From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Corneli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to include original Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 17:55:24 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200405022227.i42MRTq04899@dell3.ma.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083538756 14441 80.91.224.253 (2 May 2004 22:59:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 22:59:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 03 00:59:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKPvQ-0002wa-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2004 00:59:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKPu4-00076E-LG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:57:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKPsp-0005vY-LK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:56:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKPrx-0004Jw-9I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [146.6.139.124] (helo=dell3.ma.utexas.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKPrs-0004Bb-AB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:55:28 -0400 Original-Received: from linux183.ma.utexas.edu (mail@linux183.ma.utexas.edu [146.6.139.172]) by dell3.ma.utexas.edu (8.11.0.Beta3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i42MtOq09368; Sun, 2 May 2004 17:55:24 -0500 Original-Received: from jcorneli by linux183.ma.utexas.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKPro-000151-00; Sun, 02 May 2004 17:55:24 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <200405022227.i42MRTq04899@dell3.ma.utexas.edu> (help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org) X-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us: You are on the way to destruction. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18213 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18213 I am trying to use emacs on a UNIX server in order to send email. When I get an email and reply, people complain that they don't see their You didn't say what emacs system are you using to read your mail. If you are using RMAIL you can type C-c C-y (`mail-yank-original'). It shouldn't be hard to write a little function/macro that will do both the "reply to mail" action and this yank action. Or you could just remember to type C-c C-y for the people who complain otherwise! You're likely to find that lots of people (including people on most mailing lists) do not want to see their writing coming back at them all the time. For mailing lists it is preferable to use selective quotes from the original.