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@setfilename message
-@settitle Message 5.4.45 Manual
+@settitle Message 5.4.55 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
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@tex
@titlepage
-@title Message 5.4.45 Manual
+@title Message 5.4.55 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Message 5.4.45. Message is distributed with
+This manual corresponds to Message 5.4.55. Message is distributed with
the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual
has.
@cindex mail aliases
@cindex aliases
-Message uses @code{mailabbrev} to handle mail aliases.
+@vindex message-mail-alias-type
+The @code{message-mail-alias-type} variable controls what type of mail
+alias expansion to use. Currently only one form is supported---Message
+uses @code{mailabbrev} to handle mail aliases. If this variable is
+@code{nil}, no mail alias expansion will be performed.
+
@code{mailabbrev} works by parsing the @file{/etc/mailrc} and
@file{~/.mailrc} files. These files look like:
@vindex message-mode-syntax-table
Syntax table used in message mode buffers.
+@item message-send-method-alist
+@vindex message-send-method-alist
+
+Alist of ways to send outgoing messages. Each element has the form
+
+@lisp
+(TYPE PREDICATE FUNCTION)
+@end lisp
+
+@table @var
+@item type
+A symbol that names the method.
+
+@item predicate
+A function called without any parameters to determine whether the
+message is a message of type @var{type}.
+
+@item function
+A function to be called if @var{predicate} returns non-@code{nil}.
+@var{function} is called with one parameter -- the prefix.
+@end table
+
+@lisp
+((news message-news-p message-send-via-news)
+ (mail message-mail-p message-send-via-mail))
+@end lisp
+
+
+
@end table