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(Sending Mail): Minor cleanup. (Mail Aliases): Explain quoting conventions. Update key rebinding example. (Header Editing): C-M-i is like M-TAB. (Mail Mode Misc): mail-attach-file does not do MIME.

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  Because the mail-composition buffer is an ordinary Emacs buffer, you can
switch to other buffers while in the middle of composing mail, and switch
back later (or never).  If you use the @kbd{C-x m} command again when you
have been composing another message but have not sent it, you are asked to
confirm before the old message is erased.  If you answer @kbd{n}, the
@samp{*mail*} buffer is left selected with its old contents, so you can
finish the old message and send it.  @kbd{C-u C-x m} is another way to do
this.  Sending the message marks the @samp{*mail*} buffer ``unmodified,''
which avoids the need for confirmation when @kbd{C-x m} is next used.

  If you are composing a message in the @samp{*mail*} buffer and want to

@example
alias maingnu gnu@@gnu.org local-gnu
@end example

  Emacs also recognizes include commands in @samp{.mailrc} files.
They look like this:

@example
source @var{filename}
@end example

expansion as well.  Here's how to do that:

@smallexample
(add-hook 'mail-mode-hook
          (lambda ()
            (substitute-key-definition
              'next-line 'mail-abbrev-next-line
              mail-mode-map global-map)
            (substitute-key-definition
              'end-of-buffer 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer
              mail-mode-map global-map)))
@end smallexample

@node Mail Mode
@section Mail Mode
@cindex Mail mode

address by typing @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} (@code{mail-complete}).  It
inserts the full name corresponding to the address, if it can
determine the full name.  The variable @code{mail-complete-style}
controls whether to insert the full name, and what style to use, as in
@code{mail-from-style} (@pxref{Mail Headers}).  (If your window
manager defines @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} to switch windows, you can type this
Emacs command as @kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}}.)

  For completion purposes, the valid mailing addresses are taken to be
the local users' names plus your personal mail aliases.  You can
specify additional sources of valid addresses; see the customization
group @samp{mailalias} to see the variables for customizing this

  To include a file in the outgoing message, you can use @kbd{C-x i},
the usual command to insert a file in the current buffer.  But it is
often more convenient to use a special command, @kbd{C-c C-i}
(@code{mail-attach-file}).  This command inserts the file contents at
the end of the buffer, after your signature if any, with a delimiter
line that includes the file name.

@vindex mail-mode-hook
@vindex mail-setup-hook
  Turning on Mail mode (which @kbd{C-x m} does automatically) runs the
normal hooks @code{text-mode-hook} and @code{mail-mode-hook}.

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  Because the mail-composition buffer is an ordinary Emacs buffer, you can
switch to other buffers while in the middle of composing mail, and switch
back later (or never).  If you use the @kbd{C-x m} command again when you
have been composing another message but have not sent it, you are asked to
confirm before the old message is erased.  If you answer @kbd{n}, the
@samp{*mail*} buffer remains selected with its old contents, so you can
finish the old message and send it.  @kbd{C-u C-x m} is another way to do
this.  Sending the message marks the @samp{*mail*} buffer ``unmodified,''
which avoids the need for confirmation when @kbd{C-x m} is next used.

  If you are composing a message in the @samp{*mail*} buffer and want to

@example
alias maingnu gnu@@gnu.org local-gnu
@end example

@noindent
Addresses specified in this way should use doublequotes around an
entire address when the address contains spaces.  But you need not
include doublequotes around parts of the address, such as the person's
full name.  Emacs puts them in if they are needed.  For example,

@example
alias chief-torturer "George W. Bush <[e-mail]>"
@end example

@noindent
is correct.  Emacs will insert the address as @samp{"George W. Bush"
<[e-mail]>}.

  Emacs also recognizes ``include'' commands in @samp{.mailrc} files.
They look like this:

@example
source @var{filename}
@end example

expansion as well.  Here's how to do that:

@smallexample
(add-hook 'mail-mode-hook
          (lambda ()
            (define-key
              mail-mode-map [remap next-line] 'mail-abbrev-next-line)
            (define-key
              mail-mode-map [remap end-of-buffer] 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer)))
@end smallexample

@node Mail Mode
@section Mail Mode
@cindex Mail mode

address by typing @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} (@code{mail-complete}).  It
inserts the full name corresponding to the address, if it can
determine the full name.  The variable @code{mail-complete-style}
controls whether to insert the full name, and what style to use, as in
@code{mail-from-style} (@pxref{Mail Headers}).  (If your window
manager defines @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} to switch windows, you can type
@kbd{@key{ESC} @key{TAB}} or @kbd{C-M-i}.)

  For completion purposes, the valid mailing addresses are taken to be
the local users' names plus your personal mail aliases.  You can
specify additional sources of valid addresses; see the customization
group @samp{mailalias} to see the variables for customizing this

  To include a file in the outgoing message, you can use @kbd{C-x i},
the usual command to insert a file in the current buffer.  But it is
often more convenient to use a special command, @kbd{C-c C-i}
(@code{mail-attach-file}).  This command inserts the file contents at
the end of the buffer, after your signature if any, with a delimiter
line that includes the file name.  Note that this is not a MIME
attachment.

@vindex mail-mode-hook
@vindex mail-setup-hook
  Turning on Mail mode (which @kbd{C-x m} does automatically) runs the
normal hooks @code{text-mode-hook} and @code{mail-mode-hook}.