This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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* Forwarding:: Forwarding a message via news or mail.
* Resending:: Resending a mail message.
* Bouncing:: Bouncing a mail message.
+* Mailing Lists:: Send mail to mailing lists.
@end menu
@code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as
@code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}).
-@findex message-dont-reply-to-names
+@vindex message-dont-reply-to-names
Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular
expression will be removed from the @code{Cc} header.
+@vindex message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients
+If @code{message-wide-reply-confirm-recipients} is non-@code{nil} you
+will be asked to confirm that you want to reply to multiple
+recipients. The default is @code{nil}.
@node Followup
@section Followup
The @code{message-cancel-news} command cancels the article in the
current buffer.
+@vindex message-cancel-message
+The value of @code{message-cancel-message} is inserted in the body of
+the cancel message. The default is @samp{I am canceling my own
+article.}.
+
@node Superseding
@section Superseding
@item message-forward-as-mime
@vindex message-forward-as-mime
If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are
-included as inline MIME RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded
+included as inline @sc{mime} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded
messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous,
-non MIME-savvy versions of gnus would do.
+non @sc{mime}-savvy versions of gnus would do.
+
+@item message-forward-before-signature
+@vindex message-forward-before-signature
+If non-@code{nil}, put forwarded message before signature, else after.
+
@end table
@samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\):}.
+@node Mailing Lists
+@section Mailing Lists
+
+Sometimes while posting to mailing lists, the poster needs to direct
+followups to the post to specific places. The Mail-Followup-To (MFT)
+was created to enable just this. Two example scenarios where this is
+useful:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be
+sent to just the list, and not the poster as well. This will happen
+if the poster is already subscribed to the list.
+
+@item
+A mailing list poster can use MFT to express that responses should be
+sent to the list and the poster as well. This will happen if the poster
+is not subscribed to the list.
+
+@item
+If a message is posted to several mailing lists, MFT may also be used
+to direct the following discussion to one list only, because
+discussions that are spread over several lists tend to be fragmented
+and very difficult to follow.
+
+@end itemize
+
+Gnus honors the MFT header in other's messages (i.e. while following
+up to someone else's post) and also provides support for generating
+sensible MFT headers for outgoing messages as well.
+
+@c @menu
+@c * Honoring an MFT post:: What to do when one already exists
+@c * Composing with a MFT header:: Creating one from scratch.
+@c @end menu
+
+@c @node Composing with a MFT header
+@subsection Composing a correct MFT header automagically
+
+The first step in getting Gnus to automagically generate a MFT header
+in posts you make is to give Gnus a list of the mailing lists
+addresses you are subscribed to. You can do this in more than one
+way. The following variables would come in handy.
+
+@table @code
+
+@vindex message-subscribed-addresses
+@item message-subscribed-addresses
+This should be a list of addresses the user is subscribed to. Its
+default value is @code{nil}. Example:
+@lisp
+(setq message-subscribed-addresses
+ '("ding@@gnus.org" "bing@@noose.org"))
+@end lisp
+
+@vindex message-subscribed-regexps
+@item message-subscribed-regexps
+This should be a list of regexps denoting the addresses of mailing
+lists subscribed to. Default value is @code{nil}. Example: If you
+want to achieve the same result as above:
+@lisp
+(setq message-subscribed-regexps
+ '("\\(ding@@gnus\\)\\|\\(bing@@noose\\)\\.org")
+@end lisp
+
+@vindex message-subscribed-address-functions
+@item message-subscribed-address-functions
+This can be a list of functions to be called (one at a time!!) to
+determine the value of MFT headers. It is advisable that these
+functions not take any arguments. Default value is @code{nil}.
+
+There is a pre-defined function in Gnus that is a good candidate for
+this variable. @code{gnus-find-subscribed-addresses} is a function
+that returns a list of addresses corresponding to the groups that have
+the @code{subscribed} (@pxref{(gnus)subscribed})
+group parameter set to a non-nil value. This is how you would do it.
+
+@lisp
+(setq message-subscribed-address-functions
+ '(gnus-find-subscribed-addresses))
+@end lisp
+
+@vindex message-subscribed-address-file
+@item message-subscribed-address-file
+You might be one organised human freak and have a list of addresses of
+all subscribed mailing lists in a separate file! Then you can just
+set this variable to the name of the file and life would be good.
