex Mail-Followup-To | |
348 Sometimes while posting to mailing lists, the poster needs to direct | |
349 followups to the post to specific places. The Mail-Followup-To (MFT) | |
350 was created to enable just this. Three example scenarios where this is | |
351 useful: | |
352 | |
353 @itemize @bullet | |
354 @item | |
355 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
356 sent to just the list, and not the poster as well. This will happen | |
357 if the poster is already subscribed to the list. | |
358 | |
359 @item | |
360 A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be | |
361 sent to the list and the poster as well. This will happen if the poster | |
362 is not subscribed to the list. | |
363 | |
364 @item | |
365 If a message is posted to several mailing lists, MFT may also be used | |
366 to direct the following discussion to one list only, because | |
367 discussions that are spread over several lists tend to be fragmented | |
368 and very difficult to follow. | |
369 | |
370 @end itemize | |
371 | |
372 Gnus honors the MFT header in other's messages (i.e. while following | |
373 up to someone else's post) and also provides support for generating | |
374 sensible MFT headers for outgoing messages as well. | |
375 | |
376 @c @menu | |
377 @c * Honoring an MFT post:: What to do when one already exists | |
378 @c * Composing with a MFT header:: Creating one from scratch. | |
379 @c @end menu | |
380 | |
381 @c @node Composing with a MFT header | |
382 @subsection Composing a correct MFT header automagically | |
383 | |
384 The first step in getting Gnus to automagically generate a MFT header | |
385 in posts you make is to give Gnus a list of the mailing lists | |
386 addresses you are subscribed to. You can do this in more than one | |
387 way. The following variables would come in handy. | |
388 | |
389 @table @code | |
390 | |
391 @vindex message-subscribed-addresses | |
392 @item message-subscribed-addresses | |
393 This should be a list of addresses the user is subscribed to. Its | |
394 default value is @code{nil}. Example: | |
395 @lisp | |
396 (setq message-subscribed-addresses | |
397 '("ding@@gnus.org" "bing@@noose.org")) | |
398 @end lisp | |
399 | |
400 @vindex message-subscribed-regexps | |
401 @item message-subscribed-regexps | |
402 This should be a list of regexps denoting the addresses of mailing | |
403 lists subscribed to. Default value is @code{nil}. Example: If you | |
404 want to achieve the same result as above: | |
405 @lisp | |
406 (setq message-subscribed-regexps | |
407 '("\\(ding@@gnus\\)\\|\\(bing@@noose\\)\\.org") | |
408 @end lisp | |
409 | |
410 @vindex message-subscribed-address-functions | |
411 @item message-subscribed-address-functions | |
412 This can be a list of functions to be called (one at a time!!) to | |
413 determine the value of MFT headers. It is advisable that these | |
414 functions not take any arguments. Default value is @code{nil}. | |
415 | |
416 There is a pre-defined function in Gnus that is a good candidate for | |
417 this variable. @code{gnus-find-subscribed-addresses} is a function | |
418 that returns a list of addresses corresponding to the groups that have | |
419 the @code{subscribed} (@pxref{Group Parameters, ,Group Parameters, | |
420 gnus, The Gnus Manual}) group parameter set to a non-@code{nil} value. | |
421 This is how you would do it. | |
422 | |
423 @lisp | |
424 (setq message-subscribed-address-functions | |
425 '(gnus-find-subscribed-addresses)) | |
426 @end lisp | |
427 | |
428 @vindex message-subscribed-address-file | |
429 @item message-subscribed-address-file | |
430 You might be one organized human freak and have a list of addresses of | |
431 all subscribed mailing lists in a separate file! Then you can just | |
432 set this variable to the name of the file and life would be good. | |
433 | |
434 @end table | |
435 | |
436 You can use one or more of the above variables. All their values are | |
437 ``added'' in some way that works :-) | |
438 | |
439 Now you are all set. Just start composing a message as you normally do. | |
440 And just send it; as always. Just before the message is sent out, Gnus' | |
441 MFT generation thingy kicks in and checks if the message already has a | |
442 MFT field. If there is one, it is left alone. (Except if it's empty - | |
443 in that case, the field is removed and is not replaced with an | |
444 automatically generated one. This lets you disable MFT generation on a | |
445 per-message basis.) If there is none, then the list of recipient | |
446 addresses (in the To: and Cc: headers) is checked to see if one of them | |
447 is a list address you are subscribed to. If none of them is a list | |
448 address, then no MFT is generated; otherwise, a MFT is added to the | |
449 other headers and set to the value of all addresses in To: and Cc: | |
450 | |
451 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
452 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
453 @kindex C-c C-f C-m | |
454 @findex message-goto-mail-followup-to | |
455 Hm. ``So'', you ask, ``what if I send an email to a list I am not | |
456 subscribed to? I want my MFT to say that I want an extra copy.'' (This | |
457 is supposed to be interpreted by others the same way as if there were no | |
458 MFT, but you can use an explicit MFT to override someone else's | |
459 to-address group parameter.) The function | |
460 @code{message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to} might come in | |
461 handy. It is bound to @kbd{C-c C-f C-a} by default. In any case, you | |
462 can insert a MFT of your own choice; @kbd{C-c C-f C-m} | |
463 (@code{message-goto-mail-followup-to}) will help you get started. | |
464 | |
465 @c @node Honoring an MFT post | |
466 @subsection Honoring an MFT post | |
467 | |
468 @vindex message-use-mail-followup-to | |
469 When you followup to a post on a mailing list, and the post has a MFT | |
470 header, Gnus' action will depend on the value of the variable | |
471 @code{message-use-mail-followup-to}. This variable can be one of: | |
472 | |
473 @table @code | |
474 @item use | |
475 Always honor MFTs. The To: and Cc: headers in your followup will be | |
476 derived from the MFT header of the original post. This is the default. | |
477 | |
478 @item nil | |
479 Always dishonor MFTs (just ignore the darned thing) | |
480 | |
481 @item ask | |
482 Gnus will prompt you for an action. | |
483 | |
484 @end table | |
485 | |
486 It is considered good netiquette to honor MFT, as it is assumed the | |
487 fellow who posted a message knows where the followups need to go | |
488 better than you do. | |
489 | |
490 @node Commands | |
491 @chapter Commands | |
492 | |
493 @menu | |
494 * Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer. | |
495 * Header Commands:: Commands for moving headers or changing headers. | |
496 * Movement:: Moving around in message buffers. | |
497 * Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers. | |
498 * MIME:: @acronym{MIME} considerations. | |
499 * IDNA:: Non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name considerations. | |
500 * Security:: Signing and encrypting messages. | |
501 * Various Commands:: Various things. | |
502 * Sending:: Actually sending the message. | |
503 * Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases. | |
504 * Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling. | |
505 @end menu | |
506 | |
507 | |
508 @node Buffer Entry | |
509 @section Buffer Entry | |
510 @cindex undo | |
511 @kindex C-_ | |
512 | |
513 You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other | |
514 message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and | |
515 may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on | |
516 which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right, | |
517 but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings, | |
518 Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it | |
519 takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few | |
520 times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to. | |
521 | |
522 | |
523 @node Header Commands | |
524 @section Header Commands | |
525 | |
526 @subsection Commands for moving to headers | |
527 | |
528 These following commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't | |
529 exist, it will be inserted. | |
530 | |
531 @table @kbd | |
532 | |
533 @item C-c ? | |
534 @kindex C-c ? | |
535 @findex describe-mode | |
536 Describe the message mode. | |
537 | |
538 @item C-c C-f C-t | |
539 @kindex C-c C-f C-t | |
540 @findex message-goto-to | |
541 Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}). | |
542 | |
543 @item C-c C-f C-o | |
544 @kindex C-c C-f C-o | |
545 @findex message-goto-from | |
546 Go to the @code{From} header (@code{message-goto-from}). (The ``o'' | |
547 in the key binding is for Originator.) | |
548 | |
549 @item C-c C-f C-b | |
550 @kindex C-c C-f C-b | |
551 @findex message-goto-bcc | |
552 Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}). | |
553 | |
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557 Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}). | |
558 | |
559 @item C-c C-f C-c | |
560 @kindex C-c C-f C-c | |
561 @findex message-goto-cc | |
562 Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}). | |
563 | |
564 @item C-c C-f C-s | |
565 @kindex C-c C-f C-s | |
566 @findex message-goto-subject | |
567 Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}). | |
568 | |
569 @item C-c C-f C-r | |
570 @kindex C-c C-f C-r | |
571 @findex message-goto-reply-to | |
572 Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}). | |
573 | |
574 @item C-c C-f C-n | |
575 @kindex C-c C-f C-n | |
576 @findex message-goto-newsgroups | |
577 Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}). | |
578 | |
579 @item C-c C-f C-d | |
580 @kindex C-c C-f C-d | |
581 @findex message-goto-distribution | |
582 Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}). | |
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84305 | 586 @findex message-goto-followup-to |
587 Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}). | |
588 | |
589 @item C-c C-f C-k | |
590 @kindex C-c C-f C-k | |
591 @findex message-goto-keywords | |
592 Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}). | |
593 | |
594 @item C-c C-f C-u | |
595 @kindex C-c C-f C-u | |
596 @findex message-goto-summary | |
597 Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}). | |
598 | |
599 @item C-c C-f C-i | |
600 @kindex C-c C-f C-i | |
601 @findex message-insert-or-toggle-importance | |
602 This inserts the @samp{Importance:} header with a value of | |
603 @samp{high}. This header is used to signal the importance of the | |
