@copying
This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+ 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
This function will be called narrowed to the head of the article that is
being replied to.
-As you can see, this function should return a string if it has an
-opinion as to what the To header should be. If it does not, it should
-just return @code{nil}, and the normal methods for determining the To
-header will be used.
+As you can see, this function should return a list. In this case, it
+returns @code{((To . "Whom"))} if it has an opinion as to what the To
+header should be. If it does not, it should just return @code{nil}, and
+the normal methods for determining the To 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.
+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.
@node Wide Reply
@vindex message-subscribed-address-file
@item message-subscribed-address-file
-You might be one organised human freak and have a list of addresses of
+You might be one organized 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.
@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
+name and the colon.) This behavior can be disabled by toggling
the variable @code{message-beginning-of-line}.
@end table
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. If your Emacs supports drag
-and drop, you can also drop the file in the Message buffer.
+a file name and a @acronym{MIME} type.
+
+@vindex mml-dnd-protocol-alist
+@vindex mml-dnd-attach-options
+If your Emacs supports drag and drop, you can also drop the file in the
+Message buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} specifies
+what kind of action is done when you drop a file into the Message
+buffer. The variable @code{mml-dnd-attach-options} controls which
+@acronym{MIME} options you want to specify when dropping a file. If it
+is a list, valid members are @code{type}, @code{description} and
+@code{disposition}. @code{disposition} implies @code{type}. If it is
+@code{nil}, don't ask for options. If it is @code{t}, ask the user
+whether or not to specify options.
You can also create arbitrarily complex multiparts using the @acronym{MML}
language (@pxref{Composing, , Composing, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME
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
+@code{message-subject-trailing-was-query} is @code{t}, always strip the
trailing old subject. In this case,
@code{message-subject-trailing-was-regexp} is used.
'(not "From" "Subject" "To" "Cc" "Newsgroups"))
@end lisp
+Headers are hidden using narrowing, you can use @kbd{M-x widen} to
+expose them in the buffer.
+
@item message-header-synonyms
@vindex message-header-synonyms
A list of lists of header synonyms. E.g., if this list contains a
@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-sendmail}, or @code{smtpmail-send-it}
+according to the system. 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-smtpmail-send-it} and @code{feedmail-send-it}.
@item message-mh-deletable-headers
@vindex message-mh-deletable-headers
@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{> }.
+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 lines
+which use @code{message-yank-cited-prefix} and empty lines which use
+@code{message-yank-empty-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}.
+When yanking text from an article which contains 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-yank-empty-prefix
+@vindex message-yank-empty-prefix
+@cindex yanking
+@cindex quoting
+When yanking text from an article, each empty line will be prefixed with
+the contents of this variable. The default is @samp{>}. You can set
+this variable to an empty string to split the cited text into paragraphs
+automatically. See also @code{message-yank-prefix}.
@item message-indentation-spaces
@vindex message-indentation-spaces
@item message-directory
@vindex message-directory
Directory used by many mailey things. The default is @file{~/Mail/}.
+All other mail file variables are derived from @code{message-directory}.
@item message-auto-save-directory
@vindex message-auto-save-directory
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