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@setfilename message
-@settitle Message Manual
+@settitle Message 5.6.45 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
-@dircategory Emacs
-@direntry
-* Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus.
-@end direntry
+@c @direntry
+@c * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus.
+@c @end direntry
@iftex
@finalout
@end iftex
@setchapternewpage odd
-@ifnottex
+@ifinfo
This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
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-Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License'' in the Emacs manual.
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@tex
@titlepage
-@title Message Manual
+@title Message 5.6.45 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- 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
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being none, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
-Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License'' in the Emacs manual.
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
-this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
-Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
-
-This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
-Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
-separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
-license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
+this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
+are preserved on all copies.
+
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
+manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
+entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
+permission notice identical to this one.
+
+Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
+into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
+
@end titlepage
@page
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Message v5.10.4. Message is distributed
-with the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this
-manual.
+This manual corresponds to Message 5.6.45. Message is distributed with
+the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual
+has.
@node Interface
* 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
@section New Mail Message
@findex message-mail
-The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer.
+The @code{message-mail} command pops up a new message buffer.
Two optional parameters are accepted: The first will be used as the
@code{To} header and the second as the @code{Subject} header. If these
@section New News Message
@findex message-news
-The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer.
+The @code{message-news} command pops up a new message buffer.
This function accepts two optional parameters. The first will be used
as the @code{Newsgroups} header and the second as the @code{Subject}
(setq message-reply-to-function
(lambda ()
(cond ((equal (mail-fetch-field "from") "somebody")
- (list (cons 'To (mail-fetch-field "sender"))))
- (t
+ (mail-fetch-field "sender"))
+ (t
nil))))
@end lisp
header will be used.
This function can also return a list. In that case, each list element
-should be a cons, where the @sc{car} should be the name of a header
-(e.g. @code{Cc}) and the @sc{cdr} should be the header value
-(e.g. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be inserted into
-the head of the outgoing mail.
+should be a cons, where the car should be the name of an header
+(eg. @code{Cc}) and the cdr should be the header value
+(eg. @samp{larsi@@ifi.uio.no}). All these headers will be inserted into
+the head of the outgoing mail.
@node Wide Reply
Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go,
but you can change the behavior to suit your needs by fiddling with the
@code{message-wide-reply-to-function}. It is used in the same way as
-@code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}).
+@code{message-reply-to-function} (@pxref{Reply}).
-@vindex message-dont-reply-to-names
-Addresses that match the @code{message-dont-reply-to-names} regular
+@findex rmail-dont-reply-to-names
+Addresses that match the @code{rmail-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.}.
-
-@cindex Cancel Locks
-@vindex message-insert-canlock
-@cindex canlock
-When Message posts news messages, it inserts @code{Cancel-Lock}
-headers by default. This is a cryptographic header that ensures that
-only you can cancel your own messages, which is nice. The downside
-is that if you lose your @file{.emacs} file (which is where Gnus
-stores the secret cancel lock password (which is generated
-automatically the first time you use this feature)), you won't be
-able to cancel your message.
-
-Whether to insert the header or not is controlled by the
-@code{message-insert-canlock} variable.
-
-Not many news servers respect the @code{Cancel-Lock} header yet, but
-this is expected to change in the future.
-
@node Superseding
@section Superseding
news.
@table @code
-@item message-forward-ignored-headers
-@vindex message-forward-ignored-headers
-All headers that match this regexp will be deleted when forwarding a message.
+@item message-forward-start-separator
+@vindex message-forward-start-separator
+Delimiter inserted before forwarded messages. The default is@*
+@samp{------- Start of forwarded message -------\n}.
+
+@vindex message-forward-end-separator
+@item message-forward-end-separator
+@vindex message-forward-end-separator
+Delimiter inserted after forwarded messages. The default is@*
+@samp{------- End of forwarded message -------\n}.
+
+@item message-signature-before-forwarded-message
+@vindex message-signature-before-forwarded-message
+If this variable is @code{t}, which it is by default, your personal
+signature will be inserted before the forwarded message. If not, the
+forwarded message will be inserted first in the new mail.
+
+@item message-included-forward-headers
+@vindex message-included-forward-headers
+Regexp matching header lines to be included in forwarded messages.
@item message-make-forward-subject-function
@vindex message-make-forward-subject-function
@item message-wash-forwarded-subjects
@vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects
If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have
-the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:},
+the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:},
@samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is
constructed. The default value is @code{nil}.
-@item message-forward-as-mime
-@vindex message-forward-as-mime
-If this variable is @code{t} (the default), forwarded messages are
-included as inline @acronym{MIME} RFC822 parts. If it's @code{nil}, forwarded
-messages will just be copied inline to the new message, like previous,
-non @acronym{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
@vindex message-ignored-resent-headers
Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-resent-headers} regexp will
be removed before sending the message. The default is
-@samp{^Return-receipt}.
+@samp{^Return-receipt}.
@node Bouncing
bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce
information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent
out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as
-undeliverable.