604 message to the receiver. If the header is already present in the | |
605 buffer, it cycles between the three valid values according to RFC | |
606 1376: @samp{low}, @samp{normal} and @samp{high}. | |
607 | |
608 @item C-c C-f C-a | |
609 @kindex C-c C-f C-a | |
610 @findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to | |
611 Insert a reasonable @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
612 (@pxref{Mailing Lists}) in a post to an | |
613 unsubscribed list. When making original posts to a mailing list you are | |
614 not subscribed to, you have to type in a @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header | |
615 by hand. The contents, usually, are the addresses of the list and your | |
616 own address. This function inserts such a header automatically. It | |
617 fetches the contents of the @samp{To:} header in the current mail | |
618 buffer, and appends the current @code{user-mail-address}. | |
619 | |
620 If the optional argument @code{include-cc} is non-@code{nil}, the | |
621 addresses in the @samp{Cc:} header are also put into the | |
622 @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header. | |
623 | |
624 @end table | |
625 | |
626 @subsection Commands to change headers | |
627 | |
628 @table @kbd | |
629 | |
630 @item C-c C-o | |
631 @kindex C-c C-o | |
632 @findex message-sort-headers | |
633 @vindex message-header-format-alist | |
634 Sort headers according to @code{message-header-format-alist} | |
635 (@code{message-sort-headers}). | |
636 | |
637 @item C-c C-t | |
638 @kindex C-c C-t | |
639 @findex message-insert-to | |
640 Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or | |
641 @code{From} header of the message you're following up | |
642 (@code{message-insert-to}). | |
643 | |
644 @item C-c C-n | |
645 @kindex C-c C-n | |
646 @findex message-insert-newsgroups | |
647 Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To} | |
648 or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to | |
649 (@code{message-insert-newsgroups}). | |
650 | |
651 @item C-c C-l | |
652 @kindex C-c C-l | |
653 @findex message-to-list-only | |
654 Send a message to the list only. Remove all addresses but the list | |
655 address from @code{To:} and @code{Cc:} headers. | |
656 | |
657 @item C-c M-n | |
658 @kindex C-c M-n | |
659 @findex message-insert-disposition-notification-to | |
660 Insert a request for a disposition | |
661 notification. (@code{message-insert-disposition-notification-to}). | |
662 This means that if the recipient support RFC 2298 she might send you a | |
663 notification that she received the message. | |
664 | |
665 @item M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
666 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-high | |
667 @findex message-insert-importance-high | |
668 @cindex Importance | |
669 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{high}, | |
670 deleting headers if necessary. | |
671 | |
672 @item M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
673 @kindex M-x message-insert-importance-low | |
674 @findex message-insert-importance-low | |
675 @cindex Importance | |
676 Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{low}, deleting | |
677 headers if necessary. | |
678 | |
679 @item C-c C-f s | |
680 @kindex C-c C-f s | |
681 @findex message-change-subject | |
682 @cindex Subject | |
683 Change the current @samp{Subject} header. Ask for new @samp{Subject} | |
684 header and append @samp{(was: <Old Subject>)}. The old subject can be | |
685 stripped on replying, see @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} | |
686 (@pxref{Message Headers}). | |
687 | |
688 @item C-c C-f x | |
689 @kindex C-c C-f x | |
690 @findex message-cross-post-followup-to | |
691 @vindex message-cross-post-default | |
692 @vindex message-cross-post-note-function | |
693 @cindex X-Post | |
694 @cindex cross-post | |
695 Set up the @samp{FollowUp-To} header with a target newsgroup for a | |
696 cross-post, add that target newsgroup to the @samp{Newsgroups} header if | |
697 it is not a member of @samp{Newsgroups}, and insert a note in the body. | |
698 If @code{message-cross-post-default} is @code{nil} or if this command is | |
699 called with a prefix-argument, only the @samp{FollowUp-To} header will | |
700 be set but the target newsgroup will not be added to the | |
701 @samp{Newsgroups} header. The function to insert a note is controlled | |
702 by the @code{message-cross-post-note-function} variable. | |
703 | |
704 @item C-c C-f t | |
705 @kindex C-c C-f t | |
706 @findex message-reduce-to-to-cc | |
707 Replace contents of @samp{To} header with contents of @samp{Cc} or | |
708 @samp{Bcc} header. (Iff @samp{Cc} header is not present, @samp{Bcc} | |
709 header will be used instead.) | |
710 | |
711 @item C-c C-f w | |
712 @kindex C-c C-f w | |
713 @findex message-insert-wide-reply | |
714 Insert @samp{To} and @samp{Cc} headers as if you were doing a wide | |
715 reply even if the message was not made for a wide reply first. | |
716 | |
717 @item C-c C-f a | |
718 @kindex C-c C-f a | |
719 @findex message-add-archive-header | |
720 @vindex message-archive-header | |
721 @vindex message-archive-note | |
722 @cindex X-No-Archive | |
723 Insert @samp{X-No-Archive: Yes} in the header and a note in the body. | |
724 The header and the note can be customized using | |
725 @code{message-archive-header} and @code{message-archive-note}. When | |
726 called with a prefix argument, ask for a text to insert. If you don't | |
727 want the note in the body, set @code{message-archive-note} to | |
728 @code{nil}. | |
729 | |
730 @end table | |
731 | |
732 | |
733 @node Movement | |
734 @section Movement | |
735 | |
736 @table @kbd | |
737 @item C-c C-b | |
738 @kindex C-c C-b | |
739 @findex message-goto-body | |
740 Move to the beginning of the body of the message | |
741 (@code{message-goto-body}). | |
742 | |
743 @item C-c C-i | |
744 @kindex C-c C-i | |
745 @findex message-goto-signature | |
746 Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}). | |
747 | |
748 @item C-a | |
749 @kindex C-a | |
750 @findex message-beginning-of-line | |
751 @vindex message-beginning-of-line | |
752 If at beginning of header value, go to beginning of line, else go to | |
753 beginning of header value. (The header value comes after the header | |
754 name and the colon.) This behavior can be disabled by toggling | |
755 the variable @code{message-beginning-of-line}. | |
756 | |
757 @end table | |
758 | |
759 | |
760 @node Insertion | |
761 @section Insertion | |
762 | |
763 @table @kbd | |
764 | |
765 @item C-c C-y | |
766 @kindex C-c C-y | |
767 @findex message-yank-original | |
768 Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer | |
769 (@code{message-yank-original}). | |
770 | |
771 @item C-c C-M-y | |
772 @kindex C-c C-M-y | |
773 @findex message-yank-buffer | |
774 Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the | |
775 message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}). | |
776 | |
777 @item C-c C-q | |
778 @kindex C-c C-q | |
779 @findex message-fill-yanked-message | |
780 Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning: | |
781 Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are | |
782 strange. You'll quickly get a feel for when it's safe, though. Anyway, | |
783 just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be | |
784 all right. | |
785 | |
786 @item C-c C-w | |
787 @kindex C-c C-w | |
788 @findex message-insert-signature | |
789 Insert a signature at the end of the buffer | |
790 (@code{message-insert-signature}). | |
791 | |
792 @item C-c M-h | |
793 @kindex C-c M-h | |
794 @findex message-insert-headers | |
795 Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}). | |
796 | |
797 @item C-c M-m | |
798 @kindex C-c M-m | |
799 @findex message-mark-inserted-region | |
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805 @item C-c M-f | |
806 @kindex C-c M-f | |
807 @findex message-mark-insert-file | |
808 Insert a file in the current article with enclosing tags. | |
809 See @code{message-mark-insert-begin} and @code{message-mark-insert-end}. | |
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813 @end table | |
814 | |
815 | |
816 @node MIME | |
817 @section MIME | |
818 @cindex MML | |
819 @cindex MIME | |
820 @cindex multipart | |
821 @cindex attachment | |
822 | |
823 Message is a @acronym{MIME}-compliant posting agent. The user generally | |
824 doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{MIME} happen---Message will | |
825 automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and | |
826 @code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers. | |
827 | |
828 @findex mml-attach-file | |
829 @kindex C-c C-a | |
830 The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in | |
831 @acronym{MIME} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. | |
832 This can be done with the @kbd{C-c C-a} command (@kbd{M-x mml-attach-file}), | |
833 which will prompt for a file name and a @acronym{MIME} type. | |
834 | |
835 @vindex mml-dnd-protocol-alist | |
836 @vindex mml-dnd-attach-options | |
837 If your Emacs supports drag and drop, you can also drop the file in the | |
838 Message buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} specifies | |
839 what kind of action is done when you drop a file into the Message | |
840 buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-attach-options} controls which | |
841 @acronym{MIME} options you want to specify when dropping a file. If it | |
842 is a list, valid members are @code{type}, @code{description} and | |
843 @code{disposition}. @code{disposition} implies @code{type}. If it is | |
844 @code{nil}, don't ask for options. If it is @code{t}, ask the user | |
845 whether or not to specify options. | |
846 | |
847 You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the @acronym{MML} | |
848 language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME | |
849 Manual}). | |
850 | |
851 @node IDNA | |
852 @section IDNA | |
853 @cindex IDNA | |
854 @cindex internationalized domain names | |
855 @cindex non-ascii domain names | |
856 | |
857 Message is a @acronym{IDNA}-compliant posting agent. The user | |
858 generally doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{IDNA} | |
859 happen---Message will encode non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names in @code{From}, | |
860 @code{To}, and @code{Cc} headers automatically. | |
861 | |
862 Until @acronym{IDNA} becomes more well known, Message queries you | |
863 whether @acronym{IDNA} encoding of the domain name really should | |
864 occur. Some users might not be aware that domain names can contain | |
865 non-@acronym{ASCII} now, so this gives them a safety net if they accidently | |
