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9d3d5390 | 4 | @settitle Message 5.9.0 Manual |
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9 | @direntry |
10 | * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus. | |
11 | @end direntry | |
12 | @iftex | |
13 | @finalout | |
14 | @end iftex | |
15 | @setchapternewpage odd | |
16 | ||
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19 | This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode. | |
20 | ||
b61fcc7a | 21 | Copyright (C) 1996,97,98,99,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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23 | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
24 | under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or | |
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25 | any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no |
26 | Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
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27 | Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the |
28 | license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
a03e63d9 | 29 | License'' in the Emacs manual. |
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31 | (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify |
32 | this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free | |
33 | Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' | |
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34 | |
35 | This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
36 | Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
37 | separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
38 | license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
9d3d5390 | 39 | @end ifnottex |
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41 | @tex | |
42 | ||
43 | @titlepage | |
9d3d5390 | 44 | @title Message 5.9.0 Manual |
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45 | |
46 | @author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen | |
47 | @page | |
48 | ||
49 | @vskip 0pt plus 1filll | |
b61fcc7a | 50 | Copyright @copyright{} 1996,97,98,99,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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51 | |
52 | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document | |
53 | under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or | |
54 | any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the | |
55 | Invariant Sections being none, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU | |
56 | Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the | |
57 | license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation | |
bf957d2d | 58 | License'' in the Emacs manual. |
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59 | |
60 | (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify | |
61 | this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free | |
62 | Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' | |
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63 | |
64 | This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free | |
65 | Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document | |
66 | separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the | |
67 | license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. | |
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68 | @end titlepage |
69 | @page | |
70 | ||
71 | @end tex | |
72 | ||
73 | @node Top | |
74 | @top Message | |
75 | ||
76 | All message composition from Gnus (both mail and news) takes place in | |
77 | Message mode buffers. | |
78 | ||
79 | @menu | |
80 | * Interface:: Setting up message buffers. | |
81 | * Commands:: Commands you can execute in message mode buffers. | |
82 | * Variables:: Customizing the message buffers. | |
83 | * Compatibility:: Making Message backwards compatible. | |
84 | * Appendices:: More technical things. | |
85 | * Index:: Variable, function and concept index. | |
86 | * Key Index:: List of Message mode keys. | |
87 | @end menu | |
88 | ||
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89 | This manual corresponds to Message 5.9.0. Message is distributed with |
90 | the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual. | |
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91 | |
92 | ||
93 | @node Interface | |
94 | @chapter Interface | |
95 | ||
96 | When a program (or a person) wants to respond to a message -- reply, | |
97 | follow up, forward, cancel -- the program (or person) should just put | |
98 | point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command. | |
99 | @code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with | |
100 | appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before | |
101 | sending it. | |
102 | ||
103 | @menu | |
104 | * New Mail Message:: Editing a brand new mail message. | |
105 | * New News Message:: Editing a brand new news message. | |
106 | * Reply:: Replying via mail. | |
107 | * Wide Reply:: Responding to all people via mail. | |
108 | * Followup:: Following up via news. | |
109 | * Canceling News:: Canceling a news article. | |
110 | * Superseding:: Superseding a message. | |
111 | * Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail. | |
112 | * Resending:: Resending a mail message. | |
113 | * Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message. | |
114 | @end menu | |
115 | ||
116 | ||
117 | @node New Mail Message | |
118 | @section New Mail Message | |
119 | ||
120 | @findex message-mail | |
9d3d5390 | 121 | The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer. |
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122 | |
123 | Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the | |
124 | @code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these | |
125 | are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
126 | ||
127 | ||
128 | @node New News Message | |
129 | @section New News Message | |
130 | ||
131 | @findex message-news | |
9d3d5390 | 132 | The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer. |
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133 | |
134 | This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used | |
135 | as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject} | |
136 | header. If these are @code{nil}, those two headers will be empty. | |
137 | ||
138 | ||
139 | @node Reply | |
140 | @section Reply | |
141 | ||
142 | @findex message-reply | |
143 | The @code{message-reply} function pops up a message buffer that's a | |
144 | reply to the message in the current buffer. | |
145 | ||
146 | @vindex message-reply-to-function | |
147 | Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go | |
148 | (@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs | |
149 | by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable. | |
150 | ||
151 | If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the | |
152 | @code{From}, you could do something like this: | |
153 | ||
154 | @lisp | |
155 | (setq message-reply-to-function | |
156 | (lambda () | |
157 | (cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody") | |
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158 | (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender")))) |
159 | (t | |
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160 | nil)))) |
161 | @end lisp | |
162 | ||
163 | This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is | |
164 | being replied to. | |
165 | ||
166 | As you can see, this function should return a string if it has an | |
167 | opinion as to what the To header should be. If it does not, it should | |
168 | just return @code{nil}, and the normal methods for determining the To | |
169 | header will be used. | |
170 | ||
171 | This function can also return a list. In that case, each list element | |
172 | should be a cons, where the car should be the name of an header | |