+undeliverable.
@vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers
Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp
@samp{^\\(Received\\|Return-Path\\):}.
-@node Mailing Lists
-@section Mailing Lists
-
-@cindex Mail-Followup-To
-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{Group Parameters, ,Group Parameters,
-gnus, The Gnus Manual}) group parameter set to a non-@code{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-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to
-@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-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to} 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 netiquette 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
@menu
-* Buffer Entry:: Commands after entering a Message buffer.
-* Header Commands:: Commands for moving headers or changing headers.
+* Header Commands:: Commands for moving to headers.
* Movement:: Moving around in message buffers.
* Insertion:: Inserting things into message buffers.
-* MIME:: @acronym{MIME} considerations.
-* IDNA:: Non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name considerations.
-* Security:: Signing and encrypting messages.
* Various Commands:: Various things.
* Sending:: Actually sending the message.
* Mail Aliases:: How to use mail aliases.
-* Spelling:: Having Emacs check your spelling.
@end menu
-@node Buffer Entry
-@section Buffer Entry
-@cindex undo
-@kindex C-_
-
-You most often end up in a Message buffer when responding to some other
-message of some sort. Message does lots of handling of quoted text, and
-may remove signatures, reformat the text, or the like---depending on
-which used settings you're using. Message usually gets things right,
-but sometimes it stumbles. To help the user unwind these stumblings,
-Message sets the undo boundary before each major automatic action it
-takes. If you press the undo key (usually located at @kbd{C-_}) a few
-times, you will get back the un-edited message you're responding to.
-
-
@node Header Commands
@section Header Commands
-@subsection Commands for moving to headers
-
-These following 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. If it doesn't exist,
+it will be inserted.
@table @kbd
@item C-c ?
@kindex C-c ?
-@findex describe-mode
+@findex message-goto-to
Describe the message mode.
@item C-c C-f C-t
-@kindex C-c C-f C-t
+@kindex 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
+@kindex C-c C-f C-b
@findex message-goto-bcc
Go to the @code{Bcc} header (@code{message-goto-bcc}).
@item C-c C-f C-f
-@kindex C-c C-f C-f
+@kindex C-c C-f C-f
@findex message-goto-fcc
Go to the @code{Fcc} header (@code{message-goto-fcc}).
@item C-c C-f C-c
-@kindex C-c C-f C-c
+@kindex C-c C-f C-c
@findex message-goto-cc
Go to the @code{Cc} header (@code{message-goto-cc}).
@item C-c C-f C-s
-@kindex C-c C-f C-s
+@kindex C-c C-f C-s
@findex message-goto-subject
Go to the @code{Subject} header (@code{message-goto-subject}).
@item C-c C-f C-r
-@kindex C-c C-f C-r
+@kindex C-c C-f C-r
@findex message-goto-reply-to
Go to the @code{Reply-To} header (@code{message-goto-reply-to}).
@item C-c C-f C-n
-@kindex C-c C-f C-n
+@kindex C-c C-f C-n
@findex message-goto-newsgroups
Go to the @code{Newsgroups} header (@code{message-goto-newsgroups}).
@item C-c C-f C-d
-@kindex C-c C-f C-d
+@kindex C-c C-f C-d
@findex message-goto-distribution
Go to the @code{Distribution} header (@code{message-goto-distribution}).
@item C-c C-f C-o
-@kindex C-c C-f C-o
+@kindex C-c C-f C-o
@findex message-goto-followup-to
Go to the @code{Followup-To} header (@code{message-goto-followup-to}).
@item C-c C-f C-k
-@kindex C-c C-f C-k
+@kindex C-c C-f C-k
@findex message-goto-keywords
Go to the @code{Keywords} header (@code{message-goto-keywords}).
@item C-c C-f C-u
-@kindex C-c C-f C-u
+@kindex C-c C-f C-u
@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 C-c C-f C-a
-@kindex C-c C-f C-a
-@findex message-generate-unsubscribed-mail-followup-to
-Insert a reasonable @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header
-(@pxref{Mailing Lists}) in a post to an
-unsubscribed list. When making original posts to a mailing list you are
-not subscribed to, you have to type in a @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header
-by hand. The contents, usually, are the addresses of the list and your
-own address. This function inserts such a header automatically. It
-fetches the contents of the @samp{To:} header in the current mail
-buffer, and appends the current @code{user-mail-address}.
-
-If the optional argument @code{include-cc} is non-@code{nil}, the
-addresses in the @samp{Cc:} header are also put into the
-@samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header.
-
-@end table
-
-@subsection Commands to change headers
-
-@table @kbd
-
-@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 C-t
-@kindex C-c C-t
-@findex message-insert-to
-Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or
-@code{From} header of the message you're following up
-(@code{message-insert-to}).
-
-@item C-c C-n
-@kindex C-c C-n
-@findex message-insert-newsgroups
-Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To}
-or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to
-(@code{message-insert-newsgroups}).
