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GNU Info (emacs)Sending MailSending Mail ************ To send a message in Emacs, you start by typing a command (`C-x m') to select and initialize the `*mail*' buffer. Then you edit the text and headers of the message in this buffer, and type another command (`C-c C-s' or `C-c C-c') to send the message. `C-x m' Begin composing a message to send (`compose-mail'). `C-x 4 m' Likewise, but display the message in another window (`compose-mail-other-window'). `C-x 5 m' Likewise, but make a new frame (`compose-mail-other-frame'). `C-c C-s' In Mail mode, send the message (`mail-send'). `C-c C-c' Send the message and bury the mail buffer (`mail-send-and-exit'). The command `C-x m' (`compose-mail') selects a buffer named `*mail*' and initializes it with the skeleton of an outgoing message. `C-x 4 m' (`compose-mail-other-window') selects the `*mail*' buffer in a different window, leaving the previous current buffer visible. `C-x 5 m' (`compose-mail-other-frame') creates a new frame to select the `*mail*' buffer. Because the mail-composition buffer is an ordinary Emacs buffer, you can switch to other buffers while in the middle of composing mail, and switch back later (or never). If you use the `C-x m' command again when you have been composing another message but have not sent it, you are asked to confirm before the old message is erased. If you answer `n', the `*mail*' buffer is left selected with its old contents, so you can finish the old message and send it. `C-u C-x m' is another way to do this. Sending the message marks the `*mail*' buffer "unmodified," which avoids the need for confirmation when `C-x m' is next used. If you are composing a message in the `*mail*' buffer and want to send another message before finishing the first, rename the `*mail*' buffer using `M-x rename-uniquely' (Note: Misc Buffer). Then you can use `C-x m' or its variants described above to make a new `*mail*' buffer. Once you've done that, you can work with each mail buffer independently.
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