173 | (eg. @code{Cc}) and the cdr should be the header value | |
174 | (eg. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be inserted into | |
9d3d5390 | 175 | the head of the outgoing mail. |
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176 | |
177 | ||
178 | @node Wide Reply | |
179 | @section Wide Reply | |
180 | ||
181 | @findex message-wide-reply | |
182 | The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide | |
183 | reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a | |
184 | reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From} | |
185 | (or @code{Reply-to}) and @code{Cc} headers. | |
186 | ||
187 | @vindex message-wide-reply-to-function | |
188 | Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go, | |
189 | but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
190 | @code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
9d3d5390 | 191 | @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). |
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193 | @findex message-dont-reply-to-names |
194 | Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular | |
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195 | expression will be removed from the @code{Cc} header. |
196 | ||
197 | ||
198 | @node Followup | |
199 | @section Followup | |
200 | ||
201 | @findex message-followup | |
202 | The @code{message-followup} command pops up a message buffer that's a | |
203 | followup to the message in the current buffer. | |
204 | ||
205 | @vindex message-followup-to-function | |
206 | Message uses the normal methods to determine where followups are to go, | |
207 | but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the | |
208 | @code{message-followup-to-function}. It is used in the same way as | |
209 | @code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}). | |
210 | ||
211 | @vindex message-use-followup-to | |
212 | The @code{message-use-followup-to} variable says what to do about | |
213 | @code{Followup-To} headers. If it is @code{use}, always use the value. | |
214 | If it is @code{ask} (which is the default), ask whether to use the | |
215 | value. If it is @code{t}, use the value unless it is @samp{poster}. If | |
216 | it is @code{nil}, don't use the value. | |
217 | ||
218 | ||
219 | @node Canceling News | |
220 | @section Canceling News | |
221 | ||
222 | @findex message-cancel-news | |
223 | The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the | |
224 | current buffer. | |
225 | ||
226 | ||
227 | @node Superseding | |
228 | @section Superseding | |
229 | ||
230 | @findex message-supersede | |
231 | The @code{message-supersede} command pops up a message buffer that will | |
232 | supersede the message in the current buffer. | |
233 | ||
234 | @vindex message-ignored-supersedes-headers | |
235 | Headers matching the @code{message-ignored-supersedes-headers} are | |
236 | removed before popping up the new message buffer. The default is@* | |
237 | @samp{^Path:\\|^Date\\|^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|@* | |
238 | ^Received:\\|^X-From-Line:\\|Return-Path:\\|^Supersedes:}. | |
239 | ||
240 | ||
241 | ||
242 | @node Forwarding | |
243 | @section Forwarding | |
244 | ||
245 | @findex message-forward | |
246 | The @code{message-forward} command pops up a message buffer to forward | |
247 | the message in the current buffer. If given a prefix, forward using | |
248 | news. | |
249 | ||
250 | @table @code | |
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251 | @item message-forward-ignored-headers |
252 | @vindex message-forward-ignored-headers | |
253 | All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message. | |
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254 | |
255 | @item message-make-forward-subject-function | |
256 | @vindex message-make-forward-subject-function | |
257 | A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for | |
258 | forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is | |
259 | passed into each successive function. | |
260 | ||
261 | The provided functions are: | |
262 | ||
263 | @table @code | |
264 | @item message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
265 | @findex message-forward-subject-author-subject | |
266 | Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the | |
267 | subject. | |
268 | ||
269 | @item message-forward-subject-fwd | |
270 | Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it. | |
271 | @end table | |
272 | ||
273 | @item message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
274 | @vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects | |
275 | If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have | |
9d3d5390 | 276 | the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:}, |
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277 | @samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is |
278 | constructed. The default value is @code{nil}. | |
279 | ||
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280 | @item message-forward-as-mime |
281 | @vindex message-forward-as-mime | |
282 | If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are | |
283 | included as inline MIME RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded | |
284 | messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous, | |
285 | non MIME-savvy versions of gnus would do. | |
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286 | @end table |
287 | ||
288 | ||
289 | @node Resending | |
290 | @section Resending | |
291 | ||
292 | @findex message-resend | |
293 | The @code{message-resend} command will prompt the user for an address | |
294 | and resend the message in the current buffer to that address. | |
295 | ||
296 | @vindex message-ignored-resent-headers | |
297 | Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will | |
298 | be removed before sending the message. The default is | |
9d3d5390 | 299 | @samp{^Return-receipt}. |
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300 | |
301 | ||
302 | @node Bouncing | |
303 | @section Bouncing | |
304 | ||
305 | @findex message-bounce | |
306 | The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a | |
307 | bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce | |
308 | information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent | |
309 | out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as | |
9d3d5390 | 310 | undeliverable. |
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311 | |
312 | @vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers | |
313 | Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp | |
314 | will be removed before popping up the buffer. The default is | |
315 | @samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\):}. | |
316 | ||
317 | ||
318 | @node Commands | |
319 | @chapter Commands | |
320 | ||
321 | @menu | |
dda5808a | 322 | * Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer. |
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323 | * Header Commands:: Commands for moving to headers. |
324 | * Movement:: Moving around in message buffers. | |
325 | * Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers. | |
9d3d5390 | 326 | * MIME:: @sc{mime} considerations. |
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327 | * Various Commands:: Various things. |
328 | * Sending:: Actually sending the message. | |
329 | * Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases. | |
dda5808a | 330 | * Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling. |
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331 | @end menu |
332 | ||
333 | ||
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334 | @node Buffer Entry |
335 | @section Buffer Entry | |
336 | @cindex undo | |
337 | @kindex C-_ | |
338 | ||
339 | You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other | |
340 | message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and | |