+
+@end table
+
+You can use one or more of the above variables. All their values are
+``added'' in some way that works :-)
+
+Now you are all set. Just start composing a message as you normally do.
+And just send it; as always. Just before the message is sent out, Gnus'
+MFT generation thingy kicks in and checks if the message already has a
+MFT field. If there is one, it is left alone. (Except if it's empty -
+in that case, the field is removed and is not replaced with an
+automatically generated one. This lets you disable MFT generation on a
+per-message basis.) If there is none, then the list of recipient
+addresses (in the To: and Cc: headers) is checked to see if one of them
+is a list address you are subscribed to. If none of them is a list
+address, then no MFT is generated; otherwise, a MFT is added to the
+other headers and set to the value of all addresses in To: and Cc:
+
+@kindex C-c C-f C-a
+@findex message-gen-unsubscribed-mft
+@kindex C-c C-f C-m
+@findex message-goto-mail-followup-to
+Hm. ``So'', you ask, ``what if I send an email to a list I am not
+subscribed to? I want my MFT to say that I want an extra copy.''
+(This is supposed to be interpreted by others the same way as if there
+were no MFT, but you can use an explicit MFT to override someone
+else's to-address group parameter.) The function
+@code{message-gen-unsubscribed-mft} might come in handy. It is bound
+to @kbd{C-c C-f C-a} by default. In any case, you can insert a MFT of
+your own choice; @kbd{C-c C-f C-m}
+(@code{message-goto-mail-followup-to}) will help you get started.
+
+@c @node Honoring an MFT post
+@subsection Honoring an MFT post
+
+@vindex message-use-mail-followup-to
+When you followup to a post on a mailing list, and the post has a MFT
+header, Gnus' action will depend on the value of the variable
+@code{message-use-mail-followup-to}. This variable can be one of:
+
+@table @code
+@item use
+ Always honor MFTs. The To: and Cc: headers in your followup will be
+ derived from the MFT header of the original post. This is the default.
+
+@item nil
+ Always dishonor MFTs (just ignore the darned thing)
+
+@item ask
+Gnus will prompt you for an action.
+
+@end table
+
+It is considered good nettiquette to honor MFT, as it is assumed the
+fellow who posted a message knows where the followups need to go
+better than you do.
+
@node Commands
@chapter Commands
@node Header Commands
@section Header Commands
-All these commands move to the header in question. If it doesn't exist,
-it will be inserted.
+All these commands move to the header in question (except for the
+@samp{Importance:} related commands). If it doesn't exist, it will be
+inserted.
@table @kbd
@item C-c ?
@kindex C-c ?
-@findex message-goto-to
+@findex describe-mode
Describe the message mode.
@item C-c C-f C-t
@findex message-goto-to
Go to the @code{To} header (@code{message-goto-to}).
+@item C-c C-f C-o
+@kindex C-c C-f C-o
+@findex message-goto-from
+Go to the @code{From} header (@code{message-goto-from}). (The ``o''
+in the key binding is for Originator.)
+
@item C-c C-f C-b
@kindex C-c C-f C-b
@findex message-goto-bcc
@findex message-goto-summary
Go to the @code{Summary} header (@code{message-goto-summary}).
+@item C-c C-f C-i
+@kindex C-c C-f C-i
+@findex message-insert-or-toggle-importance
+This inserts the @samp{Importance:} header with a value of
+@samp{high}. This header is used to signal the importance of the
+message to the receiver. If the header is already present in the
+buffer, it cycles between the three valid values according to RFC
+1376: @samp{low}, @samp{normal} and @samp{high}.
+
+@item M-x message-insert-importance-high
+@kindex M-x message-insert-importance-high
+@findex message-insert-importance-high
+Insert a @samp{Importance:} header with a value of @samp{high},
+deleting headers if necessary.
+
+@item M-x message-insert-importance-low
+@kindex M-x message-insert-importance-low
+@findex message-insert-importance-low
+Insert a @samp{Importance:} header with a value of @samp{low},
+deleting headers if necessary.
+
@end table
@findex message-goto-signature
Move to the signature of the message (@code{message-goto-signature}).
+@item C-a
+@kindex C-a
+@findex message-beginning-of-line
+If at beginning of header value, go to beginning of line, else go to
+beginning of header value. (The header value comes after the header
+name and the colon.)
+
@end table
@kindex C-c C-y
@findex message-yank-original
Yank the message in the buffer @code{gnus-article-copy} into the message
-buffer. Normally @code{gnus-article-copy} is what you are replying to
+buffer. Normally @code{gnus-article-copy} is what you are replying to
(@code{message-yank-original}).