866 typed a non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name. | |
867 | |
868 @vindex message-use-idna | |
869 The @code{message-use-idna} variable control whether @acronym{IDNA} is | |
870 used. If the variable is @code{nil} no @acronym{IDNA} encoding will | |
871 ever happen, if it is set to the symbol @code{ask} the user will be | |
872 queried, and if set to @code{t} (which is the default if @acronym{IDNA} | |
873 is fully available) @acronym{IDNA} encoding happens automatically. | |
874 | |
875 @findex message-idna-to-ascii-rhs | |
876 If you want to experiment with the @acronym{IDNA} encoding, you can | |
877 invoke @kbd{M-x message-idna-to-ascii-rhs RET} in the message buffer | |
878 to have the non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names encoded while you edit | |
879 the message. | |
880 | |
881 Note that you must have @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/, GNU | |
882 Libidn} installed in order to use this functionality. | |
883 | |
884 @node Security | |
885 @section Security | |
886 @cindex Security | |
887 @cindex S/MIME | |
888 @cindex PGP | |
889 @cindex PGP/MIME | |
890 @cindex sign | |
891 @cindex encrypt | |
892 @cindex secure | |
893 | |
894 Using the @acronym{MML} language, Message is able to create digitally | |
895 signed and digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather | |
896 @acronym{MML}) currently support @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991), | |
897 @acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC 2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
898 | |
899 @menu | |
900 * Signing and encryption:: Signing and encrypting commands. | |
901 * Using S/MIME:: Using S/MIME | |
902 * Using PGP/MIME:: Using PGP/MIME | |
903 * PGP Compatibility:: Compatibility with older implementations | |
904 @end menu | |
905 | |
906 @node Signing and encryption | |
907 @subsection Signing and encrypting commands | |
908 | |
909 Instructing @acronym{MML} to perform security operations on a | |
910 @acronym{MIME} part is done using the @kbd{C-c C-m s} key map for | |
911 signing and the @kbd{C-c C-m c} key map for encryption, as follows. | |
912 @table @kbd | |
913 | |
914 @item C-c C-m s s | |
915 @kindex C-c C-m s s | |
916 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-smime | |
917 | |
918 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
919 | |
920 @item C-c C-m s o | |
921 @kindex C-c C-m s o | |
922 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgp | |
923 | |
924 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
925 | |
926 @item C-c C-m s p | |
927 @kindex C-c C-m s p | |
928 @findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
929 | |
930 Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
931 | |
932 @item C-c C-m c s | |
933 @kindex C-c C-m c s | |
934 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-smime | |
935 | |
936 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{S/MIME}. | |
937 | |
938 @item C-c C-m c o | |
939 @kindex C-c C-m c o | |
940 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp | |
941 | |
942 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP}. | |
943 | |
944 @item C-c C-m c p | |
945 @kindex C-c C-m c p | |
946 @findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime | |
947 | |
948 Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}. | |
949 | |
950 @item C-c C-m C-n | |
951 @kindex C-c C-m C-n | |
952 @findex mml-unsecure-message | |
953 Remove security related @acronym{MML} tags from message. | |
954 | |
955 @end table | |
956 | |
957 These commands do not immediately sign or encrypt the message, they | |
958 merely insert the proper @acronym{MML} secure tag to instruct the | |
959 @acronym{MML} engine to perform that operation when the message is | |
960 actually sent. They may perform other operations too, such as locating | |
961 and retrieving a @acronym{S/MIME} certificate of the person you wish to | |
962 send encrypted mail to. When the mml parsing engine converts your | |
963 @acronym{MML} into a properly encoded @acronym{MIME} message, the secure | |
964 tag will be replaced with either a part or a multipart tag. If your | |
965 message contains other mml parts, a multipart tag will be used; if no | |
966 other parts are present in your message a single part tag will be used. | |
967 This way, message mode will do the Right Thing (TM) with | |
968 signed/encrypted multipart messages. | |
969 | |
970 Since signing and especially encryption often is used when sensitive | |
971 information is sent, you may want to have some way to ensure that your | |
972 mail is actually signed or encrypted. After invoking the above | |
973 sign/encrypt commands, it is possible to preview the raw article by | |
974 using @kbd{C-u C-c RET P} (@code{mml-preview}). Then you can | |
975 verify that your long rant about what your ex-significant other or | |
976 whomever actually did with that funny looking person at that strange | |
977 party the other night, actually will be sent encrypted. | |
978 | |
979 @emph{Note!} Neither @acronym{PGP/MIME} nor @acronym{S/MIME} encrypt/signs | |
980 RFC822 headers. They only operate on the @acronym{MIME} object. Keep this | |
981 in mind before sending mail with a sensitive Subject line. | |
982 | |
983 By default, when encrypting a message, Gnus will use the | |
984 ``signencrypt'' mode, which means the message is both signed and | |
985 encrypted. If you would like to disable this for a particular | |
986 message, give the @code{mml-secure-message-encrypt-*} command a prefix | |
987 argument, e.g., @kbd{C-u C-c C-m c p}. | |
988 | |
989 Actually using the security commands above is not very difficult. At | |
990 least not compared with making sure all involved programs talk with each | |
991 other properly. Thus, we now describe what external libraries or | |
992 programs are required to make things work, and some small general hints. | |
993 | |
994 @node Using S/MIME | |
995 @subsection Using S/MIME | |
996 | |
997 @emph{Note!} This section assume you have a basic familiarity with | |
998 modern cryptography, @acronym{S/MIME}, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and | |
999 so on. | |
1000 | |
1001 The @acronym{S/MIME} support in Message (and @acronym{MML}) require | |
1002 OpenSSL. OpenSSL performs the actual @acronym{S/MIME} sign/encrypt | |
1003 operations. OpenSSL can be found at @uref{http://www.openssl.org/}. | |
1004 OpenSSL 0.9.6 and later should work. Version 0.9.5a cannot extract mail | |
1005 addresses from certificates, and it insert a spurious CR character into | |
1006 @acronym{MIME} separators so you may wish to avoid it if you would like | |
1007 to avoid being regarded as someone who send strange mail. (Although by | |
1008 sending @acronym{S/MIME} messages you've probably already lost that | |
1009 contest.) | |
1010 | |
1011 To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not | |
1012 required. Message (@acronym{MML}) need a certificate for the person to whom you | |
1013 wish to communicate with though. You're asked for this when you type | |
1014 @kbd{C-c C-m c s}. Currently there are two ways to retrieve this | |
1015 certificate, from a local file or from DNS. If you chose a local | |
1016 file, it need to contain a X.509 certificate in @acronym{PEM} format. | |
1017 If you chose DNS, you're asked for the domain name where the | |
1018 certificate is stored, the default is a good guess. To my belief, | |
1019 Message (@acronym{MML}) is the first mail agent in the world to support | |
1020 retrieving @acronym{S/MIME} certificates from DNS, so you're not | |
1021 likely to find very many certificates out there. At least there | |
1022 should be one, stored at the domain @code{simon.josefsson.org}. LDAP | |
1023 is a more popular method of distributing certificates, support for it | |
1024 is planned. (Meanwhile, you can use @code{ldapsearch} from the | |
1025 command line to retrieve a certificate into a file and use it.) | |
1026 | |
1027 As for signing messages, OpenSSL can't perform signing operations | |
1028 without some kind of configuration. Especially, you need to tell it | |
1029 where your private key and your certificate is stored. @acronym{MML} | |
1030 uses an Emacs interface to OpenSSL, aptly named @code{smime.el}, and it | |
1031 contain a @code{custom} group used for this configuration. So, try | |
1032 @kbd{M-x customize-group RET smime RET} and look around. | |
1033 | |
1034 Currently there is no support for talking to a CA (or RA) to create | |
1035 your own certificate. None is planned either. You need to do this | |
1036 manually with OpenSSL or using some other program. I used Netscape | |
1037 and got a free @acronym{S/MIME} certificate from one of the big CA's on the | |
1038 net. Netscape is able to export your private key and certificate in | |
1039 PKCS #12 format. Use OpenSSL to convert this into a plain X.509 | |
1040 certificate in PEM format as follows. | |
1041 | |
1042 @example | |
1043 $ openssl pkcs12 -in ns.p12 -clcerts -nodes > key+cert.pem | |
1044 @end example | |
1045 | |
1046 The @file{key+cert.pem} file should be pointed to from the | |
1047 @code{smime-keys} variable. You should now be able to send signed mail. | |
1048 | |
1049 @emph{Note!} Your private key is now stored unencrypted in the file, | |
1050 so take care in handling it. Storing encrypted keys on the disk are | |
1051 supported, and Gnus will ask you for a passphrase before invoking | |
1052 OpenSSL. Read the OpenSSL documentation for how to achieve this. If | |
1053 you use unencrypted keys (e.g., if they are on a secure storage, or if | |
1054 you are on a secure single user machine) simply press @code{RET} at | |
1055 the passphrase prompt. | |
1056 | |
1057 @node Using PGP/MIME | |
1058 @subsection Using PGP/MIME | |
1059 | |
1060 @acronym{PGP/MIME} requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such | |
1061 as @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/, GNU Privacy Guard}. Pre-OpenPGP | |
1062 implementations such as PGP 2.x and PGP 5.x are also supported. One | |
1063 Emacs interface to the PGP implementations, PGG (@pxref{Top, ,PGG, | |
1064 pgg, PGG Manual}), is included, but Mailcrypt and Florian Weimer's | |
1065 @code{gpg.el} are also supported. @xref{PGP Compatibility}. | |
1066 | |
1067 @cindex gpg-agent | |
1068 Message internally calls GnuPG (the @command{gpg} command) to perform | |
1069 data encryption, and in certain cases (decrypting or signing for | |
1070 example), @command{gpg} requires user's passphrase. Currently the | |
1071 recommended way to supply your passphrase to @command{gpg} is to use the | |
1072 @command{gpg-agent} program. | |
1073 | |
1074 To use @command{gpg-agent} in Emacs, you need to run the following | |
