3.8 Sending a message

When you are ready to send a message after completing composition, choose one of the following two commands.

‘C-cC-m’

Compose a message, put it into +queue or +postq, and leave it for later sending.

‘C-cC-c’

Compose a message and send it. You receive the prompt: "Really send this message? (y or n) ". Type ‘y’ to send it.

Let's look at how a message is modified when sent. Please see the following example:

To: pooh
Subject: the next Sunday
From: Piglet <piglet@example.org>
X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2 on Emacs 22.1
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Would you like to play with me next Sunday?

// Piglet

This message is modified as follows, for example, if it is put into +queue or +postq by ‘C-cC-m’.

Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:49:50 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <20000313.194950.59499544.piglet@example.org>
To: winnie-the-pooh@example.net
Subject: the next Sunday
From: Piglet <piglet@example.org>
X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2 on Emacs 22.1
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Would you like to play with me in the next Sunday?

// Piglet

As you can see, Data: and Message-Id: are added. You should note that both its data type and its character set are guessed correctly and added.

When composing a message using ‘C-cC-m’ and ‘C-cC-c’, you can make use of a feature that identifies errors in a header.

Suppose you set ‘mew-ask-subject’ to ‘t’. If Subject: is empty, Mew asks you its value. If you want to leave it empty, just type ‘RET’. The default value of this variable is ‘nil’.

Suppose you set ‘mew-ask-fcc’ to ‘t’. If there is a folder that doesn't exist, Mew asks you whether or not you want to create it. If you want to create it, type ‘y’. Otherwise, type ‘n’. If you type ‘n’, sending is aborted and the cursor returns to the draft. The default value of this variable is ‘nil’.

Mew asks you to input your password for sending if the server requires user authentication. Historically speaking, passwords are not necessary to send e-mail messages. This is one reason why e-mail addresses can be faked. In the near future, passwords are always required for sending messages as are for receiving messages.

There are two ways to send messages waiting in +queue. Please note that both of these are commands in Summary mode.

‘i’

If ‘mew-auto-flush-queue’ is ‘t’, the messages being held in +queue will be sent after the incoming messages have been received. This method is appropriate for dial-up environments, since one can save on connection fees and repeated authentication for sending. ‘mew-auto-flush-queue’ is default to ‘t’.

‘C-cC-c’

Send messages in +queue. Method is appropriate if you like to preview composed messages first in +queue and then send them. If ‘mew-ask-flush-queue’ is ‘t’, you are asked, Flush queue? (y or n) ". ‘mew-ask-flush-queue’ is default to ‘nil’.

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