-@item C-c M-C-y
-@kindex C-c M-C-y
+@item C-c C-M-y
+@kindex C-c C-M-y
@findex message-yank-buffer
Prompt for a buffer name and yank the contents of that buffer into the
message buffer (@code{message-yank-buffer}).
@findex message-insert-headers
Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}).
-@end table
-
-@table @code
-@item message-ignored-cited-headers
-@vindex message-ignored-cited-headers
-All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked
-messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be
-removed.
-
-@item message-cite-prefix-regexp
-@vindex message-cite-prefix-regexp
-Regexp matching the longest possible citation prefix on a line.
-
-@item message-citation-line-function
-@vindex message-citation-line-function
-@cindex attribution line
-Function called to insert the citation line. The default is
-@code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines
-that look like:
-
-@example
-Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes:
-@end example
-
-Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this
-function is called.
-
-Note that Gnus provides a feature where clicking on `writes:' hides the
-cited text. If you change the citation line too much, readers of your
-messages will have to adjust their Gnus, too. See the variable
-@code{gnus-cite-attribution-suffix}. @xref{Article Highlighting, ,
-Article Highlighting, gnus}, for details.
-
-@item message-yank-prefix
-@vindex message-yank-prefix
-@cindex yanking
-@cindex quoting
-When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want
-to quote the person you are answering. Inserting quoted text is done
-by @dfn{yanking}, and each quoted line you yank (except earlier
-quotes, see @code{message-yank-cited-prefix}) will have
-@code{message-yank-prefix} prepended to it. The default is @samp{> }.
-
-@item message-yank-cited-prefix
-@vindex message-yank-cited-prefix
-@cindex yanking
-@cindex cited
-@cindex quoting
-The @code{message-yank-prefix} prefix is not used on already cited
-lines, instead the contents of this variable is used as yank prefix.
-The default is @samp{>}.
-
-@item message-yank-add-new-references
-@vindex message-yank-add-new-references
-@cindex yanking
-Non-@code{nil} means new IDs will be added to References field when an
-article is yanked by the command @code{message-yank-original}
-interactively. If it is a symbol @code{message-id-only}, only an ID
-from Message-ID field is used, otherwise IDs extracted from References,
-In-Reply-To and Message-ID fields are used.
-
-@item message-list-references-add-position
-@vindex message-list-references-add-position
-@cindex yanking
-Integer value means position for adding to References field when an
-article is yanked by the command @code{message-yank-original}
-interactively.
-
-@item message-indentation-spaces
-@vindex message-indentation-spaces
-Number of spaces to indent yanked messages.
-
-@item message-cite-function
-@vindex message-cite-function
-@findex message-cite-original
-@findex sc-cite-original
-@findex message-cite-original-without-signature
-@cindex Supercite
-Function for citing an original message. The default is
-@code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message
-and prepends @samp{> } to each line.
-@code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides
-the signature. You can also set it to @code{sc-cite-original} to use
-Supercite.
-
-@item message-suspend-font-lock-when-citing
-@vindex message-suspend-font-lock-when-citing
-If non-@code{nil}, suspend font-lock'ing while citing an original
-message. Some lazy demand-driven fontification tools (or Emacs itself)
-have a bug that they often miss a buffer to be fontified. It will
-mostly occur when Emacs prompts user for any inputs in the minibuffer.
-Setting this option to non-@code{nil} may help you to avoid unpleasant
-errors even if it is an add-hoc expedient.
-
-@item message-indent-citation-function
-@vindex message-indent-citation-function
-Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer.
-This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the
-citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function
-should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified.
-
-@item message-signature
-@vindex message-signature
-String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t}
-(which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be
-inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be
-used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead.
-If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all.
-
-@item message-signature-file
-@vindex message-signature-file
-File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer.
-The default is @samp{~/.signature}.
+@item C-c M-n
+@kindex C-c M-n
+@findex message-insert-disposition-notification-to
+Insert a request for a disposition
+notification. (@code{message-insert-disposition-notification-to}).
+This means that if the recipient support RFC 2298 she might send you a
+notification that she received the message.
@end table
-Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three
-characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it
-easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the
-signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel
-that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally.
-
-Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long.
-Including ASCII graphics is an efficient way to get everybody to believe
-that you are silly and have nothing important to say.
