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Sending Mail
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   You may wish to start off by adding the following useful key
bindings to your `.emacs' file:

     (global-set-key "\C-xm" 'mh-smail)
     (global-set-key "\C-x4m" 'mh-smail-other-window)

   In addition, several variables are useful when sending mail or
replying to mail.  They are summarized in the following table.

`mh-comp-formfile'
     Format file for drafts (default: `"components"').

`mh-repl-formfile'
     Format file for replies (default: `"replcomps"').

`mh-letter-mode-hook'
     Functions to run in MH-Letter mode (default: `nil').

`mh-compose-letter-function'
     Functions to run when starting a new draft (default: `nil').

`mh-reply-default-reply-to'
     Whom reply goes to (default: `nil').

`mh-forward-subject-format'
     Format string for forwarded message subject (default: `"%s: %s"').

`mh-redist-full-contents'
     `send' requires entire message (default: `nil').

`mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers'
     Remove these header fields from re-edited draft.  The default is:
          "^Date:\\| ^Received:\\| ^Message-Id:\\| ^From:\\|
          ^Sender:\\| ^Delivery-Date:\\| ^Return-Path:".

   Since mh-e does not use `comp' to create the initial draft, you need
to set `mh-comp-formfile' to the name of your components file if it
isn't `components'.  This is the name of the file that contains the
form for composing messages.  If it does not contain an absolute
pathname, mh-e searches for the file first in your MH directory and
then in the system MH library directory (such as `/usr/local/lib/mh').
Replies, on the other hand, are built using `repl'.  You can change the
location of the field file from the default of `replcomps' by modifying
`mh-repl-formfile'.

   Two hooks are provided to run commands on your freshly created draft.
The first hook, `mh-letter-mode-hook', allows you to do some processing
before editing a letter.  For example, you may wish to modify the
header after `repl' has done its work, or you may have a complicated
`components' file and need to tell mh-e where the cursor should go.
Here's an example of how you would use this hook--all of the other
hooks are set in this fashion as well.

     Prepare draft for editing via mh-letter-mode-hook
     
     (defvar letter-mode-init-done nil
       "Non-`nil' when one-time mh-e settings have made.")
     
     (defun my-mh-letter-mode-hook ()
       "Hook to prepare letter for editing."
       (if (not letter-mode-init-done)    ; only need to bind the keys once
           (progn
             (local-set-key "\C-ctb" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-cti" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-ctf" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-cts" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-ctB" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-ctu" 'add-enriched-text)
             (local-set-key "\C-ctc" 'add-enriched-text)
             (setq letter-mode-init-done t)))
       (setq fill-prefix "  ")            ; I find indented text easier to read
       (save-excursion
         (goto-char (point-max))          ; go to end of message to
         (mh-insert-signature)))          ;   insert signature
     
     (add-hook 'mh-letter-mode-hook 'my-mh-letter-mode-hook)

   The function, `add-enriched-text' is defined in the example in Note:
Customizing Editing MIME.

   The second hook, a function really, is `mh-compose-letter-function'.
Like `mh-letter-mode-hook', it is called just before editing a new
message; however, it is the last function called before you edit your
message.  The consequence of this is that you can write a function to
write and send the message for you.  This function is passed three
arguments: the contents of the `To:', `Subject:', and `cc:' header
fields.

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