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From: tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: help with "comp" and "send -push"
Keywords: mh send comp
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Date: 10 Oct 90 16:37:14 GMT
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In article <4111@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> jhon@menkar.gsfc.nasa.gov (Honce.
Jhon) writes:

$ 
$ I added "send: -push" to my profile to speed up my interaction with
$ mh.  This is good and works as I expected, except for one little
$ problem.  The little problem is comp gives me a message about the draft
$ existing from the last message. I know that send will rename the draft
$ as soon as it's finished with it.
$ 
$ But, is there anyway for me to have comp generate a unique draft file
$ every time it is invoked?  This way I can write several letters back to
$ back and let send worry about delivery on it's own time.

In your .mh_profile, put

	Draft-Folder: drafts

and it will create a draft with a unique name in Mail/drafts.  Once you
send it, it is slated for being overwritten.  If you compose a lot of
messages and don't send them, they will collect.  This is a small
drawback.
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        Tom Reingold
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