341 | may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on | |
342 | which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right, | |
343 | but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings, | |
344 | Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it | |
345 | takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few | |
346 | times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to. | |
347 | ||
348 | ||
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349 | @node Header Commands |
350 | @section Header Commands | |
351 | ||
352 | All these commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't exist, | |
353 | it will be inserted. | |
354 | ||
355 | @table @kbd | |
356 | ||
357 | @item C-c ? | |
358 | @kindex C-c ? | |
359 | @findex message-goto-to | |
360 | Describe the message mode. | |
361 | ||
362 | @item C-c C-f C-t | |
9d3d5390 | 363 | @kindex C-c C-f C-t |
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364 | @findex message-goto-to |
365 | Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}). | |
366 | ||
367 | @item C-c C-f C-b | |
9d3d5390 | 368 | @kindex C-c C-f C-b |
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369 | @findex message-goto-bcc |
370 | Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}). | |
371 | ||
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372 | @item C-c C-f C-w |
373 | @kindex C-c C-f C-w | |
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374 | @findex message-goto-fcc |
375 | Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}). | |
376 | ||
377 | @item C-c C-f C-c | |
9d3d5390 | 378 | @kindex C-c C-f C-c |
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379 | @findex message-goto-cc |
380 | Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}). | |
381 | ||
382 | @item C-c C-f C-s | |
9d3d5390 | 383 | @kindex C-c C-f C-s |
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384 | @findex message-goto-subject |
385 | Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}). | |
386 | ||
387 | @item C-c C-f C-r | |
9d3d5390 | 388 | @kindex C-c C-f C-r |
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389 | @findex message-goto-reply-to |
390 | Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}). | |
391 | ||
392 | @item C-c C-f C-n | |
9d3d5390 | 393 | @kindex C-c C-f C-n |
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394 | @findex message-goto-newsgroups |
395 | Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}). | |
396 | ||
397 | @item C-c C-f C-d | |
9d3d5390 | 398 | @kindex C-c C-f C-d |
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399 | @findex message-goto-distribution |
400 | Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}). | |
401 | ||
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402 | @item C-c C-f C-f |
403 | @kindex C-c C-f C-f | |
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404 | @findex message-goto-followup-to |
405 | Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}). | |
406 | ||
407 | @item C-c C-f C-k | |
9d3d5390 | 408 | @kindex C-c C-f C-k |
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409 | @findex message-goto-keywords |
410 | Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}). | |
411 | ||
412 | @item C-c C-f C-u | |
9d3d5390 | 413 | @kindex C-c C-f C-u |
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414 | @findex message-goto-summary |
415 | Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}). | |
416 | ||
417 | @end table | |
418 | ||
419 | ||
420 | @node Movement | |
421 | @section Movement | |
422 | ||
423 | @table @kbd | |
424 | @item C-c C-b | |
9d3d5390 | 425 | @kindex C-c C-b |
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426 | @findex message-goto-body |
427 | Move to the beginning of the body of the message | |
9d3d5390 | 428 | (@code{message-goto-body}). |
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429 | |
430 | @item C-c C-i | |
9d3d5390 | 431 | @kindex C-c C-i |
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432 | @findex message-goto-signature |
433 | Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}). | |
434 | ||
435 | @end table | |
436 | ||
437 | ||
438 | @node Insertion | |
439 | @section Insertion | |
440 | ||
441 | @table @kbd | |
442 | ||
443 | @item C-c C-y | |
9d3d5390 | 444 | @kindex C-c C-y |
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445 | @findex message-yank-original |
446 | Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer | |
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447 | (@code{message-yank-original}). |
448 | ||
449 | @item C-c M-C-y | |
450 | @kindex C-c M-C-y | |
451 | @findex message-yank-buffer | |
452 | Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the | |
453 | message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}). | |
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454 | |
455 | @item C-c C-q | |
9d3d5390 | 456 | @kindex C-c C-q |
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457 | @findex message-fill-yanked-message |
458 | Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning: | |
459 | Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are | |
460 | strange. You'll quickly get a feel for when it's safe, though. Anyway, | |
461 | just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be | |
462 | all right. | |
463 | ||
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9d3d5390 | 465 | @kindex C-c C-w |
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466 | @findex message-insert-signature |
467 | Insert a signature at the end of the buffer | |
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468 | (@code{message-insert-signature}). |
469 | ||
470 | @item C-c M-h | |
471 | @kindex C-c M-h | |
472 | @findex message-insert-headers | |
473 | Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}). | |
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474 | |
475 | @end table | |
476 | ||
477 | @table @code | |
478 | @item message-ignored-cited-headers | |
479 | @vindex message-ignored-cited-headers | |
480 | All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked | |
481 | messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be | |
482 | removed. | |
483 | ||
484 | @item message-citation-line-function | |
485 | @vindex message-citation-line-function | |
486 | Function called to insert the citation line. The default is | |
487 | @code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines | |
488 | that look like: | |
489 | ||
490 | @example | |
491 | Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes: | |
492 | @end example | |
493 | ||
494 | Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this | |
495 | function is called. | |
496 | ||
497 | @item message-yank-prefix | |
498 | @vindex message-yank-prefix | |
499 | @cindex yanking | |
500 | @cindex quoting | |
501 | When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want | |
502 | to quote the person you are answering. Inserting quoted text is done by | |
503 | @dfn{yanking}, and each quoted line you yank will have | |
504 | @code{message-yank-prefix} prepended to it. The default is @samp{> }. | |
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505 | |
506 | @item message-indentation-spaces | |
507 | @vindex message-indentation-spaces | |
508 | Number of spaces to indent yanked messages. | |
509 | ||
510 | @item message-cite-function | |
511 | @vindex message-cite-function | |
512 | @findex message-cite-original | |
513 | @findex sc-cite-original | |
514 | @findex message-cite-original-without-signature | |
515 | @cindex Supercite | |
516 | Function for citing an original message. The default is | |
517 | @code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message | |
518 | and prepends @samp{> } to each line. | |
519 | @code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides | |
520 | the signature. You can also set it to @code{sc-cite-original} to use | |
521 | Supercite. | |
522 | ||
523 | @item message-indent-citation-function | |
524 | @vindex message-indent-citation-function | |
525 | Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
526 | This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the | |
527 | citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function | |
528 | should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified. | |
529 | ||
530 | @item message-signature | |
531 | @vindex message-signature | |
532 | String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t} | |
533 | (which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be | |
534 | inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be | |
535 | used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead. | |
536 | If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all. | |
537 | ||
538 | @item message-signature-file | |
539 | @vindex message-signature-file | |
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540 | If non-@code{nil} the name of a file containing the signature to be |
541 | inserted at the end of the buffer. This is ignored if the file | |
542 | doesn't exist. The default is @samp{~/.signature}. | |
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543 | |
544 | @end table | |
545 | ||
546 | Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three | |
547 | characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it | |
548 | easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the | |
549 | signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel | |
550 | that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally. | |
551 | ||
552 | Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long. | |
553 | Including ASCII graphics is an efficient way to get everybody to believe | |
554 | that you are silly and have nothing important to say. | |
555 | ||
556 | ||
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557 | @node MIME |
558 | @section MIME | |
559 | @cindex MML | |
560 | @cindex MIME | |
561 | @cindex multipart | |
562 | @cindex attachment | |
563 | ||
564 | Message is a @sc{mime}-compliant posting agent. The user generally | |
565 | doesn't have to do anything to make the @sc{mime} happen---Message will | |
566 | automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and | |
567 | @code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers. | |
568 | ||
569 | The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in | |
570 | @sc{mime} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. This can | |
571 | be done with the @code{C-c C-a} command, which will prompt for a file | |
572 | name and a @sc{mime} type. | |
573 | ||
574 | You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the MML | |
575 | language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME | |
576 | Manual}). | |
577 | ||
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578 | |
579 | @node Various Commands | |
580 | @section Various Commands | |
581 | ||
582 | @table @kbd | |
583 | ||
584 | @item C-c C-r | |
9d3d5390 | 585 | @kindex C-c C-r |
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586 | @findex message-caesar-buffer-body |
587 | Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message | |
588 | (@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just | |
589 | rotate the visible portion of the buffer. A numerical prefix says how | |
590 | many places to rotate the text. The default is 13. | |
591 | ||
592 | @item C-c C-e | |
593 | @kindex C-c C-e | |
594 | @findex message-elide-region | |
595 | Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}). | |
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596 | The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable |
597 | @code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis | |
598 | (@samp{[...]}). | |
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599 | |
600 | @item C-c C-z | |
601 | @kindex C-c C-x | |
602 | @findex message-kill-to-signature | |
603 | Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the | |
604 | end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}). | |
605 | ||
606 | @item C-c C-v | |
607 | @kindex C-c C-v | |
608 | @findex message-delete-not-region | |
609 | Delete all text in the body of the message that is outside the region | |
610 | (@code{message-delete-not-region}). | |
611 | ||
612 | @item M-RET | |
613 | @kindex M-RET | |
614 | @kindex message-newline-and-reformat | |
615 | Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text. | |
616 | ||
617 | Here's an example: | |
618 | ||
619 | @example | |
620 | > This is some quoted text. And here's more quoted text. | |
621 | @end example | |
622 | ||
623 | If point is before @samp{And} and you press @kbd{M-RET}, you'll get: | |
624 | ||
625 | @example | |
626 | > This is some quoted text. | |
627 | ||
628 | * | |
629 | ||
630 | > And here's more quoted text. | |
631 | @end example | |
632 | ||
9d3d5390 | 633 | @samp{*} says where point will be placed. |
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634 | |
635 | @item C-c C-t | |
9d3d5390 | 636 | @kindex C-c C-t |
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637 | @findex message-insert-to |
638 | Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or | |
639 | @code{From} header of the message you're following up | |
9d3d5390 | 640 | (@code{message-insert-to}). |
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641 | |
642 | @item C-c C-n | |
9d3d5390 | 643 | @kindex C-c C-n |
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644 | @findex message-insert-newsgroups |
645 | Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To} | |
646 | or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to | |
647 | (@code{message-insert-newsgroups}). | |
648 | ||
649 | @item C-c M-r | |
650 | @kindex C-c M-r | |
651 | @findex message-rename-buffer | |
652 | Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix, | |
653 | prompt for a new buffer name. | |
654 | ||
655 | @end table | |
656 | ||
657 | ||
658 | @node Sending | |
659 | @section Sending | |
660 | ||
661 | @table @kbd | |
662 | @item C-c C-c | |
9d3d5390 | 663 | @kindex C-c C-c |
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664 | @findex message-send-and-exit |
665 | Send the message and bury the current buffer | |
9d3d5390 | 666 | (@code{message-send-and-exit}). |
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667 | |
668 | @item C-c C-s | |
9d3d5390 | 669 | @kindex C-c C-s |
6bf7aab6 | 670 | @findex message-send |
9d3d5390 | 671 | Send the message (@code{message-send}). |
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672 | |
673 | @item C-c C-d | |
674 | @kindex C-c C-d | |
675 | @findex message-dont-send | |
676 | Bury the message buffer and exit (@code{message-dont-send}). | |
677 | ||
678 | @item C-c C-k | |
679 | @kindex C-c C-k | |
680 | @findex message-kill-buffer | |
681 | Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). | |
682 | ||
683 | @end table | |
684 | ||
685 | ||
686 | ||
687 | @node Mail Aliases | |
688 | @section Mail Aliases | |
689 | @cindex mail aliases | |
690 | @cindex aliases | |
691 | ||
692 | @vindex message-mail-alias-type | |
693 | The @code{message-mail-alias-type} variable controls what type of mail | |
694 | alias expansion to use. Currently only one form is supported---Message | |
695 | uses @code{mailabbrev} to handle mail aliases. If this variable is | |
696 | @code{nil}, no mail alias expansion will be performed. | |
697 | ||
698 | @code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and | |
699 | @file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like: | |
700 | ||
701 | @example | |
702 | alias lmi "Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@ifi.uio.no>" | |
703 | alias ding "ding@@ifi.uio.no (ding mailing list)" | |
704 | @end example | |
705 | ||