1075 command from the shell before starting Emacs. | |
1076 | |
1077 @example | |
1078 eval `gpg-agent --daemon` | |
1079 @end example | |
1080 | |
1081 This will invoke @command{gpg-agent} and set the environment variable | |
1082 @code{GPG_AGENT_INFO} to allow @command{gpg} to communicate with it. | |
1083 It might be good idea to put this command in your @file{.xsession} or | |
1084 @file{.bash_profile}. @xref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , , gnupg, Using the | |
1085 GNU Privacy Guard}. | |
1086 | |
1087 Once your @command{gpg-agent} is set up, it will ask you for a | |
1088 passphrase as needed for @command{gpg}. Under the X Window System, | |
1089 you will see a new passphrase input dialog appear. The dialog is | |
1090 provided by PIN Entry (the @command{pinentry} command), and as of | |
1091 version 0.7.2, @command{pinentry} cannot cooperate with Emacs on a | |
1092 single tty. So, if you are using a text console, you may need to put | |
1093 a passphrase into gpg-agent's cache beforehand. The following command | |
1094 does the trick. | |
1095 | |
1096 @example | |
1097 gpg --use-agent --sign < /dev/null > /dev/null | |
1098 @end example | |
1099 | |
1100 The Lisp variable @code{pgg-gpg-use-agent} controls whether to use | |
1101 @command{gpg-agent}. See also @xref{Caching passphrase, , , pgg, The | |
1102 PGG Manual}. | |
1103 | |
1104 | |
1105 @node PGP Compatibility | |
1106 @subsection Compatibility with older implementations | |
1107 | |
1108 @vindex gpg-temp-directory | |
1109 Note, if you are using the @code{gpg.el} you must make sure that the | |
1110 directory specified by @code{gpg-temp-directory} have permissions | |
1111 0700. | |
1112 | |
1113 Creating your own key is described in detail in the documentation of | |
1114 your PGP implementation, so we refer to it. | |
1115 | |
1116 If you have imported your old PGP 2.x key into GnuPG, and want to send | |
1117 signed and encrypted messages to your fellow PGP 2.x users, you'll | |
1118 discover that the receiver cannot understand what you send. One | |
1119 solution is to use PGP 2.x instead (i.e., if you use @code{pgg}, set | |
1120 @code{pgg-default-scheme} to @code{pgp}). If you do want to use | |
1121 GnuPG, you can use a compatibility script called @code{gpg-2comp} | |
1122 available from | |
1123 @uref{http://muppet.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de/~gero/gpg-2comp/}. You | |
1124 could also convince your fellow PGP 2.x users to convert to GnuPG. | |
1125 @vindex mml-signencrypt-style-alist | |
1126 As a final workaround, you can make the sign and encryption work in | |
1127 two steps; separately sign, then encrypt a message. If you would like | |
1128 to change this behavior you can customize the | |
1129 @code{mml-signencrypt-style-alist} variable. For example: | |
1130 | |
1131 @lisp | |
1132 (setq mml-signencrypt-style-alist '(("smime" separate) | |
1133 ("pgp" separate) | |
1134 ("pgpauto" separate) | |
1135 ("pgpmime" separate))) | |
1136 @end lisp | |
1137 | |
1138 This causes to sign and encrypt in two passes, thus generating a | |
1139 message that can be understood by PGP version 2. | |
1140 | |
1141 (Refer to @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/pgp2x.html} for more | |
1142 information about the problem.) | |
1143 | |
1144 @node Various Commands | |
1145 @section Various Commands | |
1146 | |
1147 @table @kbd | |
1148 | |
1149 @item C-c C-r | |
1150 @kindex C-c C-r | |
1151 @findex message-caesar-buffer-body | |
1152 Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message | |
1153 (@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just | |
1154 rotate the visible portion of the buffer. A numerical prefix says how | |
1155 many places to rotate the text. The default is 13. | |
1156 | |
1157 @item C-c C-e | |
1158 @kindex C-c C-e | |
1159 @findex message-elide-region | |
1160 @vindex message-elide-ellipsis | |
1161 Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}). | |
1162 The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable | |
1163 @code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis | |
1164 (@samp{[...]}). | |
1165 | |
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1172 @kindex C-c C-z | |
1173 @findex message-kill-to-signature | |
1174 Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the | |
1175 end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}). | |
1176 | |
1177 @item C-c C-v | |
1178 @kindex C-c C-v | |
1179 @findex message-delete-not-region | |
1180 Delete all text in the body of the message that is outside the region | |
1181 (@code{message-delete-not-region}). | |
1182 | |
1183 @item M-RET | |
1184 @kindex M-RET | |
1185 @findex message-newline-and-reformat | |
1186 Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text. | |
1187 | |
1188 Here's an example: | |
1189 | |
1190 @example | |
1191 > This is some quoted text. And here's more quoted text. | |
1192 @end example | |
1193 | |
1194 If point is before @samp{And} and you press @kbd{M-RET}, you'll get: | |
1195 | |
1196 @example | |
1197 > This is some quoted text. | |
1198 | |
1199 * | |
1200 | |
1201 > And here's more quoted text. | |
1202 @end example | |
1203 | |
1204 @samp{*} says where point will be placed. | |
1205 | |
1206 @item C-c M-r | |
1207 @kindex C-c M-r | |
1208 @findex message-rename-buffer | |
1209 Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix, | |
1210 prompt for a new buffer name. | |
1211 | |
1212 @item TAB | |
1213 @kindex TAB | |
1214 @findex message-tab | |
1215 @vindex message-tab-body-function | |
1216 If @code{message-tab-body-function} is non-@code{nil}, execute the | |
1217 function it specifies. Otherwise use the function bound to @kbd{TAB} in | |
1218 @code{text-mode-map} or @code{global-map}. | |
1219 | |
1220 @end table | |
1221 | |
1222 | |
1223 @node Sending | |
1224 @section Sending | |
1225 | |
1226 @table @kbd | |
1227 @item C-c C-c | |
1228 @kindex C-c C-c | |
1229 @findex message-send-and-exit | |
1230 Send the message and bury the current buffer | |
1231 (@code{message-send-and-exit}). | |
1232 | |
1233 @item C-c C-s | |
1234 @kindex C-c C-s | |
1235 @findex message-send | |
1236 Send the message (@code{message-send}). | |
1237 | |
1238 @item C-c C-d | |
1239 @kindex C-c C-d | |
1240 @findex message-dont-send | |
1241 Bury the message buffer and exit (@code{message-dont-send}). | |
1242 | |
1243 @item C-c C-k | |
1244 @kindex C-c C-k | |
1245 @findex message-kill-buffer | |
1246 Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). | |
1247 | |
1248 @end table | |
1249 | |
1250 | |
1251 | |
1252 @node Mail Aliases | |
1253 @section Mail Aliases | |
1254 @cindex mail aliases | |
1255 @cindex aliases | |
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1259 @vindex message-mail-alias-type | |
1260 The @code{message-mail-alias-type} variable controls what type of mail | |
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84305 | 1263 @code{nil}, no mail alias expansion will be performed. |
1264 | |
1265 @code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and | |
1266 @file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like: | |
1267 | |
1268 @example | |
1269 alias lmi "Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@ifi.uio.no>" | |
1270 alias ding "ding@@ifi.uio.no (ding mailing list)" | |
1271 @end example | |
1272 | |
1273 After adding lines like this to your @file{~/.mailrc} file, you should | |
1274 be able to just write @samp{lmi} in the @code{To} or @code{Cc} (and so | |
1275 on) headers and press @kbd{SPC} to expand the alias. | |
1276 | |
1277 No expansion will be performed upon sending of the message---all | |
1278 expansions have to be done explicitly. | |
1279 | |
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1289 @node Spelling | |
1290 @section Spelling | |
1291 @cindex spelling | |
1292 @findex ispell-message | |
1293 | |
1294 There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages: | |
1295 @code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and | |
1296 probably more popular package. You typically first write the message, | |
1297 and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the | |
1298 typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put | |
1299 something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1300 | |
1301 @lisp | |
1302 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message) | |
1303 @end lisp | |
1304 | |
1305 @vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1306 If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be | |
1307 controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable: | |
1308 | |
1309 @lisp | |
1310 (setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
1311 '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8") | |
1312 (".*" . "default"))) | |
1313 @end lisp | |
1314 | |
1315 @code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1316 installed. | |
1317 | |
1318 The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks | |
1319 your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in | |
1320 various ways. | |
1321 | |
1322 To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your | |
1323 @file{.emacs} file: | |
1324 | |
1325 @lisp | |
1326 (defun my-message-setup-routine () | |
1327 (flyspell-mode 1)) | |
1328 (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine) | |
1329 @end lisp | |
1330 | |
1331 @code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
1332 installed. | |
1333 | |
1334 | |
1335 @node Variables | |
1336 @chapter Variables | |
1337 | |
1338 @menu | |
1339 * Message Headers:: General message header stuff. | |
1340 * Mail Headers:: Customizing mail headers. | |
1341 * Mail Variables:: Other mail variables. | |
1342 * News Headers:: Customizing news headers. | |
1343 * News Variables:: Other news variables. | |
1344 * Insertion Variables:: Customizing how things are inserted. | |
1345 * Various Message Variables:: Other message variables. | |
1346 * Sending Variables:: Variables for sending. | |
1347 * Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers. | |
1348 * Message Actions:: Actions to be performed when exiting. | |
1349 @end menu | |
1350 | |
1351 | |
1352 @node Message Headers | |
1353 @section Message Headers | |
1354 | |
1355 Message is quite aggressive on the message generation front. It has to | |
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1358 mail/news system do it) to ensure that mail and news copies of messages | |
1359 look sufficiently similar. | |
1360 | |
1361 @table @code | |
1362 | |
1363 @item message-generate-headers-first | |
1364 @vindex message-generate-headers-first | |
1365 If @code{t}, generate all required headers before starting to | |
