@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-@c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
-@node Sending Mail, Rmail, Picture, Top
+@node Sending Mail
@chapter Sending Mail
@cindex sending mail
@cindex mail
automatically when you send the message. Others, such as the recipient
names, must be specified by you in order to send the message properly.
- Mail mode provides a few commands to help you edit some header fields,
-and some are preinitialized in the buffer automatically at times. You can
-insert and edit header fields using ordinary editing commands.
+ In the mail buffer, you can insert and edit header fields using
+ordinary editing commands. Mail mode provides a commands to help you
+edit some header fields, and some are preinitialized in the buffer
+automatically when appropriate.
The line in the buffer that says
message actually sent. The text used for the delimiter line is controlled
by the variable @code{mail-header-separator}.
-Here is an example of what the headers and text in the mail buffer
+ Here is an example of what the headers and text in the mail buffer
might look like.
@example
continuation lines: one or more lines starting with whitespace,
following the starting line of the field, are considered part of the
field. Here's an example of a @samp{To} field with a continuation
-line:@refill
+line:
@example
@group
@item nil
Use just the email address, as in @samp{king@@grassland.com}.
@item parens
-Use both email address and full name, as in @samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis
-Parsley)}.
+Use both email address and full name, as in:@*
+@samp{king@@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)}.
@item angles
-Use both email address and full name, as in @samp{Elvis Parsley
-<king@@grassland.com>}.
+Use both email address and full name, as in:@*
+@samp{Elvis Parsley <king@@grassland.com>}.
@item system-default
Allow the system to insert the @samp{From} field.
@end table
@end example
@noindent
-is correct. Emacs will insert the address as @samp{"George W. Bush"
-<bush@@whitehouse.gov>}.
+is correct in @samp{.mailrc}. Emacs will insert the address as
+@samp{"George W. Bush" <bush@@whitehouse.gov>}.
Emacs also recognizes ``include'' commands in @samp{.mailrc} files.
They look like this:
@smallexample
(add-hook 'mail-mode-hook
- (lambda ()
- (define-key
- mail-mode-map [remap next-line] 'mail-abbrev-next-line)
- (define-key
- mail-mode-map [remap end-of-buffer] 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer)))
+ (lambda ()
+ (define-key
+ mail-mode-map [remap next-line] 'mail-abbrev-next-line)
+ (define-key
+ mail-mode-map [remap end-of-buffer] 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer)))
@end smallexample
@node Mail Mode
using it. This is the usual way to send the message.
In a file-visiting buffer, sending the message does not clear the
-modified flag, because only saving the file should do that. As a
-result, you don't get a warning if you try to send the same message
-twice.
+modified flag, because only saving the file should do that. Also, you
+don't get a warning if you try to send the same message twice.
@c This is indexed in mule.texi, node "Recognize Coding".
@c @vindex sendmail-coding-system
is @code{sendmail-send-it}, which delivers mail using the Sendmail
installation on the local host. To send mail through a SMTP server,
set it to @code{smtpmail-send-it} and set up the Emacs SMTP library
-(@pxref{Top,, Sending mail via SMTP,smtpmail}). A third option is
-@code{feedmail-send-it}, see the commentary section of the
-@file{feedmail.el} package for more information.
+(@pxref{Top,,Emacs SMTP Library, smtpmail, Sending mail via SMTP}). A
+third option is @code{feedmail-send-it}, see the commentary section of
+the @file{feedmail.el} package for more information.
@node Header Editing
@subsection Mail Header Editing