Your message dated Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:01:00 -0500 with message-id <87skq5cp8z.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> and subject line Re: no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations has caused the Emacs bug report #1309, regarding no doc on how to avoid startup screen while still loading .emacs customizations to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact don@donarmstrong.com immediately.) -- 1309: http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1309 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact don@donarmstrong.com with problems