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-@setfilename message.info
+@setfilename message
@settitle Message Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@findex message-wide-reply
The @code{message-wide-reply} pops up a message buffer that's a wide
-reply to the message in the current buffer.
+reply to the message in the current buffer. A @dfn{wide reply} is a
+reply that goes out to all people listed in the @code{To}, @code{From}
+and @code{Cc} headers.
@vindex message-wide-reply-to-function
Message uses the normal methods to determine where wide replies are to go,
@findex message-bounce
The @code{message-bounce} command will, if the current buffer contains a
bounced mail message, pop up a message buffer stripped of the bounce
-information.
+information. A @dfn{bounced message} is typically a mail you've sent
+out that has been returned by some @code{mailer-daemon} as
+undeliverable.
@vindex message-ignored-bounced-headers
Headers that match the @code{message-ignored-bounced-headers} regexp
@vindex message-cite-function
@findex message-cite-original
@findex sc-cite-original
-@cindex SuperCite
+@cindex Supercite
Function for citing an original message. The default is
@code{message-cite-original}. You can also set it to
-@code{sc-cite-original} to use SuperCite.
+@code{sc-cite-original} to use Supercite.
@item message-indent-citation-function
@vindex message-indent-citation-function
Check whether the newsgroups mentioned in the Newsgroups and
Followup-To headers exist.
@item valid-newsgroups
-Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-To} headers
-are valid syntactially.
+Check whether the @code{Newsgroups} and @code{Followup-to} headers
+are valid syntactically.
+@item shorten-followup-to
+Check whether to add a @code{Followup-to} header to shorten the number
+of groups to post to.
@end table
All these conditions are checked by default.
@item message-courtesy-message
@vindex message-courtesy-message
When sending combined messages, this string is inserted at the start of
-the mailed copy. If this variable is @code{nil}, no such courtesy
-message will be added.
+the mailed copy. If the string contains the format spec @samp{%s}, the
+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"}.
@end table