706 | After adding lines like this to your @file{~/.mailrc} file, you should | |
707 | be able to just write @samp{lmi} in the @code{To} or @code{Cc} (and so | |
708 | on) headers and press @kbd{SPC} to expand the alias. | |
709 | ||
710 | No expansion will be performed upon sending of the message---all | |
711 | expansions have to be done explicitly. | |
712 | ||
713 | ||
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714 | @node Spelling |
715 | @section Spelling | |
716 | @cindex spelling | |
717 | @findex ispell-message | |
718 | ||
719 | There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages: | |
720 | @code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and | |
721 | probably more popular package. You typically first write the message, | |
722 | and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the | |
723 | typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put | |
724 | something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file: | |
725 | ||
726 | @lisp | |
727 | (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message) | |
728 | @end lisp | |
729 | ||
730 | @vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
731 | If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be | |
732 | controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable: | |
733 | ||
734 | @lisp | |
735 | (setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist | |
736 | '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8") | |
737 | (".*" . "default"))) | |
738 | @end lisp | |
739 | ||
740 | @code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
741 | installed. | |
742 | ||
743 | The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks | |
744 | your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in | |
745 | various ways. | |
746 | ||
747 | To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your | |
748 | @file{.emacs} file: | |
749 | ||
750 | @lisp | |
751 | (defun my-message-setup-routine () | |
752 | (flyspell-mode 1)) | |
753 | (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine) | |
754 | @end lisp | |
755 | ||
756 | @code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command | |
757 | installed. | |
758 | ||
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759 | |
760 | @node Variables | |
761 | @chapter Variables | |
762 | ||
763 | @menu | |
764 | * Message Headers:: General message header stuff. | |
765 | * Mail Headers:: Customizing mail headers. | |
766 | * Mail Variables:: Other mail variables. | |
767 | * News Headers:: Customizing news headers. | |
768 | * News Variables:: Other news variables. | |
769 | * Various Message Variables:: Other message variables. | |
770 | * Sending Variables:: Variables for sending. | |
771 | * Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers. | |
772 | * Message Actions:: Actions to be performed when exiting. | |
773 | @end menu | |
774 | ||
775 | ||
776 | @node Message Headers | |
777 | @section Message Headers | |
778 | ||
779 | Message is quite aggressive on the message generation front. It has to | |
780 | be -- it's a combined news and mail agent. To be able to send combined | |
781 | messages, it has to generate all headers itself (instead of letting the | |
782 | mail/news system do it) to ensure that mail and news copies of messages | |
783 | look sufficiently similar. | |
784 | ||
785 | @table @code | |
786 | ||
787 | @item message-generate-headers-first | |
788 | @vindex message-generate-headers-first | |
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789 | If non-@code{nil}, generate all required headers before starting to |
790 | compose the message. | |
791 | ||
792 | The variables @code{message-required-mail-headers} and | |
793 | @code{message-required-news-headers} specify which headers are required. | |
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794 | |
795 | @item message-from-style | |
796 | @vindex message-from-style | |
797 | Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid | |
798 | values: | |
799 | ||
800 | @table @code | |
801 | @item nil | |
802 | Just the address -- @samp{king@@grassland.com}. | |
803 | ||
804 | @item parens | |
805 | @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}. | |
806 | ||
807 | @item angles | |
808 | @samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}. | |
809 | ||
810 | @item default | |
811 | Look like @code{angles} if that doesn't require quoting, and | |
812 | @code{parens} if it does. If even @code{parens} requires quoting, use | |
813 | @code{angles} anyway. | |
814 | ||
815 | @end table | |
816 | ||
817 | @item message-deletable-headers | |
818 | @vindex message-deletable-headers | |
819 | Headers in this list that were previously generated by Message will be | |
820 | deleted before posting. Let's say you post an article. Then you decide | |
821 | to post it again to some other group, you naughty boy, so you jump back | |
822 | to the @code{*post-buf*} buffer, edit the @code{Newsgroups} line, and | |
823 | ship it off again. By default, this variable makes sure that the old | |
824 | generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If | |
825 | this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would | |
826 | prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world. | |
9d3d5390 | 827 | Allegedly. |
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828 | |
829 | @item message-default-headers | |
830 | @vindex message-default-headers | |
831 | This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
832 | buffers. | |
833 | ||
834 | @item message-subject-re-regexp | |
835 | @vindex message-subject-re-regexp | |
836 | Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This | |
dda5808a | 837 | is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is |
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838 | Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have |
839 | failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software | |
840 | to use abonimations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: } | |
841 | (``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may | |
842 | have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may | |
843 | set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I | |
844 | just throw away non-compliant mail. | |
845 | ||
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846 | @item message-alternative-emails |
847 | @vindex message-alternative-emails | |
848 | A regexp to match the alternative email addresses. The first matched | |
849 | address (not primary one) is used in the @code{From} field. | |
850 | ||
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851 | @end table |
852 | ||
853 | ||
854 | @node Mail Headers | |
855 | @section Mail Headers | |
856 | ||
857 | @table @code | |
858 | @item message-required-mail-headers | |
859 | @vindex message-required-mail-headers | |
860 | @xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is | |
861 | @code{(From Date Subject (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID Lines | |
dda5808a | 862 | (optional . User-Agent))} by default. |
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863 | |
864 | @item message-ignored-mail-headers | |
865 | @vindex message-ignored-mail-headers | |
866 | Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is | |
74ac26b2 | 867 | @samp{^[GF]cc:\|^Resent-Fcc:\|^Xref:}. |
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868 | |
869 | @item message-default-mail-headers | |
870 | @vindex message-default-mail-headers | |
871 | This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
872 | buffers that are initialized as mail. | |
873 | ||
874 | @end table | |
875 | ||
876 | ||
877 | @node Mail Variables | |
9d3d5390 | 878 | @section Mail Variables |
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879 | |
880 | @table @code | |
881 | @item message-send-mail-function | |
