Saving outgoing mail... probably a FAQ

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From: kyle
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1991 18:03

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Paul Fritschle writes:
 > The subject says it: How can I have outgoing mail automatically saved?
 > The variable mail-archive-file-name is mentioned in vm-vars.el, and so
 > I inserted the line:
 > (defvar mail-archive-file-name "~/Mail/outbox"
 >   )
 > into vm-vars, but this doesn't seem to be working. What am I doing
 > wrong?

defvar only sets the variable's value if the variable is unbound (has
no value).  Put (setq mail-archive-file-name "~/Mail/outbox") in your
.emacs file.

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Subject: Saving outgoing mail... probably a FAQ
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