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From: paulr@sequent.UUCP (Paul Reger)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Annotation of Forwarded messages
Keywords: Rmail, Forward
Message-ID: <17978@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 89 22:06:49 GMT
Reply-To: paulr@sequent.UUCP (Paul Reger)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc
Lines: 52

Does anyone know of a way to have emacs automatically enclose
forwarded messages between a set of 'pre-amble' and 'post-amble'
sections ??

For example:  If I forward a message, emacs paints this screen (for me)
and leaves the cursor at '@':


To: @
Subject: [fido: Re:  My dog has fleas]
--text follows this line--
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 89 14:51:18 pdt

I used a flea spray and now they're gone.

Love,

fido


What I wanted was:

To: @
Subject: [fido: Re:  My dog has fleas]
--text follows this line--

Start of pre-amble section:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 27 Jun 89 14:51:18 pdt

I used a flea spray and now they're gone.

Love,

fido


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of post-amble section.


The reason why I wanted this is to easilly distinguish the forwarded
message from added comments.

Anybody ???


             paulr       (Paul Reger)
     Sequent Computer Systems  Beaverton, OR.
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