882 | @vindex message-send-mail-function | |
883 | Function used to send the current buffer as mail. The default is | |
884 | @code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail}. If you prefer using MH | |
885 | instead, set this variable to @code{message-send-mail-with-mh}. | |
886 | ||
887 | @item message-mh-deletable-headers | |
888 | @vindex message-mh-deletable-headers | |
889 | Most versions of MH doesn't like being fed messages that contain the | |
890 | headers in this variable. If this variable is non-@code{nil} (which is | |
891 | the default), these headers will be removed before mailing when sending | |
892 | messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these | |
893 | headers. | |
894 | ||
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895 | @item message-send-mail-partially-limit |
896 | @vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit | |
897 | The limit on the size of messages sent as @samp{message/partial}. | |
898 | This is the minimum message size in characters beyond which the | |
899 | message should be sent in several parts. If it is @code{nil}, the | |
900 | size is unlimited. | |
901 | ||
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902 | @end table |
903 | ||
904 | ||
905 | @node News Headers | |
906 | @section News Headers | |
907 | ||
908 | @vindex message-required-news-headers | |
909 | @code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These | |
910 | headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's | |
911 | impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid: | |
912 | ||
913 | @table @code | |
914 | ||
915 | @item From | |
916 | @cindex From | |
917 | @findex user-full-name | |
918 | @findex user-mail-address | |
919 | This required header will be filled out with the result of the | |
920 | @code{message-make-from} function, which depends on the | |
921 | @code{message-from-style}, @code{user-full-name}, | |
922 | @code{user-mail-address} variables. | |
923 | ||
924 | @item Subject | |
925 | @cindex Subject | |
9d3d5390 | 926 | This required header will be prompted for if not present already. |
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927 | |
928 | @item Newsgroups | |
929 | @cindex Newsgroups | |
930 | This required header says which newsgroups the article is to be posted | |
931 | to. If it isn't present already, it will be prompted for. | |
932 | ||
933 | @item Organization | |
934 | @cindex organization | |
935 | This optional header will be filled out depending on the | |
936 | @code{message-user-organization} variable. | |
937 | @code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is | |
938 | @code{t}. This variable can also be a string (in which case this string | |
939 | will be used), or it can be a function (which will be called with no | |
940 | parameters and should return a string to be used). | |
941 | ||
942 | @item Lines | |
943 | @cindex Lines | |
944 | This optional header will be computed by Message. | |
945 | ||
946 | @item Message-ID | |
947 | @cindex Message-ID | |
948 | @vindex mail-host-address | |
949 | @findex system-name | |
950 | @cindex Sun | |
951 | This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be | |
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952 | created based on the date, time, user name and system name. Message |
953 | will use @code{system-name} to determine the name of the system. If | |
954 | this isn't a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), Message will use | |
955 | @code{mail-host-address} as the FQDN of the machine. | |
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957 | @item User-Agent |
958 | @cindex User-Agent | |
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959 | This optional header will be filled out according to the |
960 | @code{message-newsreader} local variable. | |
961 | ||
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962 | @item In-Reply-To |
963 | This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From} | |
964 | header of the article being replied to. | |
965 | ||
966 | @item Expires | |
967 | @cindex Expires | |
968 | This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the | |
969 | @code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't | |
970 | be used unless you know what you're doing. | |
971 | ||
972 | @item Distribution | |
973 | @cindex Distribution | |
974 | This optional header is filled out according to the | |
975 | @code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and | |
976 | much misunderstood header. | |
977 | ||
978 | @item Path | |
979 | @cindex path | |
980 | This extremely optional header should probably never be used. | |
981 | However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is | |
982 | present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this | |
983 | @code{Path} header is to look. If it is @code{nil}, use the server name | |
984 | as the leaf node. If it is a string, use the string. If it is neither | |
985 | a string nor @code{nil}, use the user name only. However, it is highly | |
986 | unlikely that you should need to fiddle with this variable at all. | |
987 | @end table | |
988 | ||
989 | @findex yow | |
990 | @cindex Mime-Version | |
991 | In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The car of this cons | |
992 | should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and | |
993 | the cdr can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of | |
994 | this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should | |
995 | return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert | |
996 | @code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")} | |
997 | into the list. If you want to insert a funny quote, you could enter | |
998 | something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function | |
999 | @code{yow} will then be called without any arguments. | |
1000 | ||
1001 | If the list contains a cons where the car of the cons is | |
1002 | @code{optional}, the cdr of this cons will only be inserted if it is | |
1003 | non-@code{nil}. | |
1004 | ||
1005 | Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles: | |
1006 | ||
1007 | @table @code | |
1008 | ||
1009 | @item message-syntax-checks | |
1010 | @vindex message-syntax-checks | |
1011 | Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts. | |
1012 | To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add | |
1013 | ||
1014 | @lisp | |
1015 | (signature . disabled) | |
1016 | @end lisp | |
1017 | ||
1018 | to this list. | |
1019 | ||
1020 | Valid checks are: | |
1021 | ||
1022 | @table @code | |
9d3d5390 | 1023 | @item subject-cmsg |
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1024 | Check the subject for commands. |
1025 | @item sender | |
1026 | @cindex Sender | |
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1027 | Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd. |
1028 | @item multiple-headers | |
6bf7aab6 | 1029 | Check for the existence of multiple equal headers. |
9d3d5390 | 1030 | @item sendsys |
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1031 | @cindex sendsys |
1032 | Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands. | |
1033 | @item message-id | |
1034 | Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks ok. | |
1035 | @item from | |
1036 | Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice. | |
9d3d5390 | 1037 | @item long-lines |
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1038 | @cindex long lines |
1039 | Check for too long lines. | |
1040 | @item control-chars | |
1041 | Check for invalid characters. | |
1042 | @item size | |
1043 | Check for excessive size. | |
1044 | @item new-text | |
1045 | Check whether there is any new text in the messages. | |
1046 | @item signature | |
1047 | Check the length of the signature. | |
1048 | @item approved | |
1049 | @cindex approved | |