1366 compose the message. This can also be a list of headers to generate: | |
1367 | |
1368 @lisp | |
1369 (setq message-generate-headers-first | |
1370 '(References)) | |
1371 @end lisp | |
1372 | |
1373 @vindex message-required-headers | |
1374 The variables @code{message-required-headers}, | |
1375 @code{message-required-mail-headers} and | |
1376 @code{message-required-news-headers} specify which headers are | |
1377 required. | |
1378 | |
1379 Note that some headers will be removed and re-generated before posting, | |
1380 because of the variable @code{message-deletable-headers} (see below). | |
1381 | |
1382 @item message-draft-headers | |
1383 @vindex message-draft-headers | |
1384 When running Message from Gnus, the message buffers are associated | |
1385 with a draft group. @code{message-draft-headers} says which headers | |
1386 should be generated when a draft is written to the draft group. | |
1387 | |
1388 @item message-from-style | |
1389 @vindex message-from-style | |
1390 Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid | |
1391 values: | |
1392 | |
1393 @table @code | |
1394 @item nil | |
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1397 @item parens | |
1398 @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}. | |
1399 | |
1400 @item angles | |
1401 @samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}. | |
1402 | |
1403 @item default | |
1404 Look like @code{angles} if that doesn't require quoting, and | |
1405 @code{parens} if it does. If even @code{parens} requires quoting, use | |
1406 @code{angles} anyway. | |
1407 | |
1408 @end table | |
1409 | |
1410 @item message-deletable-headers | |
1411 @vindex message-deletable-headers | |
1412 Headers in this list that were previously generated by Message will be | |
1413 deleted before posting. Let's say you post an article. Then you decide | |
1414 to post it again to some other group, you naughty boy, so you jump back | |
1415 to the @code{*post-buf*} buffer, edit the @code{Newsgroups} line, and | |
1416 ship it off again. By default, this variable makes sure that the old | |
1417 generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If | |
1418 this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would | |
1419 prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world. | |
1420 Allegedly. | |
1421 | |
1422 @item message-default-headers | |
1423 @vindex message-default-headers | |
1424 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1425 buffers. | |
1426 | |
1427 @item message-subject-re-regexp | |
1428 @vindex message-subject-re-regexp | |
1429 @cindex Aw | |
1430 @cindex Sv | |
1431 @cindex Re | |
1432 Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This | |
1433 is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is | |
1434 Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have | |
1435 failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software | |
1436 to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } | |
1437 (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may | |
1438 have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may | |
1439 set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I | |
1440 just throw away non-compliant mail. | |
1441 | |
1442 Here's an example of a value to deal with these headers when | |
1443 responding to a message: | |
1444 | |
1445 @lisp | |
1446 (setq message-subject-re-regexp | |
1447 (concat | |
1448 "^[ \t]*" | |
1449 "\\(" | |
1450 "\\(" | |
1451 "[Aa][Nn][Tt][Ww]\\.?\\|" ; antw | |
1452 "[Aa][Ww]\\|" ; aw | |
1453 "[Ff][Ww][Dd]?\\|" ; fwd | |
1454 "[Oo][Dd][Pp]\\|" ; odp | |
1455 "[Rr][Ee]\\|" ; re | |
1456 "[Rr][\311\351][Ff]\\.?\\|" ; ref | |
1457 "[Ss][Vv]" ; sv | |
1458 "\\)" | |
1459 "\\(\\[[0-9]*\\]\\)" | |
1460 "*:[ \t]*" | |
1461 "\\)" | |
1462 "*[ \t]*" | |
1463 )) | |
1464 @end lisp | |
1465 | |
1466 @item message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1467 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-query | |
1468 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp | |
1469 @vindex message-subject-trailing-was-regexp | |
1470 Controls what to do with trailing @samp{(was: <old subject>)} in subject | |
1471 lines. If @code{nil}, leave the subject unchanged. If it is the symbol | |
1472 @code{ask}, query the user what to do. In this case, the subject is | |
1473 matched against @code{message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp}. If | |
1474 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} is @code{t}, always strip the | |
1475 trailing old subject. In this case, | |
1476 @code{message-subject-trailing-was-regexp} is used. | |
1477 | |
1478 @item message-alternative-emails | |
1479 @vindex message-alternative-emails | |
1480 Regexp matching alternative email addresses. The first address in the | |
1481 To, Cc or From headers of the original article matching this variable is | |
1482 used as the From field of outgoing messages, replacing the default From | |
1483 value. | |
1484 | |
1485 For example, if you have two secondary email addresses john@@home.net | |
1486 and john.doe@@work.com and want to use them in the From field when | |
1487 composing a reply to a message addressed to one of them, you could set | |
1488 this variable like this: | |
1489 | |
1490 @lisp | |
1491 (setq message-alternative-emails | |
1492 (regexp-opt '("john@@home.net" "john.doe@@work.com"))) | |
1493 @end lisp | |
1494 | |
1495 This variable has precedence over posting styles and anything that runs | |
1496 off @code{message-setup-hook}. | |
1497 | |
1498 @item message-allow-no-recipients | |
1499 @vindex message-allow-no-recipients | |
1500 Specifies what to do when there are no recipients other than | |
1501 @code{Gcc} or @code{Fcc}. If it is @code{always}, the posting is | |
1502 allowed. If it is @code{never}, the posting is not allowed. If it is | |
1503 @code{ask} (the default), you are prompted. | |
1504 | |
1505 @item message-hidden-headers | |
1506 @vindex message-hidden-headers | |
1507 A regexp, a list of regexps, or a list where the first element is | |
1508 @code{not} and the rest are regexps. It says which headers to keep | |
1509 hidden when composing a message. | |
1510 | |
1511 @lisp | |
1512 (setq message-hidden-headers | |
1513 '(not "From" "Subject" "To" "Cc" "Newsgroups")) | |
1514 @end lisp | |
1515 | |
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84305 | 1519 @item message-header-synonyms |
1520 @vindex message-header-synonyms | |
1521 A list of lists of header synonyms. E.g., if this list contains a | |
1522 member list with elements @code{Cc} and @code{To}, then | |
1523 @code{message-carefully-insert-headers} will not insert a @code{To} | |
1524 header when the message is already @code{Cc}ed to the recipient. | |
1525 | |
1526 @end table | |
1527 | |
1528 | |
1529 @node Mail Headers | |
1530 @section Mail Headers | |
1531 | |
1532 @table @code | |
1533 @item message-required-mail-headers | |
1534 @vindex message-required-mail-headers | |
1535 @xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is | |
1536 @code{(From Subject Date (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID | |
1537 (optional . User-Agent))} by default. | |
1538 | |
1539 @item message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1540 @vindex message-ignored-mail-headers | |
1541 Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is@* | |
1542 @samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|^Xref:\\|^X-Draft-From:\\|@* | |
1543 ^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1544 | |
1545 @item message-default-mail-headers | |
1546 @vindex message-default-mail-headers | |
1547 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1548 buffers that are initialized as mail. | |
1549 | |
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84305 | 1557 @end table |
1558 | |
1559 | |
1560 @node Mail Variables | |
1561 @section Mail Variables | |
1562 | |
1563 @table @code | |
1564 @item message-send-mail-function | |
1565 @vindex message-send-mail-function | |
87647 | 1566 @findex message-send-mail-function |
84305 | 1567 @findex message-send-mail-with-sendmail |
1568 @findex message-send-mail-with-mh | |
1569 @findex message-send-mail-with-qmail | |
1570 @findex message-smtpmail-send-it | |
1571 @findex smtpmail-send-it | |
1572 @findex feedmail-send-it | |
87647 | 1573 @findex message-send-mail-with-mailclient |
84305 | 1574 Function used to send the current buffer as mail. The default is |
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84305 | 1580 |
87647 | 1581 The function |
1582 @code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail} pipes your article to the | |
1583 @code{sendmail} binary for further queuing and sending. When your local | |
1584 system is not configured for sending mail using @code{sendmail}, and you | |
1585 have access to a remote @acronym{SMTP} server, you can set | |
1586 @code{message-send-mail-function} to @code{smtpmail-send-it} and make | |
1587 sure to setup the @code{smtpmail} package correctly. An example: | |
1588 | |
1589 @lisp | |
1590 (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it | |
1591 smtpmail-default-smtp-server "YOUR SMTP HOST") | |
1592 @end lisp | |
1593 | |
1594 To the thing similar to this, there is | |
1595 @code{message-smtpmail-send-it}. It is useful if your @acronym{ISP} | |
1596 requires the @acronym{POP}-before-@acronym{SMTP} authentication. | |
1597 @xref{POP before SMTP, , POP before SMTP, gnus, The Gnus Manual}. | |
1598 | |
84305 | 1599 @item message-mh-deletable-headers |
1600 @vindex message-mh-deletable-headers | |
1601 Most versions of MH doesn't like being fed messages that contain the | |
1602 headers in this variable. If this variable is non-@code{nil} (which is | |
1603 the default), these headers will be removed before mailing when sending | |
1604 messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these | |
1605 headers. | |
1606 | |
1607 @item message-qmail-inject-program | |
1608 @vindex message-qmail-inject-program | |
1609 @cindex qmail | |
1610 Location of the qmail-inject program. | |
1611 | |
1612 @item message-qmail-inject-args | |
1613 @vindex message-qmail-inject-args | |
1614 Arguments passed to qmail-inject programs. | |
1615 This should be a list of strings, one string for each argument. It | |
1616 may also be a function. | |
1617 | |
1618 For e.g., if you wish to set the envelope sender address so that bounces | |
1619 go to the right place or to deal with listserv's usage of that address, you | |
1620 might set this variable to @code{'("-f" "you@@some.where")}. | |
1621 | |
1622 @item message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1623 @vindex message-sendmail-f-is-evil | |
1624 @cindex sendmail | |
