When you are ready to send a draft, type `C-cC-m C-cC-c'.
For instance, let's consider the following message to be sent.
To: pooh Subject: Let's use PGP/MIME X-Mailer:Mew version 1.94 on XEmacs 20.4 ---- Mew starts walking with security multipart. Enjoy PGP/MIME! --Kazu
After typing `C-cC-m', you see:
To: winnie-the-pooh@100acre.woodwest.uk Subject: Let's use PGP/MIME X-Mailer:Mew version 1.94 on XEmacs 20.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mew starts walking with security multipart. Enjoy PGP/MIME! --Kazu
You should note that Mew automatically selects Text/Plain for Content-Type: and guesses the charset parameter.
Type `C-cC-c' to send this text message. It is sent background. As you learned, `C-cC-m' is to create a MIME message and `C-cC-c' is to send it. Mew has a policy that a message should be transferred exactly as you look in the last time. So, you are supposed to create MIME explicitly(How many people have embarrassed experiences due to automatic insertion of an extra .signature and Fcc:? :p).
When an error occurs, Mew displays "*Mew watch*" buffer. You can erase "*Mew watch*" buffer with `C-cC-q'. In most case, the draft remains in the +draft folder. So, go to the +draft folder from any Summary mode with `g' and type `E' in Summary mode for the +draft folder to edit it again.
If you try to exit Emacs with `C-xC-c' before the sending process is not completed, you are asked as follows:
Active processes exist; kill them and exit anyway? (yes or no)
Please wait until the "*Mew watch*" buffer will disappear and give a try again.
You can omit `C-cC-m'. If you do so, Mew automatically creates MIME and asks you as follows:
The header was modified. Send this message? (y or n)
Please type `y' here. Remember Mew has a policy to send a message as you watch. So, when Mew modifies the message it asks you such a question.
You can omit `C-cC-m' in all composing method described below. But I do recommend to have a custom to type `C-cC-m C-cC-c'.
To insert "~/.signature" on the cursor point, type `C-cTAB'. You can define your own signature file to `mew-signature-file'. Setting `mew-signature-as-lastpart' and `mew-signature-insert-last', you can customize the action of `C-cTAB'.
Here is a summary for commands up above.