-
@node MIME
@section MIME
The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in
@sc{mime} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. This can
-be done with the @code{C-c C-a} command, which will prompt for a file
+be done with the @kbd{C-c C-a} command, which will prompt for a file
name and a @sc{mime} type.
You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the MML
@section Security
@cindex Security
@cindex S/MIME
+@cindex PGP
@cindex PGP/MIME
@cindex sign
@cindex encrypt
+@cindex secure
Using the MML language, Message is able to create digitally signed and
-digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather MML) currently support
-PGP/MIME and S/MIME. Instructing MML to perform security operations on
-a MIME part is done using the @code{C-c C-m s} key map for signing and the
-@code{C-c C-m c} key map for encryption, as follows.
+digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather MML) currently
+support PGP (RFC 1991), @sc{pgp/mime} (RFC 2015/3156) and @sc{s/mime}.
+Instructing MML to perform security operations on a @sc{mime} part is
+done using the @kbd{C-c C-m s} key map for signing and the @kbd{C-c
+C-m c} key map for encryption, as follows.
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-m s s
@kindex C-c C-m s s
-@findex mml-secure-sign-smime
+@findex mml-secure-message-sign-smime
-Digitally sign current MIME part using S/MIME.
+Digitally sign current message using @sc{s/mime}.
+
+@item C-c C-m s o
+@kindex C-c C-m s o
+@findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgp
+
+Digitally sign current message using PGP.
@item C-c C-m s p
@kindex C-c C-m s p
-@findex mml-secure-sign-pgp
+@findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
-Digitally sign current MIME part using PGP/MIME.
+Digitally sign current message using @sc{pgp/mime}.
@item C-c C-m c s
@kindex C-c C-m c s
-@findex mml-secure-encrypt-smime
+@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-smime
+
+Digitally encrypt current message using @sc{s/mime}.
-Digitally encrypt current MIME part using S/MIME.
+@item C-c C-m c o
+@kindex C-c C-m c o
+@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp
+
+Digitally encrypt current message using PGP.
@item C-c C-m c p
@kindex C-c C-m c p
-@findex mml-secure-encrypt-pgpmime
+@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+
+Digitally encrypt current message using @sc{pgp/mime}.
-Digitally encrypt current MIME part using PGP/MIME.
+@item C-c C-m C-n
+@kindex C-c C-m C-n
+@findex mml-unsecure-message
+Remove security related MML tags from message.
@end table
These commands do not immediately sign or encrypt the message, they
-merely insert proper MML tags to instruct the MML engine to perform that
-operation when the message is actually sent. They may perform other
-operations too, such as locating and retrieving a S/MIME certificate of
-the person you wish to send encrypted mail to.
+merely insert the proper MML secure tag to instruct the MML engine to
+perform that operation when the message is actually sent. They may
+perform other operations too, such as locating and retrieving a
+@sc{s/mime} certificate of the person you wish to send encrypted mail
+to. When the mml parsing engine converts your MML into a properly
+encoded @sc{mime} message, the secure tag will be replaced with either
+a part or a multipart tag. If your message contains other mml parts,
+a multipart tag will be used; if no other parts are present in your
+message a single part tag will be used. This way, message mode will
+do the Right Thing (TM) with signed/encrypted multipart messages.
Since signing and especially encryption often is used when sensitive
information is sent, you may want to have some way to ensure that your
mail is actually signed or encrypted. After invoking the above
sign/encrypt commands, it is possible to preview the raw article by
-using @code{C-u C-m P} (@code{mml-preview}). Then you can verify that
-your long rant about what your ex-significant other or whomever actually
-did with that funny looking person at that strange party the other
-night, actually will be sent encrypted.
+using @kbd{C-u C-c RET P} (@code{mml-preview}). Then you can
+verify that your long rant about what your ex-significant other or
+whomever actually did with that funny looking person at that strange
+party the other night, actually will be sent encrypted.
-@emph{Note!} Neither PGP/MIME nor S/MIME encrypt/signs RFC822 headers.
-They only operate on the MIME object. Keep this in mind before sending
-mail with a sensitive Subject line.
+@emph{Note!} Neither @sc{pgp/mime} nor @sc{s/mime} encrypt/signs
+RFC822 headers. They only operate on the @sc{mime} object. Keep this
+in mind before sending mail with a sensitive Subject line.
