GNU Info

(emacs)Mail Methods

---

Prev: Mail Amusements Up: Sending Mail

---

Enter node , (file) or (file)node

Mail-Composition Methods
========================

   In this chapter we have described the usual Emacs mode for editing
and sending mail--Mail mode.  Emacs has alternative facilities for
editing and sending mail, including MH-E and Message mode, not
documented in this manual.  Note: MH-E.  *Note Message:
(message)Message.  You can choose any of them as your preferred method.
The commands `C-x m', `C-x 4 m' and `C-x 5 m' use whichever agent you
have specified, as do various other Emacs commands and facilities that
send mail.

   To specify your mail-composition method, customize the variable
`mail-user-agent'.  Currently legitimate values include
`sendmail-user-agent' (Mail mode), `mh-e-user-agent',
`message-user-agent' and `gnus-user-agent'.

   If you select a different mail-composition method, the information
in this chapter about the `*mail*' buffer and Mail mode does not apply;
the other methods use a different format of text in a different buffer,
and their commands are different as well.