-
-@item C-c C-l
-@kindex C-c C-l
-@findex message-to-list-only
-Send a message to the list only. Remove all addresses but the list
-address from @code{To:} and @code{Cc:} headers.
-
-@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.
-
-@item M-x message-insert-importance-high
-@kindex M-x message-insert-importance-high
-@findex message-insert-importance-high
-@cindex Importance
-Insert an @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
-@cindex Importance
-Insert an @samp{Importance} header with a value of @samp{low}, deleting
-headers if necessary.
-
-@item C-c C-f s
-@kindex C-c C-f s
-@findex message-change-subject
-@cindex Subject
-Change the current @samp{Subject} header. Ask for new @samp{Subject}
-header and append @samp{(was: <Old Subject>)}. The old subject can be
-stripped on replying, see @code{message-subject-trailing-was-query}
-(@pxref{Message Headers}).
-
-@item C-c C-f x
-@kindex C-c C-f x
-@findex message-cross-post-followup-to
-@vindex message-cross-post-default
-@cindex X-Post
-@cindex cross-post
-Ask for an additional @samp{Newsgroups} and @samp{FollowUp-To} for a
-cross-post. @code{message-cross-post-followup-to} mangles
-@samp{FollowUp-To} and @samp{Newsgroups} header to point to group.
-If @code{message-cross-post-default} is @code{nil} or if called with a
-prefix-argument @samp{Follow-Up} is set, but the message is not
-cross-posted.
-
-@item C-c C-f t
-@kindex C-c C-f t
-@findex message-reduce-to-to-cc
-Replace contents of @samp{To} header with contents of @samp{Cc} or
-@samp{Bcc} header.
-
-@item C-c C-f w
-@kindex C-c C-f w
-@findex message-insert-wide-reply
-Insert @samp{To} and @samp{Cc} headers as if you were doing a wide
-reply.
-
-@item C-c C-f a
-@kindex C-c C-f a
-@findex message-add-archive-header
-@vindex message-archive-header
-@vindex message-archive-note
-@cindex X-No-Archive
-Insert @samp{X-No-Archive: Yes} in the header and a note in the body.
-The header and the note can be customized using
-@code{message-archive-header} and @code{message-archive-note}. When
-called with a prefix argument, ask for a text to insert. If you don't
-want the note in the body, set @code{message-archive-note} to
-@code{nil}.
-
@end table
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-b
-@kindex C-c C-b
+@kindex C-c C-b
@findex message-goto-body
Move to the beginning of the body of the message
-(@code{message-goto-body}).
+(@code{message-goto-body}).
@item C-c C-i
-@kindex C-c C-i
+@kindex C-c C-i
@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
-@vindex 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.) This behaviour can be disabled by toggling
-the variable @code{message-beginning-of-line}.
-
@end table
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-y
-@kindex C-c C-y
+@kindex C-c C-y
@findex message-yank-original
Yank the message that's being replied to into the message buffer
-(@code{message-yank-original}).
-
-@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}).
+(@code{message-yank-original}).
@item C-c C-q
-@kindex C-c C-q
+@kindex C-c C-q
@findex message-fill-yanked-message
Fill the yanked message (@code{message-fill-yanked-message}). Warning:
Can severely mess up the yanked text if its quoting conventions are
just remember that @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) is available and you'll be
all right.
+
@item C-c C-w
-@kindex C-c C-w
+@kindex C-c C-w
@findex message-insert-signature
Insert a signature at the end of the buffer
-(@code{message-insert-signature}).
-
-@item C-c M-h
-@kindex C-c M-h
-@findex message-insert-headers
-Insert the message headers (@code{message-insert-headers}).
-
-@item C-c M-m
-@kindex C-c M-m
-@findex message-mark-inserted-region
-Mark some region in the current article with enclosing tags.
-See @code{message-mark-insert-begin} and @code{message-mark-insert-end}.
-
-@item C-c M-f
-@kindex C-c M-f
-@findex message-mark-insert-file
-Insert a file in the current article with enclosing tags.
-See @code{message-mark-insert-begin} and @code{message-mark-insert-end}.
+(@code{message-insert-signature}).
@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.
-@node MIME
-@section MIME
-@cindex MML
-@cindex MIME
-@cindex multipart
-@cindex attachment
-
-Message is a @acronym{MIME}-compliant posting agent. The user generally
-doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{MIME} happen---Message will
-automatically add the @code{Content-Type} and
-@code{Content-Transfer-Encoding} headers.
-
-The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in
-@acronym{MIME} for is to add ``attachments'' to mail they send out. This can
-be done with the @kbd{C-c C-a} command, which will prompt for a file
-name and a @acronym{MIME} type.
-
-You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the @acronym{MML}
-language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME
-Manual}).
-
-@node IDNA
-@section IDNA
-@cindex IDNA
-@cindex internationalized domain names
-@cindex non-ascii domain names
-
-Message is a @acronym{IDNA}-compliant posting agent. The user
-generally doesn't have to do anything to make the @acronym{IDNA}
-happen---Message will encode non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names in @code{From},
-@code{To}, and @code{Cc} headers automatically.
