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@setfilename message
-@settitle Message (Oort) Manual
+@settitle Message Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
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, 2003, 2004
+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
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Message (Oort) Manual
+@title Message Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
+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
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Oort Message. Message is distributed with
-the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual.
+This manual corresponds to Message v5.10.6. Message is distributed
+with the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this
+manual.
@node Interface
@chapter Interface
-When a program (or a person) wants to respond to a message -- reply,
-follow up, forward, cancel -- the program (or person) should just put
+When a program (or a person) wants to respond to a message---reply,
+follow up, forward, cancel---the program (or person) should just put
point in the buffer where the message is and call the required command.
@code{Message} will then pop up a new @code{message} mode buffer with
appropriate headers filled out, and the user can edit the message before
* 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
header will be used.
This function can also return a list. In that case, each list element
-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
+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.
@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.}.
+
+@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 ensur