# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 756704442 0
# Node ID bd122ee8c338a611cd4a95bdfc11241393067eb1
# Parent  af96725f9e006b8c7bc2c68845f88c7c1507ac0b
Comment change.

diff -r af96725f9e00 -r bd122ee8c338 lisp/mail/rmail.el
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el	Fri Dec 24 03:34:11 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el	Fri Dec 24 03:40:42 1993 +0000
@@ -532,7 +532,11 @@
   (setq major-mode 'rmail-mode)
   (setq mode-name "RMAIL")
   (setq buffer-read-only t)
-  ;; No need to auto save RMAIL files.
+  ;; No need to auto save RMAIL files in normal circumstances
+  ;; because they contain no info except attribute changes
+  ;; and deletion of messages.
+  ;; The one exception is when messages are copied into an Rmail mode buffer.
+  ;; rmail-output-to-rmail-file enables auto save when you do that.
   (setq buffer-auto-save-file-name nil)
   (if (boundp 'mode-line-modified)
       (setq mode-line-modified "--- ")