1625 Non-@code{nil} means don't add @samp{-f username} to the sendmail | |
1626 command line. Doing so would be even more evil than leaving it out. | |
1627 | |
1628 @item message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1629 @vindex message-sendmail-envelope-from | |
1630 When @code{message-sendmail-f-is-evil} is @code{nil}, this specifies | |
1631 the address to use in the @acronym{SMTP} envelope. If it is | |
1632 @code{nil}, use @code{user-mail-address}. If it is the symbol | |
1633 @code{header}, use the @samp{From} header of the message. | |
1634 | |
1635 @item message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1636 @vindex message-mailer-swallows-blank-line | |
1637 Set this to non-@code{nil} if the system's mailer runs the header and | |
1638 body together. (This problem exists on SunOS 4 when sendmail is run | |
1639 in remote mode.) The value should be an expression to test whether | |
1640 the problem will actually occur. | |
1641 | |
1642 @item message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1643 @vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
1644 @cindex split large message | |
1645 The limitation of messages sent as message/partial. The lower bound | |
1646 of message size in characters, beyond which the message should be sent | |
1647 in several parts. If it is @code{nil}, the size is unlimited. | |
1648 | |
1649 @end table | |
1650 | |
1651 | |
1652 @node News Headers | |
1653 @section News Headers | |
1654 | |
1655 @vindex message-required-news-headers | |
1656 @code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These | |
1657 headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's | |
1658 impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid: | |
1659 | |
1660 @table @code | |
1661 | |
1662 @item From | |
1663 @cindex From | |
1664 @findex user-full-name | |
1665 @findex user-mail-address | |
1666 This required header will be filled out with the result of the | |
1667 @code{message-make-from} function, which depends on the | |
1668 @code{message-from-style}, @code{user-full-name}, | |
1669 @code{user-mail-address} variables. | |
1670 | |
1671 @item Subject | |
1672 @cindex Subject | |
1673 This required header will be prompted for if not present already. | |
1674 | |
1675 @item Newsgroups | |
1676 @cindex Newsgroups | |
1677 This required header says which newsgroups the article is to be posted | |
1678 to. If it isn't present already, it will be prompted for. | |
1679 | |
1680 @item Organization | |
1681 @cindex organization | |
1682 @vindex message-user-organization | |
1683 @vindex message-user-organization-file | |
1684 This optional header will be filled out depending on the | |
1685 @code{message-user-organization} variable. | |
1686 @code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is | |
1687 @code{t}. This variable can also be a string (in which case this string | |
1688 will be used), or it can be a function (which will be called with no | |
1689 parameters and should return a string to be used). | |
1690 | |
1691 @item Lines | |
1692 @cindex Lines | |
1693 This optional header will be computed by Message. | |
1694 | |
1695 @item Message-ID | |
1696 @cindex Message-ID | |
1697 @vindex message-user-fqdn | |
1698 @vindex mail-host-address | |
1699 @vindex user-mail-address | |
1700 @findex system-name | |
1701 @cindex Sun | |
1702 @cindex i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me | |
1703 This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be | |
1704 created based on the date, time, user name (for the local part) and the | |
1705 domain part. For the domain part, message will look (in this order) at | |
1706 @code{message-user-fqdn}, @code{system-name}, @code{mail-host-address} | |
1707 and @code{message-user-mail-address} (i.e. @code{user-mail-address}) | |
1708 until a probably valid fully qualified domain name (FQDN) was found. | |
1709 | |
1710 @item User-Agent | |
1711 @cindex User-Agent | |
1712 This optional header will be filled out according to the | |
1713 @code{message-newsreader} local variable. | |
1714 | |
1715 @item In-Reply-To | |
1716 This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From} | |
1717 header of the article being replied to. | |
1718 | |
1719 @item Expires | |
1720 @cindex Expires | |
1721 @vindex message-expires | |
1722 This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the | |
1723 @code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't | |
1724 be used unless you know what you're doing. | |
1725 | |
1726 @item Distribution | |
1727 @cindex Distribution | |
1728 @vindex message-distribution-function | |
1729 This optional header is filled out according to the | |
1730 @code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and | |
1731 much misunderstood header. | |
1732 | |
1733 @item Path | |
1734 @cindex path | |
1735 @vindex message-user-path | |
1736 This extremely optional header should probably never be used. | |
1737 However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is | |
1738 present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this | |
1739 @code{Path} header is to look. If it is @code{nil}, use the server name | |
1740 as the leaf node. If it is a string, use the string. If it is neither | |
1741 a string nor @code{nil}, use the user name only. However, it is highly | |
1742 unlikely that you should need to fiddle with this variable at all. | |
1743 @end table | |
1744 | |
1745 @findex yow | |
1746 @cindex Mime-Version | |
1747 In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The @sc{car} of this cons | |
1748 should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and | |
1749 the @sc{cdr} can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of | |
1750 this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should | |
1751 return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert | |
1752 @code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")} | |
1753 into the list. If you want to insert a funny quote, you could enter | |
1754 something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function | |
1755 @code{yow} will then be called without any arguments. | |
1756 | |
1757 If the list contains a cons where the @sc{car} of the cons is | |
1758 @code{optional}, the @sc{cdr} of this cons will only be inserted if it is | |
1759 non-@code{nil}. | |
1760 | |
1761 If you want to delete an entry from this list, the following Lisp | |
1762 snippet might be useful. Adjust accordingly if you want to remove | |
1763 another element. | |
1764 | |
1765 @lisp | |
1766 (setq message-required-news-headers | |
1767 (delq 'Message-ID message-required-news-headers)) | |
1768 @end lisp | |
1769 | |
1770 Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles: | |
1771 | |
1772 @table @code | |
1773 | |
1774 @item message-syntax-checks | |
1775 @vindex message-syntax-checks | |
1776 Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts. | |
1777 To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add | |
1778 | |
1779 @lisp | |
1780 (signature . disabled) | |
1781 @end lisp | |
1782 | |
1783 to this list. | |
1784 | |
1785 Valid checks are: | |
1786 | |
1787 @table @code | |
1788 @item approved | |
1789 @cindex approved | |
1790 Check whether the article has an @code{Approved} header, which is | |
1791 something only moderators should include. | |
1792 @item continuation-headers | |
1793 Check whether there are continuation header lines that don't begin with | |
1794 whitespace. | |
1795 @item control-chars | |
1796 Check for invalid characters. | |
1797 @item empty | |
1798 Check whether the article is empty. | |
1799 @item existing-newsgroups | |
1800 Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and | |
1801 @code{Followup-To} headers exist. | |
1802 @item from | |
1803 Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice. | |
1804 @item illegible-text | |
1805 Check whether there is any non-printable character in the body. | |
1806 @item invisible-text | |
1807 Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer. | |
1808 @item long-header-lines | |
1809 Check for too long header lines. | |
1810 @item long-lines | |
1811 @cindex long lines | |
1812 Check for too long lines in the body. | |
1813 @item message-id | |
1814 Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks syntactically ok. | |
1815 @item multiple-headers | |
1816 Check for the existence of multiple equal headers. | |
1817 @item new-text | |
1818 Check whether there is any new text in the messages. | |
1819 @item newsgroups | |
1820 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} header exists and is not empty. | |
1821 @item quoting-style | |
1822 Check whether text follows last quoted portion. | |
1823 @item repeated-newsgroups | |
1824 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1825 contains repeated group names. | |
1826 @item reply-to | |
1827 Check whether the @code{Reply-To} header looks ok. | |
1828 @item sender | |
1829 @cindex Sender | |
1830 Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd. | |
1831 @item sendsys | |
1832 @cindex sendsys | |
1833 Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands. | |
1834 @item shoot | |
1835 Check whether the domain part of the @code{Message-ID} header looks ok. | |
1836 @item shorten-followup-to | |
1837 Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number | |
1838 of groups to post to. | |
1839 @item signature | |
1840 Check the length of the signature. | |
1841 @item size | |
1842 Check for excessive size. | |
1843 @item subject | |
1844 Check whether the @code{Subject} header exists and is not empty. | |
1845 @item subject-cmsg | |
1846 Check the subject for commands. | |
1847 @item valid-newsgroups | |
1848 Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1849 are valid syntactically. | |
1850 @end table | |
1851 | |
1852 All these conditions are checked by default, except for @code{sender} | |
1853 for which the check is disabled by default if | |
1854 @code{message-insert-canlock} is non-@code{nil} (@pxref{Canceling News}). | |
1855 | |
1856 @item message-ignored-news-headers | |
1857 @vindex message-ignored-news-headers | |
1858 Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@* | |
1859 @samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|@* | |
1860 ^X-Draft-From:\\|^X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information:}. | |
1861 | |
1862 @item message-default-news-headers | |
1863 @vindex message-default-news-headers | |
1864 This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1865 buffers that are initialized as news. | |
1866 | |
1867 @end table | |
1868 | |
1869 | |
1870 @node News Variables | |
1871 @section News Variables | |
1872 | |
1873 @table @code | |
