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Subject: Re: How to pipe text or load a file directly into mail-mode?
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On 2006-05-09, Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> wrote:
> * Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>
>|     $status = system('emacs', '-nw', $edit_file, '-f', ' mail-mode');
> --<snip-snip>--
>| and "Symbol's function definition is void: \ mail-mode" in the
>
> Get rid of the leading space in the last argument of the system()
> invocation:
> ' mail-mode'
>=>
> 'mail-mode'

I think I have just one more question!

Any idea why the expand-mail-aliases command isn't available when
emacs opens the file and goes into mail-mode?  

The aliases get expanded when the mail is sent with C-c C-c, but it's
impossible to check them before that point.