-
-Until @acronym{IDNA} becomes more well known, Message queries you
-whether @acronym{IDNA} encoding of the domain name really should
-occur. Some users might not be aware that domain names can contain
-non-@acronym{ASCII} now, so this gives them a safety net if they accidently
-typed a non-@acronym{ASCII} domain name.
-
-@vindex message-use-idna
-The @code{message-use-idna} variable control whether @acronym{IDNA} is
-used. If the variable is @code{nil} no @acronym{IDNA} encoding will
-ever happen, if it is set to the symbol @code{ask} the user will be
-queried (the default), and if set to @code{t} @acronym{IDNA} encoding
-happens automatically.
-
-@findex message-idna-to-ascii-rhs
-If you want to experiment with the @acronym{IDNA} encoding, you can
-invoke @kbd{M-x message-idna-to-ascii-rhs RET} in the message buffer
-to have the non-@acronym{ASCII} domain names encoded while you edit the message.
-
-Note that you must have @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/, GNU
-Libidn} installed in order to use this functionality.
-
-@node Security
-@section Security
-@cindex Security
-@cindex S/MIME
-@cindex PGP
-@cindex PGP/MIME
-@cindex sign
-@cindex encrypt
-@cindex secure
-
-Using the @acronym{MML} language, Message is able to create digitally
-signed and digitally encrypted messages. Message (or rather
-@acronym{MML}) currently support @acronym{PGP} (RFC 1991),
-@acronym{PGP/MIME} (RFC 2015/3156) and @acronym{S/MIME}. Instructing
-@acronym{MML} to perform security operations on a @acronym{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-message-sign-smime
-
-Digitally sign current message using @acronym{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 @acronym{PGP}.
-
-@item C-c C-m s p
-@kindex C-c C-m s p
-@findex mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+@item message-citation-line-function
+@vindex message-citation-line-function
+Function called to insert the citation line. The default is
+@code{message-insert-citation-line}, which will lead to citation lines
+that look like:
-Digitally sign current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}.
+@example
+Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes:
+@end example
-@item C-c C-m c s
-@kindex C-c C-m c s
-@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-smime
+Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this
+function is called.
-Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{S/MIME}.
+@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 will have
+@code{message-yank-prefix} prepended to it. The default is @samp{> }.
+If it is @code{nil}, just indent the message.
-@item C-c C-m c o
-@kindex C-c C-m c o
-@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp
+@item message-indentation-spaces
+@vindex message-indentation-spaces
+Number of spaces to indent yanked messages.
-Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP}.
+@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 C-c C-m c p
-@kindex C-c C-m c p
-@findex mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+@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.
-Digitally encrypt current message using @acronym{PGP/MIME}.
+@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 C-c C-m C-n
-@kindex C-c C-m C-n
-@findex mml-unsecure-message
-Remove security related @acronym{MML} tags from message.
+@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}.
@end table
-These commands do not immediately sign or encrypt the message, they
-merely insert the proper @acronym{MML} secure tag to instruct the
-@acronym{MML} engine to perform that operation when the message is
-actually sent. They may perform other operations too, such as locating
-and retrieving a @acronym{S/MIME} certificate of the person you wish to
-send encrypted mail to. When the mml parsing engine converts your
-@acronym{MML} into a properly encoded @acronym{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 @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 @acronym{PGP/MIME} nor @acronym{S/MIME} encrypt/signs
-RFC822 headers. They only operate on the @acronym{MIME} object. Keep this
-in mind before sending mail with a sensitive Subject line.
-
-By default, when encrypting a message, Gnus will use the
-``signencrypt'' mode, which means the message is both signed and
-encrypted. If you would like to disable this for a particular
-message, give the @code{mml-secure-message-encrypt-*} command a prefix
-argument, e.g., @kbd{C-u C-c C-m c p}.
-
-Actually using the security commands above is not very difficult. At
-least not compared with making sure all involved programs talk with each
-other properly. Thus, we now describe what external libraries or
-programs are required to make things work, and some small general hints.
-
-@subsection Using S/MIME
-
-@emph{Note!} This section assume you have a basic familiarity with
-modern cryptography, @acronym{S/MIME}, various PKCS standards, OpenSSL and
-so on.
-
-The @acronym{S/MIME} support in Message (and @acronym{MML}) require
-OpenSSL. OpenSSL performs the actual @acronym{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
-@acronym{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 @acronym{S/MIME} messages you've probably already lost that
-contest.)
-
-To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not
-required. Message (@acronym{MML}) need a certificate for the person to whom you
-wish to communicate with though. You're asked for this when you type
-@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 @acronym{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 (@acronym{MML}) is the first mail agent in the world to support
-retrieving @acronym{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. @acronym{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
-@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 @acronym{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 @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 now stored unencrypted in the file,
-so take care in handling it. Storing encrypted keys on the disk are
-supported, and Gnus will ask you for a passphrase before invoking
-OpenSSL. Read the OpenSSL documentation for how to achieve this. If
-you use unencrypted keys (e.g., if they are on a secure storage, or if
-you are on a secure single user machine) simply press @code{RET} at
-the passphrase prompt.
