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-@settitle Message 0.17 Manual
+@settitle Message 5.6.30 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
+@c @direntry
+@c * Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus.
+@c @end direntry
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@finalout
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@tex
@titlepage
-@title Message 0.17 Manual
+@title Message 5.6.30 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Message 0.17. Message is distributed with
+This manual corresponds to Message 5.6.30. Message is distributed with
the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual
has.
@vindex message-reply-to-function
Message uses the normal methods to determine where replies are to go
-(@pxref{Responding}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs
+(@pxref{Responses}), but you can change the behavior to suit your needs
by fiddling with the @code{message-reply-to-function} variable.
If you want the replies to go to the @code{Sender} instead of the
that look like:
@example
-Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> writes:
+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
@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. You can also set it to
-@code{sc-cite-original} to use Supercite.
+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
The text is killed and an ellipsis (@samp{[...]}) will be inserted in
its place.
+@item C-c C-z
+@kindex C-c C-x
+@findex message-kill-to-signature
+Kill all the text up to the signature, or if that's missing, up to the
+end of the message (@code{message-kill-to-signature}).
+
@item C-c C-v
@kindex C-c C-v
@findex message-delete-not-region
@item message-from-style
@vindex message-from-style
-Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four legal
+Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid
values:
@table @code
This string is inserted at the end of the headers in all message
buffers.
+@item message-subject-re-regexp
+@vindex message-subject-re-regexp
+Responses to messages have subjects that start with @samp{Re: }. This
+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 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.
+
@end table
@vindex message-required-news-headers
@code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These
headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's
-impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are legal:
+impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid:
@table @code
@item message-syntax-checks
@vindex message-syntax-checks
-If non-@code{nil}, Message will attempt to check the legality of the
-headers, as well as some other stuff, before posting. You can control
-the granularity of the check by adding or removing elements from this
-list. Legal elements are:
+Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts.
+To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add
+
+@lisp
+(signature . disabled)
+@end lisp
+
+to this list.
+
+Valid checks are:
@table @code
@item subject-cmsg
@cindex long lines
Check for too long lines.
@item control-chars
-Check for illegal characters.
+Check for invalid characters.
@item size
Check for excessive size.
@item new-text
@vindex message-directory
Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}.
-@item message-autosave-directory
-@vindex message-autosave-directory
-Directory where message buffers will be autosaved to.
-
@item message-signature-setup-hook
@vindex message-signature-setup-hook
Hook run when initializing the message buffer. It is run after the
To determine where a message is to go, the following algorithm is used
by default.
-@table @def
+@table @dfn
@item reply
A @dfn{reply} is when you want to respond @emph{just} to the person who
sent the message via mail. There will only be one recipient. To
following headers will be concatenated to form the outgoing
@code{To}/@code{Cc} headers:
-@table
+@table @code
@item From
(unless there's a @code{Reply-To}, in which case that is used instead).
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