1050 | Check whether the article has an @code{Approved} header, which is | |
1051 | something only moderators should include. | |
1052 | @item empty | |
1053 | Check whether the article is empty. | |
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1054 | @item invisible-text |
1055 | Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer. | |
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1056 | @item empty-headers |
1057 | Check whether any of the headers are empty. | |
1058 | @item existing-newsgroups | |
9d3d5390 | 1059 | Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and |
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1060 | @code{Followup-To} headers exist. |
1061 | @item valid-newsgroups | |
1062 | Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1063 | are valid syntactically. | |
1064 | @item repeated-newsgroups | |
1065 | Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers | |
1066 | contains repeated group names. | |
1067 | @item shorten-followup-to | |
1068 | Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number | |
1069 | of groups to post to. | |
1070 | @end table | |
1071 | ||
1072 | All these conditions are checked by default. | |
1073 | ||
1074 | @item message-ignored-news-headers | |
1075 | @vindex message-ignored-news-headers | |
1076 | Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@* | |
1077 | @samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:}. | |
1078 | ||
1079 | @item message-default-news-headers | |
1080 | @vindex message-default-news-headers | |
1081 | This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message | |
1082 | buffers that are initialized as news. | |
1083 | ||
1084 | @end table | |
1085 | ||
1086 | ||
1087 | @node News Variables | |
1088 | @section News Variables | |
1089 | ||
1090 | @table @code | |
1091 | @item message-send-news-function | |
1092 | @vindex message-send-news-function | |
1093 | Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is | |
9d3d5390 | 1094 | @code{message-send-news}. |
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1095 | |
1096 | @item message-post-method | |
1097 | @vindex message-post-method | |
1098 | Gnusish @dfn{select method} (see the Gnus manual for details) used for | |
1099 | posting a prepared news message. | |
1100 | ||
1101 | @end table | |
1102 | ||
1103 | ||
1104 | @node Various Message Variables | |
1105 | @section Various Message Variables | |
1106 | ||
1107 | @table @code | |
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1108 | @item message-default-charset |
1109 | @vindex message-default-charset | |
1110 | @cindex charset | |
1111 | Symbol naming a @sc{mime} charset. Non-ASCII characters in messages are | |
1112 | assumed to be encoded using this charset. The default is @code{nil}, | |
1113 | which means ask the user. (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule} | |
1114 | Emacsen. | |
1115 | @xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, | |
1116 | Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@sc{mime} | |
1117 | translation process. | |
1118 | ||
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1119 | @item message-signature-separator |
1120 | @vindex message-signature-separator | |
1121 | Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by | |
9d3d5390 | 1122 | default. |
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1123 | |
1124 | @item mail-header-separator | |
1125 | @vindex mail-header-separator | |
1126 | String used to separate the headers from the body. It is @samp{--text | |
1127 | follows this line--} by default. | |
1128 | ||
1129 | @item message-directory | |
1130 | @vindex message-directory | |
9d3d5390 | 1131 | Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}. |
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1132 | |
1133 | @item message-signature-setup-hook | |
1134 | @vindex message-signature-setup-hook | |
1135 | Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the | |
9d3d5390 | 1136 | headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted. |
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1137 | |
1138 | @item message-setup-hook | |
1139 | @vindex message-setup-hook | |
1140 | Hook run as the last thing when the message buffer has been initialized, | |
1141 | but before yanked text is inserted. | |
1142 | ||
1143 | @item message-header-setup-hook | |
1144 | @vindex message-header-setup-hook | |
9d3d5390 | 1145 | Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers. |
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1146 | |
1147 | For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a | |
1148 | @samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages | |
1149 | you send to mailing lists, you could do something like the following: | |
1150 | ||
1151 | @lisp | |
1152 | (defun my-message-header-setup-hook () | |
1153 | (let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name ""))) | |
1154 | (when (or (message-fetch-field "newsgroups") | |
1155 | (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-address) | |
1156 | (gnus-group-find-parameter group 'to-list)) | |
1157 | (insert "Mail-Copies-To: never\n")))) | |
1158 | ||
1159 | (add-hook 'message-header-setup-hook | |
1160 | 'my-message-header-setup-hook) | |
1161 | @end lisp | |
1162 | ||
1163 | @item message-send-hook | |
1164 | @vindex message-send-hook | |
1165 | Hook run before sending messages. | |
1166 | ||
1167 | If you want to add certain headers before sending, you can use the | |
1168 | @code{message-add-header} function in this hook. For instance: | |
1169 | @findex message-add-header | |
1170 | ||
1171 | @lisp | |
1172 | (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content) | |
1173 | (defun my-message-add-content () | |
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1174 | (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense") |
1175 | (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no")) | |
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1176 | @end lisp |
1177 | ||
1178 | This function won't add the header if the header is already present. | |
1179 | ||
1180 | @item message-send-mail-hook | |
1181 | @vindex message-send-mail-hook | |
1182 | Hook run before sending mail messages. | |
1183 | ||
1184 | @item message-send-news-hook | |
1185 | @vindex message-send-news-hook | |
1186 | Hook run before sending news messages. | |
1187 | ||
1188 | @item message-sent-hook | |
1189 | @vindex message-sent-hook | |
1190 | Hook run after sending messages. | |
1191 | ||
1192 | @item message-mode-syntax-table | |
1193 | @vindex message-mode-syntax-table | |
1194 | Syntax table used in message mode buffers. | |
1195 | ||
1196 | @item message-send-method-alist | |
1197 | @vindex message-send-method-alist | |
1198 | ||
1199 | Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form | |
1200 | ||
1201 | @lisp | |
1202 | (TYPE PREDICATE FUNCTION) | |
1203 | @end lisp | |
1204 | ||
1205 | @table @var | |
1206 | @item type | |
1207 | A symbol that names the method. | |
1208 | ||
1209 | @item predicate | |
1210 | A function called without any parameters to determine whether the | |
1211 | message is a message of type @var{type}. | |
1212 | ||
1213 | @item function | |
1214 | A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}. | |
1215 | @var{function} is called with one parameter -- the prefix. | |
1216 | @end table | |
1217 | ||
1218 | @lisp | |
1219 | ((news message-news-p message-send-via-news) | |
1220 | (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail)) | |
1221 | @end lisp | |
1222 | ||
1223 | ||
1224 | ||
1225 | @end table | |
1226 | ||
1227 | ||
1228 | ||
1229 | @node Sending Variables | |
1230 | @section Sending Variables | |
1231 | ||
1232 | @table @code | |
1233 | ||
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1234 | @item message-fcc-handler-function |
1235 | @vindex message-fcc-handler-function | |
6bf7aab6 | 1236 | A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be |
