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@node Rmail, Dired, Sending Mail, Top
@chapter Reading Mail with Rmail
* Deletion: Rmail Deletion. Deleting and expunging messages.
* Inbox: Rmail Inbox. How mail gets into the Rmail file.
* Files: Rmail Files. Using multiple Rmail files.
-* Output: Rmail Output. Copying messages out to files.
+* Output: Rmail Output. Copying messages out to files.
* Labels: Rmail Labels. Classifying messages by labeling them.
* Attrs: Rmail Attributes. Certain standard labels, called attributes.
* Reply: Rmail Reply. Sending replies to messages you are viewing.
* Coding: Rmail Coding. How Rmail handles decoding character sets.
* Editing: Rmail Editing. Editing message text and headers in Rmail.
* Digest: Rmail Digest. Extracting the messages from a digest message.
-* Rot13: Rmail Rot13. Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
+* Rot13: Rmail Rot13. Reading messages encoded in the rot13 code.
* Movemail:: More details of fetching new mail.
* Remote Mailboxes:: Retrieving mail from remote mailboxes.
* Other Mailbox Formats:: Retrieving mail from local mailboxes in
@node Rmail Reply
@section Sending Replies
- Rmail has several commands that use Mail mode to send outgoing mail.
-@xref{Sending Mail}, for information on using Mail mode, including
-certain features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents
-are the special commands of Rmail for entering Mail mode. Note that the
-usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and @kbd{C-x 5
-m}---also work normally in Rmail mode.
+ Rmail has several commands to send outgoing mail. @xref{Sending
+Mail}, for information on using Message mode, including certain
+features meant to work with Rmail. What this section documents are
+the special commands of Rmail for entering the mail buffer. Note that
+the usual keys for sending mail---@kbd{C-x m}, @kbd{C-x 4 m}, and
+@kbd{C-x 5 m}---also work normally in Rmail mode.
@table @kbd
@item m
This means to reply only to the sender of the original message.
Once the @samp{*mail*} buffer has been initialized, editing and
-sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit the
-presupplied header fields if they are not what you want. You can also
-use the commands of Mail mode (@pxref{Mail Mode}), including @kbd{C-c
-C-y} which yanks in the message that you are replying to. You can
-also switch to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch
-back, and yank the new current message.
+sending the mail goes as usual (@pxref{Sending Mail}). You can edit
+the presupplied header fields if they are not what you want. You can
+also use commands such as @kbd{C-c C-y}, which yanks in the message
+that you are replying to (@pxref{Mail Commands}). You can also switch
+to the Rmail buffer, select a different message there, switch back,
+and yank the new current message.
@kindex M-m @r{(Rmail)}
@findex rmail-retry-failure
time.
@menu
-* Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
-* Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
+* Rmail Make Summary:: Making various sorts of summaries.
+* Rmail Summary Edit:: Manipulating messages from the summary.
@end menu
@node Rmail Make Summary
@node Rmail Display
@section Display of Messages
- Rmail reformats the header of each message before displaying it for
-the first time. Reformatting hides uninteresting header fields to
-reduce clutter. You can use the @kbd{t} command to show the entire
-header or to repeat the header reformatting operation.
+ This section describes how Rmail displays mail headers,
+@acronym{MIME} sections and attachments, and URLs.
@table @kbd
@item t
Toggle display of complete header (@code{rmail-toggle-header}).
@end table
-@vindex rmail-ignored-headers
-@vindex rmail-nonignored-headers
- Reformatting the header involves deleting most header fields, on the
-grounds that they are not interesting. The variable
-@code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression that specifies
-which header fields to hide in this way---if it matches the beginning
-of a header field, that whole field is hidden. However, the variable
-@code{rmail-nonignored-headers} provides a further override: a header
-matching that regular expression is shown even if it matches
-@code{rmail-ignored-headers} too.
-
-@vindex rmail-displayed-headers
- As an alternative to the previous two variables, you can set
-@code{rmail-displayed-headers} instead. If non-@code{nil}, this should
-be a regular expression specifying which headers to display.
-
@kindex t @r{(Rmail)}
@findex rmail-toggle-header
- To see the complete, original header, use the @kbd{t} command
-(@code{rmail-toggle-header}). This discards the reformatted headers of
-the current message and displays it with the original header. Repeating
-@kbd{t} reformats the message again, which shows only the interesting
-headers according to the current values of the above variables.
-Selecting the message again also reformats it if necessary.
