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Article #3611Re: [not] saving outgoing messages
From: christopher williams
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:53
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:53
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In <C0CtKJ.IsM@ddsw1.mcs.com> dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT) writes: >doc@uiuc.edu (Jim Marco) wrote in <C0B07G.Mnw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>: >| Is there a way to =not= save a copy of an outgoing message? I have my >| elmrc configured to save a copy of all my outgoing mail in a =sent folder. >| But, there are many times I send messages I have no need to save. I know >| I can put a [nosave] on the first line of the message and thus not save >| the body of the message, but the header is still saved and I must change to >| my =sent folder and delete the message. I would like to have elm not save >| the message at all. Is there some trick to this? > >At the s)end f)orget h)eaders c)opy etc. prompt that you get after exiting >the editor, type c/backspace/return (without the slashes). how about _not_ saving copies of outgoing mail when you're not using elm interactively? in nn, i use elm to send mail. when i mail something to myself (for later perusal, archiving, etc), a copy get saved in my =sent folder, as well as the =cgw folder, since it was 'To: cgw'. the only copy i *really* want, of course, is in my =received folder. um, and what's this about "[nosave]"? someone RTFM me, please? -cgw- -- christopher williams cgw@unt.edu +1 817 565 4161 Just a guy lead programmer/operator, university of north texas made of dots and lines.
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!mercury.unt.edu!sol!cgw From: cgw@sol.acs.unt.edu (christopher williams) Subject: Re: [not] saving outgoing messages Message-ID: <cgw.726274426@sol> Originator: cgw@sol.acs.unt.edu Sender: usenet@mercury.unt.edu (UNT USENet Adminstrator) Organization: University of North Texas References: <C0B07G.Mnw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <C0CtKJ.IsM@ddsw1.mcs.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:53:46 GMT Lines: 26