1874 @item message-send-news-function | |
1875 @vindex message-send-news-function | |
1876 Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is | |
1877 @code{message-send-news}. | |
1878 | |
1879 @item message-post-method | |
1880 @vindex message-post-method | |
1881 Gnusish @dfn{select method} (see the Gnus manual for details) used for | |
1882 posting a prepared news message. | |
1883 | |
1884 @end table | |
1885 | |
1886 | |
1887 @node Insertion Variables | |
1888 @section Insertion Variables | |
1889 | |
1890 @table @code | |
1891 @item message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1892 @vindex message-ignored-cited-headers | |
1893 All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked | |
1894 messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be | |
1895 removed. | |
1896 | |
1897 @item message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1898 @vindex message-cite-prefix-regexp | |
1899 Regexp matching the longest possible citation prefix on a line. | |
1900 | |
1901 @item message-citation-line-function | |
1902 @vindex message-citation-line-function | |
1903 @cindex attribution line | |
1904 Function called to insert the citation line. The default is | |
1905 @code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines | |
1906 that look like: | |
1907 | |
1908 @example | |
1909 Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes: | |
1910 @end example | |
1911 | |
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1916 function is called. | |
1917 | |
1918 Note that Gnus provides a feature where clicking on `writes:' hides the | |
1919 cited text. If you change the citation line too much, readers of your | |
1920 messages will have to adjust their Gnus, too. See the variable | |
1921 @code{gnus-cite-attribution-suffix}. @xref{Article Highlighting, , | |
1922 Article Highlighting, gnus, The Gnus Manual}, for details. | |
1923 | |
1924 @item message-yank-prefix | |
1925 @vindex message-yank-prefix | |
1926 @cindex yanking | |
1927 @cindex quoting | |
1928 When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want | |
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1935 @item message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1936 @vindex message-yank-cited-prefix | |
1937 @cindex yanking | |
1938 @cindex cited | |
1939 @cindex quoting | |
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1951 automatically. See also @code{message-yank-prefix}. |
84305 | 1952 |
1953 @item message-indentation-spaces | |
1954 @vindex message-indentation-spaces | |
1955 Number of spaces to indent yanked messages. | |
1956 | |
1957 @item message-cite-function | |
1958 @vindex message-cite-function | |
1959 @findex message-cite-original | |
1960 @findex message-cite-original-without-signature | |
1961 Function for citing an original message. The default is | |
1962 @code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message | |
1963 and prepends @samp{> } to each line. | |
1964 @code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides | |
100282 | 1965 the signature. |
84305 | 1966 |
1967 @item message-indent-citation-function | |
1968 @vindex message-indent-citation-function | |
1969 Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
1970 This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the | |
1971 citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function | |
1972 should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified. | |
1973 | |
1974 @item message-mark-insert-begin | |
1975 @vindex message-mark-insert-begin | |
1976 String to mark the beginning of some inserted text. | |
1977 | |
1978 @item message-mark-insert-end | |
1979 @vindex message-mark-insert-end | |
1980 String to mark the end of some inserted text. | |
1981 | |
1982 @item message-signature | |
1983 @vindex message-signature | |
1984 String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t} | |
1985 (which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be | |
1986 inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be | |
1987 used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead. | |
1988 If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all. | |
1989 | |
1990 @item message-signature-file | |
1991 @vindex message-signature-file | |
1992 File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer. | |
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1996 | |
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2006 @vindex message-signature-insert-empty-line | |
2007 If @code{t} (the default value) an empty line is inserted before the | |
2008 signature separator. | |
2009 | |
2010 @end table | |
2011 | |
2012 Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three | |
2013 characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it | |
2014 easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the | |
2015 signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel | |
2016 that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally. | |
2017 | |
2018 Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long. | |
2019 Including @acronym{ASCII} graphics is an efficient way to get | |
2020 everybody to believe that you are silly and have nothing important to | |
2021 say. | |
2022 | |
2023 | |
2024 @node Various Message Variables | |
2025 @section Various Message Variables | |
2026 | |
2027 @table @code | |
2028 @item message-default-charset | |
2029 @vindex message-default-charset | |
2030 @cindex charset | |
2031 Symbol naming a @acronym{MIME} charset. Non-@acronym{ASCII} characters | |
2032 in messages are assumed to be encoded using this charset. The default | |
2033 is @code{iso-8859-1} on non-@sc{mule} Emacsen; otherwise @code{nil}, | |
2034 which means ask the user. (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule} | |
2035 Emacsen.) @xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, | |
2036 Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@acronym{MIME} | |
2037 translation process. | |
2038 | |
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2047 @vindex message-signature-separator | |
2048 Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by | |
2049 default. | |
2050 | |
2051 @item mail-header-separator | |
2052 @vindex mail-header-separator | |
2053 String used to separate the headers from the body. It is @samp{--text | |
2054 follows this line--} by default. | |
2055 | |
2056 @item message-directory | |
2057 @vindex message-directory | |
2058 Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}. | |
2059 All other mail file variables are derived from @code{message-directory}. | |
2060 | |
2061 @item message-auto-save-directory | |
2062 @vindex message-auto-save-directory | |
2063 Directory where Message auto-saves buffers if Gnus isn't running. If | |
2064 @code{nil}, Message won't auto-save. The default is @file{~/Mail/drafts/}. | |
2065 | |
2066 @item message-signature-setup-hook | |
2067 @vindex message-signature-setup-hook | |
2068 Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the | |
2069 headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted. | |
2070 | |
2071 @item message-setup-hook | |
2072 @vindex message-setup-hook | |
2073 Hook run as the last thing when the message buffer has been initialized, | |
2074 but before yanked text is inserted. | |
2075 | |
2076 @item message-header-setup-hook | |
2077 @vindex message-header-setup-hook | |
2078 Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers. | |
2079 | |
2080 For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a | |
2081 @samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages | |
2082 you send to mailing lists, you could do something like the following: | |
2083 | |
2084 @lisp | |
2085 (defun my-message-header-setup-hook () | |
2086 (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) | |
2087 (when (or (message-fetch-field "newsgroups") | |
2088 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-address) | |
2089 (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-list)) | |
2090 (insert "Mail-Copies-To: never\n")))) | |
2091 | |
2092 (add-hook 'message-header-setup-hook | |
2093 'my-message-header-setup-hook) | |
2094 @end lisp | |
2095 | |
2096 @item message-send-hook | |
2097 @vindex message-send-hook | |
2098 Hook run before sending messages. | |
2099 | |
2100 If you want to add certain headers before sending, you can use the | |
2101 @code{message-add-header} function in this hook. For instance: | |
2102 @findex message-add-header | |
2103 | |
2104 @lisp | |
2105 (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content) | |
2106 (defun my-message-add-content () | |
2107 (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense") | |
2108 (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no")) | |
2109 @end lisp | |
2110 | |
2111 This function won't add the header if the header is already present. | |
2112 | |
2113 @item message-send-mail-hook | |
2114 @vindex message-send-mail-hook | |
2115 Hook run before sending mail messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2116 just before the message is actually sent as mail. | |
2117 | |
2118 @item message-send-news-hook | |
2119 @vindex message-send-news-hook | |
2120 Hook run before sending news messages. This hook is run very late -- | |
2121 just before the message is actually sent as news. | |
2122 | |
2123 @item message-sent-hook | |
2124 @vindex message-sent-hook | |
2125 Hook run after sending messages. | |
2126 | |
2127 @item message-cancel-hook | |
2128 @vindex message-cancel-hook | |
2129 Hook run when canceling news articles. | |
2130 | |
2131 @item message-mode-syntax-table | |
2132 @vindex message-mode-syntax-table | |
2133 Syntax table used in message mode buffers. | |
2134 | |
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2142 @vindex message-strip-special-text-properties | |
2143 Emacs has a number of special text properties which can break message | |
2144 composing in various ways. If this option is set, message will strip | |
2145 these properties from the message composition buffer. However, some | |
2146 packages requires these properties to be present in order to work. If | |
2147 you use one of these packages, turn this option off, and hope the | |
2148 message composition doesn't break too bad. | |
2149 | |
2150 @item message-send-method-alist | |
2151 @vindex message-send-method-alist | |
2152 @findex message-mail-p | |
2153 @findex message-news-p | |
2154 @findex message-send-via-mail | |
2155 @findex message-send-via-news | |
2156 Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form: | |
2157 | |
2158 @lisp | |
2159 (@var{type} @var{predicate} @var{function}) | |
2160 @end lisp | |
2161 | |
2162 @table @var | |
2163 @item type | |
2164 A symbol that names the method. | |
2165 | |
