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Article #1550rmail and mail-archive-file-name
From: Michael DeCorte
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1989 22:01
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1989 22:01
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I don't want to say this is a bug but it does break the law of least
astonishment.
Assume (setq mail-archive-file-name "~/.outgoing")
THE SCENARIO:
(1) Load .outgoing into a buffer
Edit it then save it, or perhaps just look at it, it doesn't matter.
(2) Mail someone a message.
(3) Mail someone else a message.
Error message reported
File has changed on disk; really want to edit buffer (y, n or C-h)
the message is refering to the .outgoing buffer but does not say
so (be nice if it did). Either way this is a little odd and there
is no really good way out of it. If you answer y then you loose
the copy of the last message sent out. If you answer n then you
can't mail your message.
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Michael DeCorte // (315)265-2439 // P.O. Box 652, Potsdam, NY 13676
Internet: mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu // Bitnet: mrd@clutx.bitnet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!mrd From: mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Michael DeCorte) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: rmail and mail-archive-file-name Message-ID: <MRD.89Apr3180148@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Date: 3 Apr 89 22:01:48 GMT Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Postdam NY Lines: 34