Actually using the security commands above is not very difficult. At
least not compared with making sure all involved programs talk with each
@subsection Using S/MIME
@emph{Note!} This section assume you have a basic familiarity with
-modern cryptography, S/MIME, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and so on.
-
-The S/MIME support in Message (and MML) require OpenSSL. OpenSSL
-perform the actual S/MIME sign/encrypt operations. OpenSSL can be found
-at @code{http://www.openssl.org/}. OpenSSL 0.9.6 and later should work.
-Version 0.9.5a cannot extract mail addresses from certificates, and it
-insert a spurious CR character into MIME separators so you may wish to
-avoid it if you would like to avoid being regarded as someone who send
-strange mail. (Although by sending S/MIME messages you've probably
-already lost that contest.)
+modern cryptography, @sc{s/mime}, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and
+so on.
+
+The @sc{s/mime} support in Message (and MML) require OpenSSL. OpenSSL
+perform the actual @sc{s/mime} sign/encrypt operations. OpenSSL can
+be found at @uref{http://www.openssl.org/}. OpenSSL 0.9.6 and later
+should work. Version 0.9.5a cannot extract mail addresses from
+certificates, and it insert a spurious CR character into @sc{mime}
+separators so you may wish to avoid it if you would like to avoid
+being regarded as someone who send strange mail. (Although by sending
+@sc{s/mime} messages you've probably already lost that contest.)
To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not
required. Message (MML) need a certificate for the person to whom you
wish to communicate with though. You're asked for this when you type
-@code{C-c C-m c s}. Currently there are two ways to retrieve this
-certificate, from a local file or from DNS. If you chose a local file,
-it need to contain a X.509 certificate in PEM format. If you chose DNS,
-you're asked for the domain name where the certificate is stored, the
-default is a good guess. To my belief, Message (MML) is the first mail
-agent in the world to support retrieving S/MIME certificates from DNS,
-so you're not likely to find very many certificates out there. At least
-there should be one, stored at the domain @code{simon.josefsson.org}.
-LDAP is a more popular method of distributing certificates, support for
-it is planned. (Meanwhile, you can use @code{ldapsearch} from the
-command line to retrieve a certificate into a file and use it.)
+@kbd{C-c C-m c s}. Currently there are two ways to retrieve this
+certificate, from a local file or from DNS. If you chose a local
+file, it need to contain a X.509 certificate in PEM format. If you
+chose DNS, you're asked for the domain name where the certificate is
+stored, the default is a good guess. To my belief, Message (MML) is
+the first mail agent in the world to support retrieving @sc{s/mime}
+certificates from DNS, so you're not likely to find very many
+certificates out there. At least there should be one, stored at the
+domain @code{simon.josefsson.org}. LDAP is a more popular method of
+distributing certificates, support for it is planned. (Meanwhile, you
+can use @code{ldapsearch} from the command line to retrieve a
+certificate into a file and use it.)
As for signing messages, OpenSSL can't perform signing operations
without some kind of configuration. Especially, you need to tell it
where your private key and your certificate is stored. MML uses an
-Emacs interface to OpenSSL, aptly named @code{smime.el}, and it contain
-a @code{custom} group used for this configuration. So, try @code{M-x
-customize-group RET smime RET} and look around.
-
-Currently there is no support for talking to a CA (or RA) to create your
-own certificate. None is planned either. You need to do this manually
-with OpenSSL or using some other program. I used Netscape and got a
-free S/MIME certificate from one of the big CA's on the net. Netscape
-is able to export your private key and certificate in PKCS #12 format.
-Use OpenSSL to convert this into a plain X.509 certificate in PEM format
-as follows.
+Emacs interface to OpenSSL, aptly named @code{smime.el}, and it
+contain a @code{custom} group used for this configuration. So, try
+@kbd{M-x customize-group RET smime RET} and look around.
+
+Currently there is no support for talking to a CA (or RA) to create
+your own certificate. None is planned either. You need to do this
+manually with OpenSSL or using some other program. I used Netscape
+and got a free @sc{s/mime} certificate from one of the big CA's on the
+net. Netscape is able to export your private key and certificate in
+PKCS #12 format. Use OpenSSL to convert this into a plain X.509
+certificate in PEM format as follows.
@example
$ openssl pkcs12 -in ns.p12 -clcerts -nodes > key+cert.pem
@end example
-The @code{key+cert.pem} file should be pointed to from the
+The @file{key+cert.pem} file should be pointed to from the
@code{smime-keys} variable. You should now be able to send signed mail.