-
-@subsection Using PGP/MIME
-
-@acronym{PGP/MIME} requires an external OpenPGP implementation, such
-as @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/, GNU Privacy Guard}. Pre-OpenPGP
-implementations such as PGP 2.x and PGP 5.x are also supported. One
-Emacs interface to the PGP implementations, PGG (@pxref{Top, ,PGG,
-pgg, PGG Manual}), is included, but Mailcrypt and Florian Weimer's
-@code{gpg.el} are also supported.
-
-@vindex gpg-temp-directory
-Note, if you are using the @code{gpg.el} you must make sure that the
-directory specified by @code{gpg-temp-directory} have permissions
-0700.
-
-Creating your own key is described in detail in the documentation of
-your PGP implementation, so we refer to it.
-
-If you have imported your old PGP 2.x key into GnuPG, and want to send
-signed and encrypted messages to your fellow PGP 2.x users, you'll
-discover that the receiver cannot understand what you send. One
-solution is to use PGP 2.x instead (i.e., if you use @code{pgg}, set
-@code{pgg-default-scheme} to @code{pgp}). If you do want to use
-GnuPG, you can use a compatibility script called @code{gpg-2comp}
-available from
-@uref{http://muppet.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de/~gero/gpg-2comp/}. You
-could also convince your fellow PGP 2.x users to convert to GnuPG.
-@vindex mml-signencrypt-style-alist
-As a final workaround, you can make the sign and encryption work in
-two steps; separately sign, then encrypt a message. If you would like
-to change this behavior you can customize the
-@code{mml-signencrypt-style-alist} variable. For example:
+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.
-@lisp
-(setq mml-signencrypt-style-alist '(("smime" separate)
- ("pgp" separate)
- ("pgpauto" separate)
- ("pgpmime" separate)))
-@end lisp
+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.
-This causes to sign and encrypt in two passes, thus generating a
-message that can be understood by PGP version 2.
-(Refer to @uref{http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/pgp2x.html} for more
-information about the problem.)
@node Various Commands
@section Various Commands
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-r
-@kindex C-c C-r
+@kindex C-c C-r
@findex message-caesar-buffer-body
Caesar rotate (aka. rot13) the current message
(@code{message-caesar-buffer-body}). If narrowing is in effect, just
@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
-(@samp{[...]}).
+The text is killed and an ellipsis (@samp{[...]}) will be inserted in
+its place.
@item C-c C-z
@kindex C-c C-x
@item M-RET
@kindex M-RET
-@findex message-newline-and-reformat
+@kindex message-newline-and-reformat
Insert four newlines, and then reformat if inside quoted text.
Here's an example:
> And here's more quoted text.
@end example
-@samp{*} says where point will be placed.
+@samp{*} says where point will be placed.
+
+@item C-c C-t
+@kindex C-c C-t
+@findex message-insert-to
+Insert a @code{To} header that contains the @code{Reply-To} or
+@code{From} header of the message you're following up
+(@code{message-insert-to}).
+
+@item C-c C-n
+@kindex C-c C-n
+@findex message-insert-newsgroups
+Insert a @code{Newsgroups} header that reflects the @code{Followup-To}
+or @code{Newsgroups} header of the article you're replying to
+(@code{message-insert-newsgroups}).
@item C-c M-r
@kindex C-c M-r
Rename the buffer (@code{message-rename-buffer}). If given a prefix,
prompt for a new buffer name.
-@item TAB
-@kindex TAB
-@findex message-tab
-@vindex message-tab-body-function
-If non-@code{nil} execute the function specified in
-@code{message-tab-body-function}. Otherwise use the function bound to
-@kbd{TAB} in @code{text-mode-map} or @code{global-map}.
-
@end table
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-c
-@kindex C-c C-c
+@kindex C-c C-c
@findex message-send-and-exit
Send the message and bury the current buffer
-(@code{message-send-and-exit}).
+(@code{message-send-and-exit}).
@item C-c C-s
-@kindex C-c C-s
+@kindex C-c C-s
@findex message-send
-Send the message (@code{message-send}).
+Send the message (@code{message-send}).
@item C-c C-d
@kindex C-c C-d
expansions have to be done explicitly.
-@node Spelling
-@section Spelling
-@cindex spelling
-@findex ispell-message
-
-There are two popular ways to have Emacs spell-check your messages:
-@code{ispell} and @code{flyspell}. @code{ispell} is the older and
-probably more popular package. You typically first write the message,
-and then run the entire thing through @code{ispell} and fix all the
-typos. To have this happen automatically when you send a message, put
-something like the following in your @file{.emacs} file:
-
-@lisp
-(add-hook 'message-send-hook 'ispell-message)
-@end lisp
-
-@vindex ispell-message-dictionary-alist
-If you're in the habit of writing in different languages, this can be
-controlled by the @code{ispell-message-dictionary-alist} variable:
-
-@lisp
-(setq ispell-message-dictionary-alist
- '(("^Newsgroups:.*\\bde\\." . "deutsch8")
- (".*" . "default")))
-@end lisp
-
-@code{ispell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command
-installed.