+ Before displaying each message for the first time, Rmail reformats
+its header, hiding uninteresting header fields to reduce clutter. The
+@kbd{t} (@code{rmail-toggle-header}) command toggles this, switching
+between showing the reformatted header fields and showing the
+complete, original header. With a positive prefix argument, the
+command shows the reformatted header; with a zero or negative prefix
+argument, it shows the full header. Selecting the message again also
+reformats it if necessary.
- When the @kbd{t} command has a prefix argument, a positive argument
-means to show the reformatted header, and a zero or negative argument
-means to show the full header.
+@vindex rmail-ignored-headers
+@vindex rmail-displayed-headers
+@vindex rmail-nonignored-headers
+ The variable @code{rmail-ignored-headers} holds a regular expression
+specifying the header fields to hide; any matching header line will be
+hidden. The variable @code{rmail-nonignored-headers} overrides this:
+any header field matching that regular expression is shown even if it
+matches @code{rmail-ignored-headers} too. The variable
+@code{rmail-displayed-headers} is an alternative to these two
+variables; if non-@code{nil}, this should be a regular expression
+specifying which headers to display (the default is @code{nil}).
@vindex rmail-highlighted-headers
Rmail highlights certain header fields that are especially
interesting---by default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields.
-The variable @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} holds a regular expression
-that specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the
-beginning of a header field, that whole field is highlighted. To turn
-off this feature, set @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}.
-Customize the face @code{rmail-highlight} to adjust the style of the
-highlighting.
+This highlighting uses the @code{rmail-highlight} face. The variable
+@code{rmail-highlighted-headers} holds a regular expression specifying
+the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning of a
+header field, that whole field is highlighted. To disable this
+feature, set @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}.
+
+@cindex MIME messages (Rmail)
+@vindex rmail-enable-mime
+ By default, Rmail automatically decodes @acronym{MIME} (Multipurpose
+Internet Mail Extensions) messages. If the message contains multiple
+parts (@acronym{MIME} entities), each part is represented by a tagline
+in the Rmail buffer. The tagline summarizes the part's depth, index,
+and type, and may also contain a button for handling it, e.g. saving
+it to a file or displaying it as an image in the Rmail buffer.
+
+@table @kbd
+@findex rmail-mime-toggle-hidden
+@item @key{RET}
+Hide or show the @acronym{MIME} part at point
+(@code{rmail-mime-toggle-hidden}).
- You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages using
-Goto Address mode:
+@findex rmail-mime-next-item
+@item @key{TAB}
+Move point to the next @acronym{MIME} part
+(@code{rmail-mime-next-item}).
+
+@findex rmail-mime-previous-item
+@item @key{BackTab}
+Move point to the previous @acronym{MIME} part
+(@code{rmail-mime-previous-item}).
+
+@findex rmail-mime
+@item v
+@kindex v @r{(Rmail)}
+Toggle between @acronym{MIME} display and raw message
+(@code{rmail-mime}).
+@end table
+
+ The @kbd{v} (@code{rmail-mime}) command toggles between the default
+@acronym{MIME} display described above, and a ``raw'' display showing
+the undecoded @acronym{MIME} data. With a prefix argument, this
+command toggles the display of only an entity at point.
+
+ To prevent Rmail from handling MIME decoded messages, change the
+variable @code{rmail-enable-mime} to @code{nil}. When this is the
+case, the @kbd{v} (@code{rmail-mime}) command instead creates a
+temporary buffer to display the current @acronym{MIME} message.
+
+ You can highlight and activate URLs in the Rmail buffer using Goto
+Address mode:
@c FIXME goto-addr.el commentary says to use goto-address instead.
@smallexample
(or @kbd{Mouse-1} quickly) or by moving to one and typing @kbd{C-c
@key{RET}}. @xref{Goto Address mode, Activating URLs, Activating URLs}.
-@cindex MIME messages (Rmail)
-@findex rmail-mime
-@kindex v @r{(Rmail)}
- The @kbd{v} (@code{rmail-mime}) command creates a temporary buffer
-displaying the current MIME message. By default, it displays plain text
-and multipart messages, and offers buttons to save attachments.
-
@node Rmail Coding
@section Rmail and Coding Systems
example, a misconfigured mailer could send a message with a
@samp{charset=iso-8859-1} header when the message is actually encoded
in @code{koi8-r}. When you see the message text garbled, or some of
-its characters displayed as empty boxes, this may have happened.
+its characters displayed as hex codes or empty boxes, this may have
+happened.
@findex rmail-redecode-body
You can correct the problem by decoding the message again using the
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