@emph{Note!} Your private key is store unencrypted in the file, so take
@subsection Using PGP/MIME
-PGP/MIME requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such as GNU
-Privacy Guard (@code{http://www.gnupg.org/}). It also requires an Emacs
-interface to it, such as Mailcrypt (available from
-@code{http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html}) or
+@sc{pgp/mime} requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such as GNU
+Privacy Guard (@uref{http://www.gnupg.org/}). It also requires an
+Emacs interface to it, such as Mailcrypt (available from
+@uref{http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html}) or
Florian Weimer's @code{gpg.el}.
+@vindex gpg-temp-directory
+Note, if you are using the @code{gpg.el} you must make sure that the
+path specified by @code{gpg-temp-directory} have permissions 0700.
+
Creating your own OpenPGP key is described in detail in the
documentation of your OpenPGP implementation, so we refer to it.
@item C-c C-e
@kindex C-c C-e
@findex message-elide-region
+@vindex message-elide-ellipsis
Elide the text between point and mark (@code{message-elide-region}).
The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable
@code{message-elide-ellipsis}. The default value is to use an ellipsis
@item M-RET
@kindex M-RET
-@kindex message-newline-and-reformat
+@findex message-newline-and-reformat
Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text.
Here's an example:
or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to
(@code{message-insert-newsgroups}).
+@item C-c C-o
+@kindex C-c C-o
+@findex message-sort-headers
+@vindex message-header-format-alist
+Sort headers according to @code{message-header-format-alist}
+(@code{message-sort-headers}).
+
@item C-c M-r
@kindex C-c M-r
@findex message-rename-buffer
@item C-c C-k
@kindex C-c C-k
@findex message-kill-buffer
-Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}).
+Kill the message buffer and exit (@code{message-kill-buffer}). It will
+delete the message frame if it has been created exclusively for the
+message buffer. If the option
+@code{message-kill-buffer-and-remove-file} is non-@code{nil} and the
+backup file has been created for the message buffer, it will also remove
+the file after prompting to the user.
+
+@item C-x k
+@kindex C-x k
+@findex message-mimic-kill-buffer
+@vindex message-kill-buffer-and-remove-file
+This is an imitation for @code{kill-buffer}
+(@code{message-mimic-kill-buffer}). It dynamically binds the variable
+@code{message-kill-buffer-and-remove-file} to @code{nil} and calls the
+function @code{message-kill-buffer}.
@end table
* Mail Variables:: Other mail variables.
* News Headers:: Customizing news headers.
* News Variables:: Other news variables.
+* Insertion Variables:: Customizing how things are inserted.
* Various Message Variables:: Other message variables.
* Sending Variables:: Variables for sending.
* Message Buffers:: How Message names its buffers.
@item message-subject-re-regexp
@vindex message-subject-re-regexp
+@cindex Aw:
+@cindex Sv:
+@cindex Re:
Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This
is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but is
Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have
set this variable to a regexp that matches these prefixes. Myself, I
just throw away non-compliant mail.
+Here's an example of a value to deal with these headers when
+responding to a message:
+
+@lisp
+(setq message-subject-re-regexp
+ "^\\(\\(\\([Rr][Ee]\\|[Ss][Vv]\\|[Aa][Ww]\\): *\\)+\\))
+@end lisp
+
@item message-alternative-emails
@vindex message-alternative-emails
A regexp to match the alternative email addresses. The first matched
messages via MH. Set it to @code{nil} if your MH can handle these
headers.
+@item message-qmail-inject-program
+@vindex message-qmail-inject-program
+@cindex qmail
+Location of the qmail-inject program.
+
+@item message-qmail-inject-args
+@vindex message-qmail-inject-args
+Arguments passed to qmail-inject programs.
+This should be a list of strings, one string for each argument. It
+may also be a function.
+
+For e.g., if you wish to set the envelope sender address so that bounces
+go to the right place or to deal with listserv's usage of that address, you
+might set this variable to @code{'("-f" "you@@some.where")}.
+
+@item message-sendmail-f-is-evil
+@vindex message-sendmail-f-is-evil
+@cindex sendmail
+Non-@code{nil} means don't add @samp{-f username} to the sendmail
+command line. Doing so would be even more evil than leaving it out.