-
-The other popular method is using @code{flyspell}. This package checks
-your spelling while you're writing, and marks any mis-spelled words in
-various ways.
-
-To use @code{flyspell}, put something like the following in your
-@file{.emacs} file:
-
-@lisp
-(defun my-message-setup-routine ()
- (flyspell-mode 1))
-(add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'my-message-setup-routine)
-@end lisp
-
-@code{flyspell} depends on having the external @samp{ispell} command
-installed.
-
@node Variables
@chapter Variables
* 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-generate-headers-first
@vindex message-generate-headers-first
-If @code{t}, generate all required headers before starting to
-compose the message. This can also be a list of headers to generate:
-
-@lisp
-(setq message-generate-headers-first
- '(References))
-@end lisp
-
-@vindex message-required-headers
-The variables @code{message-required-headers},
-@code{message-required-mail-headers} and
-@code{message-required-news-headers} specify which headers are
-required.
-
-Note that some headers will be removed and re-generated before posting,
-because of the variable @code{message-deletable-headers} (see below).
-
-@item message-draft-headers
-@vindex message-draft-headers
-When running Message from Gnus, the message buffers are associated
-with a draft group. @code{message-draft-headers} says which headers
-should be generated when a draft is written to the draft group.
+If non-@code{nil}, generate all headers before starting to compose the
+message.
@item message-from-style
@vindex message-from-style
generated @code{Message-ID} is deleted, and a new one generated. If
this isn't done, the entire empire would probably crumble, anarchy would
prevail, and cats would start walking on two legs and rule the world.
-Allegedly.
+Allegedly.
@item message-default-headers
@vindex message-default-headers
@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
+is @emph{not} an abbreviation of the English word ``response'', but in
Latin, and means ``in response to''. Some illiterate nincompoops have
failed to grasp this fact, and have ``internationalized'' their software
-to use abominations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: }
+to use abonimations like @samp{Aw: } (``antwort'') or @samp{Sv: }
(``svar'') instead, which is meaningless and evil. However, you may
have to deal with users that use these evil tools, in which case you may
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
- (concat
- "^[ \t]*"
- "\\("
- "\\("
- "[Aa][Nn][Tt][Ww]\\.?\\|" ; antw
- "[Aa][Ww]\\|" ; aw
- "[Ff][Ww][Dd]?\\|" ; fwd
- "[Oo][Dd][Pp]\\|" ; odp
- "[Rr][Ee]\\|" ; re
- "[Rr][\311\351][Ff]\\.?\\|" ; ref
- "[Ss][Vv]" ; sv
- "\\)"
- "\\(\\[[0-9]*\\]\\)"
- "*:[ \t]*"
- "\\)"
- "*[ \t]*"
- ))
-@end lisp
-
-@item message-subject-trailing-was-query
-@vindex message-subject-trailing-was-query
-@vindex message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp
-@vindex message-subject-trailing-was-regexp
-Controls what to do with trailing @samp{(was: <old subject>)} in subject
-lines. If @code{nil}, leave the subject unchanged. If it is the symbol
-@code{ask}, query the user what do do. In this case, the subject is
-matched against @code{message-subject-trailing-was-ask-regexp}. If
-@code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} is t, always strip the
-trailing old subject. In this case,
-@code{message-subject-trailing-was-regexp} is used.
-
-@item message-alternative-emails
-@vindex message-alternative-emails
-A regexp to match the alternative email addresses. The first matched
-address (not primary one) is used in the @code{From} field.
-
-@item message-allow-no-recipients
-@vindex message-allow-no-recipients
-Specifies what to do when there are no recipients other than
-@code{Gcc} or @code{Fcc}. If it is @code{always}, the posting is
-allowed. If it is @code{never}, the posting is not allowed. If it is
-@code{ask} (the default), you are prompted.
-
-@item message-hidden-headers
-@vindex message-hidden-headers
-A regexp, a list of regexps, or a list where the first element is
-@code{not} and the rest are regexps. It says which headers to keep
-hidden when composing a message.
-
-@lisp
-(setq message-hidden-headers
- '(not "From" "Subject" "To" "Cc" "Newsgroups"))
-@end lisp
-
@end table
@vindex message-required-mail-headers
@xref{News Headers}, for the syntax of this variable. It is
@code{(From Date Subject (optional . In-Reply-To) Message-ID Lines
-(optional . User-Agent))} by default.
+(optional . X-Mailer))} by default.
@item message-ignored-mail-headers
@vindex message-ignored-mail-headers
Regexp of headers to be removed before mailing. The default is
-@samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|^Xref:\\|^X-Draft-From:}.