2166 @item predicate | |
2167 A function called without any parameters to determine whether the | |
2168 message is a message of type @var{type}. The function will be called in | |
2169 the buffer where the message is. | |
2170 | |
2171 @item function | |
2172 A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}. | |
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84305 | 2174 @end table |
2175 | |
2176 The default is: | |
2177 | |
2178 @lisp | |
2179 ((news message-news-p message-send-via-news) | |
2180 (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail)) | |
2181 @end lisp | |
2182 | |
2183 The @code{message-news-p} function returns non-@code{nil} if the message | |
2184 looks like news, and the @code{message-send-via-news} function sends the | |
2185 message according to the @code{message-send-news-function} variable | |
2186 (@pxref{News Variables}). The @code{message-mail-p} function returns | |
2187 non-@code{nil} if the message looks like mail, and the | |
2188 @code{message-send-via-mail} function sends the message according to the | |
2189 @code{message-send-mail-function} variable (@pxref{Mail Variables}). | |
2190 | |
2191 All the elements in this alist will be tried in order, so a message | |
2192 containing both a valid @samp{Newsgroups} header and a valid @samp{To} | |
2193 header, for example, will be sent as news, and then as mail. | |
2194 @end table | |
2195 | |
2196 | |
2197 | |
2198 @node Sending Variables | |
2199 @section Sending Variables | |
2200 | |
2201 @table @code | |
2202 | |
2203 @item message-fcc-handler-function | |
2204 @vindex message-fcc-handler-function | |
2205 A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be | |
2206 called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default | |
2207 function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format. | |
2208 | |
2209 @item message-courtesy-message | |
2210 @vindex message-courtesy-message | |
2211 When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of | |
2212 the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the | |
2213 newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If | |
2214 this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added. | |
2215 The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of | |
2216 an article\\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\\n\\n"}. | |
2217 | |
2218 @item message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2219 @vindex message-fcc-externalize-attachments | |
2220 If @code{nil}, attach files as normal parts in Fcc copies; if it is | |
2221 non-@code{nil}, attach local files as external parts. | |
2222 | |
2223 @item message-interactive | |
2224 @vindex message-interactive | |
2225 If non-@code{nil} wait for and display errors when sending a message; | |
2226 if @code{nil} let the mailer mail back a message to report errors. | |
2227 | |
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2229 @vindex message-confirm-send | |
98345 | 2230 When non-@code{nil}, Gnus will ask for confirmation when sending a |
98344 | 2231 message. |
2232 | |
84305 | 2233 @end table |
2234 | |
2235 | |
2236 @node Message Buffers | |
2237 @section Message Buffers | |
2238 | |
2239 Message will generate new buffers with unique buffer names when you | |
2240 request a message buffer. When you send the message, the buffer isn't | |
2241 normally killed off. Its name is changed and a certain number of old | |
2242 message buffers are kept alive. | |
2243 | |
2244 @table @code | |
2245 @item message-generate-new-buffers | |
2246 @vindex message-generate-new-buffers | |
2247 Controls whether to create a new message buffer to compose a message. | |
2248 Valid values include: | |
2249 | |
2250 @table @code | |
2251 @item nil | |
2252 Generate the buffer name in the Message way (e.g., *mail*, *news*, *mail | |
2253 to whom*, *news on group*, etc.) and continue editing in the existing | |
2254 buffer of that name. If there is no such buffer, it will be newly | |
2255 created. | |
2256 | |
2257 @item unique | |
2258 @item t | |
2259 Create the new buffer with the name generated in the Message way. This | |
2260 is the default. | |
2261 | |
2262 @item unsent | |
2263 Similar to @code{unique} but the buffer name begins with "*unsent ". | |
2264 | |
2265 @item standard | |
2266 Similar to @code{nil} but the buffer name is simpler like *mail | |
2267 message*. | |
2268 @end table | |
2269 @table @var | |
2270 @item function | |
2271 If this is a function, call that function with three parameters: The | |
2272 type, the To address and the group name (any of these may be | |
2273 @code{nil}). The function should return the new buffer name. | |
2274 @end table | |
2275 | |
2276 The default value is @code{unique}. | |
2277 | |
2278 @item message-max-buffers | |
2279 @vindex message-max-buffers | |
2280 This variable says how many old message buffers to keep. If there are | |
2281 more message buffers than this, the oldest buffer will be killed. The | |
2282 default is 10. If this variable is @code{nil}, no old message buffers | |
2283 will ever be killed. | |
2284 | |
2285 @item message-send-rename-function | |
2286 @vindex message-send-rename-function | |
2287 After sending a message, the buffer is renamed from, for instance, | |
2288 @samp{*reply to Lars*} to @samp{*sent reply to Lars*}. If you don't | |
2289 like this, set this variable to a function that renames the buffer in a | |
2290 manner you like. If you don't want to rename the buffer at all, you can | |
2291 say: | |
2292 | |
2293 @lisp | |
2294 (setq message-send-rename-function 'ignore) | |
2295 @end lisp | |
2296 | |
2297 @item message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2298 @findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
2299 If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit. | |
2300 | |
2301 @end table | |
2302 | |
2303 | |
2304 @node Message Actions | |
2305 @section Message Actions | |
2306 | |
2307 When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely | |
2308 to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps | |
2309 return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as | |
2310 replied. | |
2311 | |
2312 @vindex message-kill-actions | |
2313 @vindex message-postpone-actions | |
2314 @vindex message-exit-actions | |
2315 @vindex message-send-actions | |
2316 The user may exit from the message buffer in various ways. The most | |
2317 common is @kbd{C-c C-c}, which sends the message and exits. Other | |
2318 possibilities are @kbd{C-c C-s} which just sends the message, @kbd{C-c | |
2319 C-d} which postpones the message editing and buries the message buffer, | |
2320 and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions | |
2321 have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed: | |
2322 @code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions}, | |
2323 @code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}. | |
2324 | |
2325 Message provides a function to interface with these lists: | |
2326 @code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be | |
2327 added, and the rest of the arguments are which lists to add this action | |
2328 to. Here's an example from Gnus: | |
2329 | |
2330 @lisp | |
2331 (message-add-action | |
2332 `(set-window-configuration ,(current-window-configuration)) | |
2333 'exit 'postpone 'kill) | |
2334 @end lisp | |
2335 | |
2336 This restores the Gnus window configuration when the message buffer is | |
2337 killed, postponed or exited. | |
2338 | |
2339 An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the | |
2340 @sc{car} is a function and the @sc{cdr} is the list of arguments, or | |
2341 a form to be @code{eval}ed. | |
2342 | |
2343 | |
2344 @node Compatibility | |
2345 @chapter Compatibility | |
2346 @cindex compatibility | |
2347 | |
2348 Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-} | |
2349 variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables | |
2350 into account, you can put the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
2351 | |
2352 @lisp | |
2353 (require 'messcompat) | |
2354 @end lisp | |
2355 | |
2356 This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the | |
2357 corresponding mail variables. | |
2358 | |
2359 | |
2360 @node Appendices | |
2361 @chapter Appendices | |
2362 | |
2363 @menu | |
2364 * Responses:: Standard rules for determining where responses go. | |
2365 @end menu | |
2366 | |
2367 | |
2368 @node Responses | |
2369 @section Responses | |
2370 | |
2371 To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used | |
2372 by default. | |
2373 | |
2374 @table @dfn | |
2375 @item reply | |
2376 A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who | |
2377 sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To | |
2378 determine who the recipient will be, the following headers are | |
2379 consulted, in turn: | |
2380 | |
2381 @table @code | |
2382 @item Reply-To | |
2383 | |
2384 @item From | |
2385 @end table | |
2386 | |
2387 | |
2388 @item wide reply | |
2389 A @dfn{wide reply} is a mail response that includes @emph{all} entities | |
2390 mentioned in the message you are responded to. All mailboxes from the | |
2391 following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing | |
2392 @code{To}/@code{Cc} headers: | |
2393 | |
2394 @table @code | |
2395 @item From | |
2396 (unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead). | |
2397 | |
2398 @item Cc | |
2399 | |
2400 @item To | |
2401 @end table | |
2402 | |
2403 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will also be included | |
2404 in the list of mailboxes. If this header is @samp{never}, that means | |
2405 that the @code{From} (or @code{Reply-To}) mailbox will be suppressed. | |
2406 | |
2407 | |
2408 @item followup | |
2409 A @dfn{followup} is a response sent via news. The following headers | |
2410 (listed in order of precedence) determine where the response is to be | |
2411 sent: | |
2412 | |
2413 @table @code | |
2414 | |
2415 @item Followup-To | |
2416 | |
2417 @item Newsgroups | |
2418 | |
2419 @end table | |
2420 | |
2421 If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will be used as the | |
2422 basis of the new @code{Cc} header, except if this header is | |
2423 @samp{never}. | |
2424 | |
2425 @end table | |
2426 | |
2427 | |
2428 @node GNU Free Documentation License | |
2429 @chapter GNU Free Documentation License | |
2430 @include doclicense.texi | |
2431 | |
2432 @node Index | |
2433 @chapter Index | |
2434 @printindex cp | |
2435 | |
2436 @node Key Index | |
2437 @chapter Key Index | |
2438 @printindex ky | |
2439 | |
2440 @bye | |
2441 | |
2442 @c End: | |
2443 | |
2444 @ignore | |
2445 arch-tag: 16ab76af-a281-4e34-aed6-5624569f7601 | |
2446 @end ignore |