+
+@item message-mailer-swallows-blank-line
+@vindex message-mailer-swallows-blank-line
+Set this to non-@code{nil} if the system's mailer runs the header and
+body together. (This problem exists on Sunos 4 when sendmail is run
+in remote mode.) The value should be an expression to test whether
+the problem will actually occur.
+
@item message-send-mail-partially-limit
@vindex message-send-mail-partially-limit
The limitation of messages sent as message/partial.
@item Organization
@cindex organization
+@vindex message-user-organization
+@vindex message-user-organization-file
This optional header will be filled out depending on the
@code{message-user-organization} variable.
@code{message-user-organization-file} will be used if this variable is
@item Expires
@cindex Expires
+@vindex message-expires
This extremely optional header will be inserted according to the
@code{message-expires} variable. It is highly deprecated and shouldn't
be used unless you know what you're doing.
@item Distribution
@cindex Distribution
+@vindex message-distribution-function
This optional header is filled out according to the
@code{message-distribution-function} variable. It is a deprecated and
much misunderstood header.
@item Path
@cindex path
+@vindex message-user-path
This extremely optional header should probably never be used.
However, some @emph{very} old servers require that this header is
present. @code{message-user-path} further controls how this
@end table
+@node Insertion Variables
+@section Insertion Variables
+
+@table @code
+@item message-ignored-cited-headers
+@vindex message-ignored-cited-headers
+All headers that match this regexp will be removed from yanked
+messages. The default is @samp{.}, which means that all headers will be
+removed.
+
+@item message-cite-prefix-regexp
+@vindex message-cite-prefix-regexp
+Regexp matching the longest possible citation prefix on a line.
+
+@item message-citation-line-function
+@vindex message-citation-line-function
+@cindex attribution line
+Function called to insert the citation line. The default is
+@code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines
+that look like:
+
+@example
+Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes:
+@end example
+
+Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this
+function is called.
+
+Note that Gnus provides a feature where clicking on `writes:' hides the
+cited text. If you change the citation line too much, readers of your
+messages will have to adjust their Gnus, too. See the variable
+@code{gnus-cite-attribution-suffix}. @xref{Article Highlighting, ,
+Article Highlighting, gnus}, for details.
+
+@item message-yank-prefix
+@vindex message-yank-prefix
+@cindex yanking
+@cindex quoting
+When you are replying to or following up an article, you normally want
+to quote the person you are answering. Inserting quoted text is done
+by @dfn{yanking}, and each line you yank will have
+@code{message-yank-prefix} prepended to it (except for quoted and
+empty lines which uses @code{message-yank-cited-prefix}). The default
+is @samp{> }.
+
+@item message-yank-cited-prefix
+@vindex message-yank-cited-prefix
+@cindex yanking
+@cindex cited
+@cindex quoting
+When yanking text from a article which contains no text or already
+cited text, each line will be prefixed with the contents of this
+variable. The default is @samp{>}. See also
+@code{message-yank-prefix}.
+
+@item message-yank-add-new-references
+@vindex message-yank-add-new-references
+@cindex yanking
+Non-@code{nil} means new IDs will be added to References field when an
+article is yanked by the command @code{message-yank-original}
+interactively. If it is a symbol @code{message-id-only}, only an ID
+from Message-ID field is used, otherwise IDs extracted from References,
+In-Reply-To and Message-ID fields are used.
+
+@item message-list-references-add-position
+@vindex message-list-references-add-position
+@cindex yanking
+Integer value means position for adding to References field when an
+article is yanked by the command @code{message-yank-original}
+interactively.
+
+@item message-indentation-spaces
+@vindex message-indentation-spaces
+Number of spaces to indent yanked messages.
+
+@item message-cite-function
+@vindex message-cite-function
+@findex message-cite-original
+@findex sc-cite-original
+@findex message-cite-original-without-signature
+@cindex Supercite
+Function for citing an original message. The default is
+@code{message-cite-original}, which simply inserts the original message
+and prepends @samp{> } to each line.
+@code{message-cite-original-without-signature} does the same, but elides
+the signature. You can also set it to @code{sc-cite-original} to use
+Supercite.
+
+@item message-suspend-font-lock-when-citing
+@vindex message-suspend-font-lock-when-citing
+If non-@code{nil}, suspend font-lock'ing while citing an original
+message. Some lazy demand-driven fontification tools (or Emacs itself)
+have a bug that they often miss a buffer to be fontified. It will
+mostly occur when Emacs prompts user for any inputs in the minibuffer.