+@samp{^[GF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:}.
@item message-default-mail-headers
@vindex message-default-mail-headers
@node Mail Variables
-@section Mail Variables
+@section Mail Variables
@table @code
@item message-send-mail-function
@vindex message-send-mail-function
-@findex message-send-mail-with-sendmail
-@findex message-send-mail-with-mh
-@findex message-send-mail-with-qmail
-@findex message-smtpmail-send-it
-@findex smtpmail-send-it
-@findex feedmail-send-it
Function used to send the current buffer as mail. The default is
-@code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail}. Other valid values include
-@code{message-send-mail-with-mh}, @code{message-send-mail-with-qmail},
-@code{message-smtpmail-send-it}, @code{smtpmail-send-it} and
-@code{feedmail-send-it}.
+@code{message-send-mail-with-sendmail}. If you prefer using MH
+instead, set this variable to @code{message-send-mail-with-mh}.
@item message-mh-deletable-headers
@vindex message-mh-deletable-headers
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-sendmail-envelope-from
-@vindex message-sendmail-envelope-from
-When @code{message-sendmail-f-is-evil} is @code{nil}, this specifies
-the address to use in the @acronym{SMTP} envelope. If it is
-@code{nil}, use @code{user-mail-address}. If it is the symbol
-@code{header}, use the @samp{From} header of the message.
-
-@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
-@cindex split large message
-The limitation of messages sent as message/partial. The lower bound
-of message size in characters, beyond which the message should be sent
-in several parts. If it is @code{nil}, the size is unlimited.
-
@end table
@item Subject
@cindex Subject
-This required header will be prompted for if not present already.
+This required header will be prompted for if not present already.
@item Newsgroups
@cindex Newsgroups
@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 Message-ID
@cindex Message-ID
-@vindex message-user-fqdn
@vindex mail-host-address
-@vindex user-mail-address
@findex system-name
@cindex Sun
-@cindex i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
This required header will be generated by Message. A unique ID will be
-created based on the date, time, user name and system name. For the
-domain part, message will look (in this order) at
-@code{message-user-fqdn}, @code{system-name}, @code{mail-host-address}
-and @code{message-user-mail-address} (i.e. @code{user-mail-address})
-until a probably valid fully qualified domain name (FQDN) was found.
-
-@item User-Agent
-@cindex User-Agent
+created based on the date, time, user name and system name. Message will
+use @code{mail-host-address} as the fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
+of the machine if that variable is defined. If not, it will use
+@code{system-name}, which doesn't report a FQDN on some machines --
+notably Suns.
+
+@item X-Newsreader
+@cindex X-Newsreader
This optional header will be filled out according to the
@code{message-newsreader} local variable.
+@item X-Mailer
+This optional header will be filled out according to the
+@code{message-mailer} local variable, unless there already is an
+@code{X-Newsreader} header present.
+
@item In-Reply-To
This optional header is filled out using the @code{Date} and @code{From}
header of the article being replied to.
@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
@findex yow
@cindex Mime-Version
-In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The @sc{car} of this cons
+In addition, you can enter conses into this list. The car of this cons
should be a symbol. This symbol's name is the name of the header, and
-the @sc{cdr} can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of
+the cdr can either be a string to be entered verbatim as the value of
this header, or it can be a function to be called. This function should
return a string to be inserted. For instance, if you want to insert
@code{Mime-Version: 1.0}, you should enter @code{(Mime-Version . "1.0")}
something like @code{(X-Yow . yow)} into the list. The function
@code{yow} will then be called without any arguments.
-If the list contains a cons where the @sc{car} of the cons is
-@code{optional}, the @sc{cdr} of this cons will only be inserted if it is
+If the list contains a cons where the car of the cons is
+@code{optional}, the cdr of this cons will only be inserted if it is
non-@code{nil}.
-If you want to delete an entry from this list, the following Lisp
-snippet might be useful. Adjust accordingly if you want to remove
-another element.
-
-@lisp
-(setq message-required-news-headers
- (delq 'Message-ID message-required-news-headers))
-@end lisp
-
Other variables for customizing outgoing news articles:
@table @code
Valid checks are:
@table @code
-@item subject-cmsg
+@item subject-cmsg
Check the subject for commands.
@item sender
@cindex Sender
-Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd.
-@item multiple-headers
+Insert a new @code{Sender} header if the @code{From} header looks odd.
+@item multiple-headers
Check for the existence of multiple equal headers.
-@item sendsys
+@item sendsys
@cindex sendsys
Check for the existence of version and sendsys commands.
@item message-id
Check whether the @code{Message-ID} looks ok.
@item from
Check whether the @code{From} header seems nice.
-@item long-lines
+@item long-lines
@cindex long lines
Check for too long lines.
@item control-chars
something only moderators should include.
@item empty
Check whether the article is empty.
-@item invisible-text
-Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer.
