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Mail Header Editing
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   Mail mode provides special commands to move to particular header
fields and to complete addresses in headers.

`C-c C-f C-t'
     Move to the `To' header field, creating one if there is none
     (`mail-to').

`C-c C-f C-s'
     Move to the `Subject' header field, creating one if there is none
     (`mail-subject').

`C-c C-f C-c'
     Move to the `CC' header field, creating one if there is none
     (`mail-cc').

`C-c C-f C-b'
     Move to the `BCC' header field, creating one if there is none
     (`mail-bcc').

`C-c C-f C-f'
     Move to the `FCC' header field, creating one if there is none
     (`mail-fcc').

`M-<TAB>'
     Complete a mailing address (`mail-complete').

   There are five commands to move point to particular header fields,
all based on the prefix `C-c C-f' (`C-f' is for "field").  They are
listed in the table above.  If the field in question does not exist,
these commands create one.  We provide special motion commands for these
particular fields because they are the fields users most often want to
edit.

   While editing a header field that contains mailing addresses, such as
`To:', `CC:' and `BCC:', you can complete a mailing address by typing
`M-<TAB>' (`mail-complete').  It inserts the full name corresponding to
the address, if it can determine the full name.  The variable
`mail-complete-style' controls whether to insert the full name, and
what style to use, as in `mail-from-style' (Note: Mail Headers).

   For completion purposes, the valid mailing addresses are taken to be
the local users' names plus your personal mail aliases.  You can
specify additional sources of valid addresses; look at the customization
group `mailalias' to see the options for this (Note: Customization
Groups).

   If you type `M-<TAB>' in the body of the message, `mail-complete'
invokes `ispell-complete-word', as in Text mode.