-*- outline -*-* Message headers fields. from = "From:" mailbox-list CRLF sender = "Sender:" mailbox CRLF reply-to = "Reply-To:" address-list CRLF to = "To:" address-list CRLF cc = "Cc:" address-list CRLF bcc = "Bcc:" (address-list / [CFWS]) CRLF newsgroups http://tools.ietf.org/rfc//rfc2076.txt Common Internet Message Headers, Informational http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt Internet Message Format, Standard Track http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Standard Track* Sending email via gmail in emacs.; install starttls from here (no need for patch); http://josefsson.org/emacs-smtp-starttls.html(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil)) smtpmail-auth-credentials (expand-file-name "~/.authinfo") smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com" smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com" smtpmail-smtp-service 587 smtpmail-debug-info t starttls-extra-arguments nil smtpmail-warn-about-unknown-extensions t starttls-use-gnutls nil)machine smtp.gmail.com login [your name]@gmail.com password [your password]And finally download, unzip, make and install startttls:http://josefsson.org/emacs-smtp-starttls.htmlSee http://justinsboringpage.blogspot.com/2009/02/sending-email-via-gmail-in-emacs.html http://obfuscatedcode.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/configuring-emacs-for-gmails-smtp* Mail etiquette.** Bottom vs. top quoting.Just not use top quoting!** Stallman warn about Google. http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org/msg00302.html* Storage format for email.** mbox. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4155 The application/mbox Media Type (Category: Informational) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox** maildir. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir** MH mailbox format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH_Message_Handling_System