+Setting this option to non-@code{nil} may help you to avoid unpleasant
+errors even if it is an add-hoc expedient.
+
+@item message-indent-citation-function
+@vindex message-indent-citation-function
+Function for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer.
+This can also be a list of functions. Each function can find the
+citation between @code{(point)} and @code{(mark t)}. And each function
+should leave point and mark around the citation text as modified.
+
+@item message-signature
+@vindex message-signature
+String to be inserted at the end of the message buffer. If @code{t}
+(which is the default), the @code{message-signature-file} file will be
+inserted instead. If a function, the result from the function will be
+used instead. If a form, the result from the form will be used instead.
+If this variable is @code{nil}, no signature will be inserted at all.
+
+@item message-signature-file
+@vindex message-signature-file
+File containing the signature to be inserted at the end of the buffer.
+The default is @file{~/.signature}.
+
+@end table
+
+Note that RFC1036bis says that a signature should be preceded by the three
+characters @samp{-- } on a line by themselves. This is to make it
+easier for the recipient to automatically recognize and process the
+signature. So don't remove those characters, even though you might feel
+that they ruin your beautiful design, like, totally.
+
+Also note that no signature should be more than four lines long.
+Including ASCII graphics is an efficient way to get everybody to believe
+that you are silly and have nothing important to say.
+
+
@node Various Message Variables
@section Various Message Variables
@vindex message-directory
Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}.
+@item message-auto-save-directory
+@vindex message-auto-save-directory
+Directory where Message auto-saves buffers if Gnus isn't running. If
+@code{nil}, Message won't auto-save. The default is @file{~/Mail/drafts/}.
+
@item message-signature-setup-hook
@vindex message-signature-setup-hook
Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the
@vindex message-sent-hook
Hook run after sending messages.
+@item message-cancel-hook
+@vindex message-cancel-hook
+Hook run when cancelling news articles.
+
@item message-mode-syntax-table
@vindex message-mode-syntax-table
Syntax table used in message mode buffers.
+@item message-strip-special-text-properties
+@vindex message-strip-special-text-properties
+Emacs has a number of special text properties which can break message
+composing in various ways. If this option is set, message will strip
+these properties from the message composition buffer. However, some
+packages requires these properties to be present in order to work. If
+you use one of these packages, turn this option off, and hope the
+message composition doesn't break too bad.
+
@item message-send-method-alist
@vindex message-send-method-alist
newsgroups the article has been posted to will be inserted there. If
this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy message will be added.
The default value is @samp{"The following message is a courtesy copy of
-an article\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\n\n"}.
+an article\\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\\n\\n"}.
+
+@item message-fcc-externalize-attachments
+@vindex message-fcc-externalize-attachments
+If @code{nil}, attach files as normal parts in Fcc copies; if it is
+non-@code{nil}, attach local files as external parts.
+
+@item message-interactive
+@vindex message-interactive
+If non-@code{nil} wait for and display errors when sending a message;
+if @code{nil} let the mailer mail back a message to report errors.
@end table
@end lisp
@item message-kill-buffer-on-exit
-@findex message-kill-buffer-on-exit
+@vindex message-kill-buffer-on-exit
If non-@code{nil}, kill the buffer immediately on exit.
+@item message-kill-buffer-query-function
+@vindex message-kill-buffer-query-function
+@findex message-kill-buffer
+@findex message-mimic-kill-buffer
+Function used to prompt user whether to kill the message buffer when the
+command @code{message-kill-buffer} or @code{message-mimic-kill-buffer}
+is used. It defaults to @code{yes-or-no-p}. You may alter the value to
+@code{y-or-n-p}, @code{nnheader-Y-or-n-p}, etc. If it is @code{t}, the
+buffer will be killed without query.
+
+@item message-kill-buffer-and-remove-file
+@vindex message-kill-buffer-and-remove-file
+@findex message-kill-buffer
+@findex message-mimic-kill-buffer
+If it is non-@code{nil}, remove the backup file if it exists with a
+query to the user, after the message buffer is killed. Otherwise the
+file won't be removed. It defaults to @code{t}. However, it is treated
+as @code{nil} when the command `message-mimic-kill-buffer' is used.
+
@end table
Message uses virtually only its own variables---older @code{mail-}
variables aren't consulted. To force Message to take those variables
-into account, you can put the following in your @code{.emacs} file:
+into account, you can put the following in your @file{.emacs} file:
@lisp
(require 'messcompat)
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