9d3d5390 | 1237 | called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default |
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1238 | function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format. |
1239 | ||
1240 | @item message-courtesy-message | |
1241 | @vindex message-courtesy-message | |
1242 | When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of | |
1243 | the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the | |
1244 | newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If | |
1245 | this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added. | |
1246 | The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of | |
9d3d5390 | 1247 | an article\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\n\n"}. |
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1248 | |
1249 | @end table | |
1250 | ||
1251 | ||
1252 | @node Message Buffers | |
1253 | @section Message Buffers | |
1254 | ||
1255 | Message will generate new buffers with unique buffer names when you | |
1256 | request a message buffer. When you send the message, the buffer isn't | |
1257 | normally killed off. Its name is changed and a certain number of old | |
1258 | message buffers are kept alive. | |
1259 | ||
1260 | @table @code | |
1261 | @item message-generate-new-buffers | |
1262 | @vindex message-generate-new-buffers | |
1263 | If non-@code{nil}, generate new buffers. The default is @code{t}. If | |
1264 | this is a function, call that function with three parameters: The type, | |
1265 | the to address and the group name. (Any of these may be @code{nil}.) | |
1266 | The function should return the new buffer name. | |
1267 | ||
1268 | @item message-max-buffers | |
1269 | @vindex message-max-buffers | |
1270 | This variable says how many old message buffers to keep. If there are | |
1271 | more message buffers than this, the oldest buffer will be killed. The | |
1272 | default is 10. If this variable is @code{nil}, no old message buffers | |
1273 | will ever be killed. | |
1274 | ||
1275 | @item message-send-rename-function | |
1276 | @vindex message-send-rename-function | |
1277 | After sending a message, the buffer is renamed from, for instance, | |
1278 | @samp{*reply to Lars*} to @samp{*sent reply to Lars*}. If you don't | |
1279 | like this, set this variable to a function that renames the buffer in a | |
1280 | manner you like. If you don't want to rename the buffer at all, you can | |
1281 | say: | |
1282 | ||
1283 | @lisp | |
1284 | (setq message-send-rename-function 'ignore) | |
1285 | @end lisp | |
1286 | ||
1287 | @item message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
1288 | @findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit | |
1289 | If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit. | |
1290 | ||
1291 | @end table | |
1292 | ||
1293 | ||
1294 | @node Message Actions | |
1295 | @section Message Actions | |
1296 | ||
1297 | When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely | |
1298 | to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps | |
1299 | return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as | |
9d3d5390 | 1300 | replied. |
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1301 | |
1302 | @vindex message-kill-actions | |
1303 | @vindex message-postpone-actions | |
1304 | @vindex message-exit-actions | |
1305 | @vindex message-send-actions | |
1306 | The user may exit from the message buffer in various ways. The most | |
1307 | common is @kbd{C-c C-c}, which sends the message and exits. Other | |
1308 | possibilities are @kbd{C-c C-s} which just sends the message, @kbd{C-c | |
1309 | C-d} which postpones the message editing and buries the message buffer, | |
1310 | and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions | |
1311 | have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed: | |
1312 | @code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions}, | |
9d3d5390 | 1313 | @code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}. |
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1314 | |
1315 | Message provides a function to interface with these lists: | |
1316 | @code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be | |
1317 | added, and the rest of the arguments are which lists to add this action | |
1318 | to. Here's an example from Gnus: | |
1319 | ||
1320 | @lisp | |
1321 | (message-add-action | |
1322 | `(set-window-configuration ,(current-window-configuration)) | |
1323 | 'exit 'postpone 'kill) | |
1324 | @end lisp | |
1325 | ||
1326 | This restores the Gnus window configuration when the message buffer is | |
1327 | killed, postponed or exited. | |
1328 | ||
1329 | An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the | |
1330 | @code{car} is a function and the @code{cdr} is the list of arguments, or | |
1331 | a form to be @code{eval}ed. | |
1332 | ||
1333 | ||
1334 | @node Compatibility | |
1335 | @chapter Compatibility | |
1336 | @cindex compatibility | |
1337 | ||
1338 | Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-} | |
1339 | variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables | |
1340 | into account, you can put the following in your @code{.emacs} file: | |
1341 | ||
1342 | @lisp | |
1343 | (require 'messcompat) | |
1344 | @end lisp | |
1345 | ||
1346 | This will initialize many Message variables from the values in the | |
1347 | corresponding mail variables. | |
1348 | ||
1349 | ||
1350 | @node Appendices | |
1351 | @chapter Appendices | |
1352 | ||
1353 | @menu | |
1354 | * Responses:: Standard rules for determining where responses go. | |
1355 | @end menu | |
1356 | ||
1357 | ||
1358 | @node Responses | |
1359 | @section Responses | |
1360 | ||
1361 | To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used | |
1362 | by default. | |
1363 | ||
1364 | @table @dfn | |
1365 | @item reply | |
1366 | A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who | |
1367 | sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To | |
1368 | determine who the recipient will be, the following headers are | |
1369 | consulted, in turn: | |
1370 | ||
1371 | @table @code | |
1372 | @item Reply-To | |
1373 | ||
1374 | @item From | |
1375 | @end table | |
1376 | ||
1377 | ||
1378 | @item wide reply | |
1379 | A @dfn{wide reply} is a mail response that includes @emph{all} entities | |
1380 | mentioned in the message you are responded to. All mailboxes from the | |
1381 | following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing | |
1382 | @code{To}/@code{Cc} headers: | |
1383 | ||
1384 | @table @code | |
1385 | @item From | |
1386 | (unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead). | |
1387 | ||
1388 | @item Cc | |
1389 | ||
1390 | @item To | |
1391 | @end table | |
1392 | ||
1393 | If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will also be included | |
1394 | in the list of mailboxes. If this header is @samp{never}, that means | |
1395 | that the @code{From} (or @code{Reply-To}) mailbox will be suppressed. | |
1396 | ||
1397 | ||
1398 | @item followup | |
1399 | A @dfn{followup} is a response sent via news. The following headers | |
1400 | (listed in order of precedence) determine where the response is to be | |
1401 | sent: | |
1402 | ||
1403 | @table @code | |
1404 | ||
1405 | @item Followup-To | |
1406 | ||
1407 | @item Newsgroups | |
1408 | ||
1409 | @end table | |
1410 | ||
1411 | If a @code{Mail-Copies-To} header is present, it will be used as the | |
1412 | basis of the new @code{Cc} header, except if this header is | |
1413 | @samp{never}. | |
1414 | ||
1415 | @end table | |
1416 | ||
1417 | ||
1418 | ||
1419 | @node Index | |
1420 | @chapter Index | |
1421 | @printindex cp | |
1422 | ||
1423 | @node Key Index | |
1424 | @chapter Key Index | |
1425 | @printindex ky | |
1426 | ||
1427 | @summarycontents | |
1428 | @contents | |
1429 | @bye | |
1430 | ||
1431 | @c End: |