@item empty-headers
Check whether any of the headers are empty.
@item existing-newsgroups
-Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and
+Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the @code{Newsgroups} and
@code{Followup-To} headers exist.
@item valid-newsgroups
Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers
@item message-ignored-news-headers
@vindex message-ignored-news-headers
Regexp of headers to be removed before posting. The default is@*
-@samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:\\|^X-Draft-From:}.
+@samp{^NNTP-Posting-Host:\\|^Xref:\\|^[BGF]cc:\\|^Resent-Fcc:}.
@item message-default-news-headers
@vindex message-default-news-headers
@item message-send-news-function
@vindex message-send-news-function
Function used to send the current buffer as news. The default is
-@code{message-send-news}.
+@code{message-send-news}.
@item message-post-method
@vindex message-post-method
@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, The Gnus Manual}, 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 an 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-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-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-mark-insert-begin
-@vindex message-mark-insert-begin
-String to mark the beginning of some inserted text.
-
-@item message-mark-insert-end
-@vindex message-mark-insert-end
-String to mark the end of some inserted text.
-
-@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}.
-
-@item message-signature-insert-empty-line
-@vindex message-signature-insert-empty-line
-If @code{t} (the default value) an empty line is inserted before the
-signature separator.
-
-@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 @acronym{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
@table @code
-@item message-default-charset
-@vindex message-default-charset
-@cindex charset
-Symbol naming a @acronym{MIME} charset. Non-@acronym{ASCII}
-characters in messages are assumed to be encoded using this charset.
-The default is @code{nil}, which means ask the user. (This variable
-is used only on non-@sc{mule} Emacsen. @xref{Charset Translation, ,
-Charset Translation, emacs-mime, Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on
-the @sc{mule}-to-@acronym{MIME} translation process.
-
@item message-signature-separator
@vindex message-signature-separator
Regexp matching the signature separator. It is @samp{^-- *$} by
-default.
+default.
@item mail-header-separator
@vindex mail-header-separator
@item message-directory
@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/}.
+Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}.
@item message-signature-setup-hook
@vindex message-signature-setup-hook
Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the
-headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted.
+headers have been inserted but before the signature has been inserted.
@item message-setup-hook
@vindex message-setup-hook
@item message-header-setup-hook
@vindex message-header-setup-hook
-Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers.
+Hook called narrowed to the headers after initializing the headers.
For instance, if you're running Gnus and wish to insert a
@samp{Mail-Copies-To} header in all your news articles and all messages
@lisp
(add-hook 'message-send-hook 'my-message-add-content)
(defun my-message-add-content ()
- (message-add-header "X-In-No-Sense: Nonsense")
- (message-add-header "X-Whatever: no"))
+ (message-add-header
+ "Mime-Version: 1.0"
+ "Content-Type: text/plain"
+ "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit"))
@end lisp
This function won't add the header if the header is already present.
@item message-send-mail-hook
@vindex message-send-mail-hook
-Hook run before sending mail messages. This hook is run very late --
-just before the message is actually sent as mail.
+Hook run before sending mail messages.
@item message-send-news-hook
@vindex message-send-news-hook
-Hook run before sending news messages. This hook is run very late --
-just before the message is actually sent as news.
+Hook run before sending news messages.
@item message-sent-hook
@vindex message-sent-hook
Hook run after sending messages.
-@item message-cancel-hook
-@vindex message-cancel-hook
-Hook run when canceling 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
Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form
@lisp
-(@var{type} @var{predicate} @var{function})
+(TYPE PREDICATE FUNCTION)
@end lisp
@table @var
@table @code
-@item message-fcc-handler-function
-@vindex message-fcc-handler-function
+@item message-fcc-handler-function
+@vindex message-fcc-handler-function
A function called to save outgoing articles. This function will be
-called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default
+called with the name of the file to store the article in. The default
function is @code{message-output} which saves in Unix mailbox format.
@item message-courtesy-message
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"}.
-
-@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.
+an article\nthat has been posted to %s as well.\n\n"}.
@end table
When Message is being used from a news/mail reader, the reader is likely
to want to perform some task after the message has been sent. Perhaps
return to the previous window configuration or mark an article as
-replied.
+replied.
@vindex message-kill-actions
@vindex message-postpone-actions
and @kbd{C-c C-k} which kills the message buffer. Each of these actions
have lists associated with them that contains actions to be executed:
@code{message-send-actions}, @code{message-exit-actions},
-@code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}.
+@code{message-postpone-actions}, and @code{message-kill-actions}.
Message provides a function to interface with these lists:
@code{message-add-action}. The first parameter is the action to be
killed, postponed or exited.
An @dfn{action} can be either: a normal function, or a list where the
-@sc{car} is a function and the @sc{cdr} is the list of arguments, or
+@code{car} is a function and the @code{cdr} is the list of arguments, or
a form to be @code{eval}ed.
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 @file{.emacs} file:
+into account, you can put the following in your @code{.emacs} file:
@lisp
(require 'messcompat)
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