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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Subject: Re: Q: (can't find in FAQ) saving reply mail
- Message-ID: <9221218.24025@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <62lmca-.pdh@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:48:41 GMT
- Lines: 30
-
- pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard ) writes:
-
- >I would like to save my reply mail. I currently have the following line
- >in my .mailrc file:
- >
- >set record=/u17/pdh/.mailout
- >
- >which causes all outgoing mail from the UCB mail command to also be recorded
- >in the specified file. I also have a means by which I can automatically
- >update the file when my home path changes.
- >
- >Mail sent as a reply from NN does not get saved that way, and I would like
- >to have it all saved in the same way, preferrably in the same file and in
- >the same format. It should save it with all headers as mailed.
-
- Try using the following:
- set news-record ...
- set mail-record ...
-
- WARNING:
- There is a bug in nn in that if the values of these variables is
- incorrect, so that nn cannot create the appropriate file, you do not
- get notified of the error: instead it just doesn't bother to
- save outgoing mail or news.
-
- --
- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
- This .signature VIRUS is a self-referential statement that is true - but
- you will only be able to consistently believe it if you copy it to your own
- .signature file!
-