GNU Emacs Pocket Reference

1.6. Email and Newsgroups

1.6.1. Sending Mail

To	Keystrokes
Compose a mail message	C-x m
Compose a mail message in another window	C-x 4 m
Compose a mail message in another frame	C-x 5 m
Insert contents of the .signature file	C-c C-w
Send message	C-c C-c
Define an alias for a name or a group of names	ESC x define-mail-alias

1.6.2. Reading Mail with RMAIL

Emacs interfaces with a number of mail programs, but its own mail program is RMAIL.

To	Keystrokes
Read mail with RMAIL	ESC x rmail
Scroll to the next screen of the message	SPACE
Scroll to the previous screen of this message	DEL
Move to the beginning of this message	.
Move to the next message	n
Move to the previous message	p
Move to the first message	<
Move to the last message	>
Jump to a certain message (preface with the number of the message to jump to)	j
Flag this message for deletion and move forward	d
Flag this message for deletion and move backward	C-d
Undelete a message that has been flagged for deletion	u
Delete all messages flagged for deletion	x
Save message in RMAIL file format	o filename RETURN
Save message as a standard ASCII text file	C-o filename RETURN.
Display a window that lists all messages	h
Exit RMAIL	q

1.6.3. Reading Mail with Gnus

Emacs has a built-in newsreader called Gnus. To enter Gnus, type ESC x gnus. You'll see a group buffer, commands for which are listed below. Select the newsgroup you want to read. Commands for the summary buffer, which lists ...