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From: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: outlogging of mail messages
Keywords: outlogging mail elm
Message-ID: <5099@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 89 02:59:57 GMT
References: <448@wubios.wustl.edu> <2267@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <2267@mace.cc.purdue.edu> aqm@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Steve Weinrich) writes:
+In article <448@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:
+>I have received a number of responses to my inquiry about the logging of
+>outgoing messages.  Everyone told me the same thing:  so set 'copy = ON'
+>and 'savemail = <folder>' in my ~/.elm/elmrc file.  I had already had
+>these options set, and no mail was being deposited in the specified
+>folder.
+
+  I cannot see from your description, but it appears that you might
+have made a slight error in declaring what 'folder' you want your
+mail to go into. If you declare the <folder> with a directory, then
+ELM will figure you want each message to be sorted. But, if you declare
+the <folder> with a file name, ie: outbound   then, ELM will save
+all your outgoing messages in there. 

If I am understanding what Steve wrote here, it's simply not the way
ELM works. Even though I already posted "RTFM" in response to David's
posting, I think I'll reply in full to nip any misinformation in the bud.

Saving a copy of outgoing messages is governed in two areas: your elmrc,
and a run-time option settable on a per-message basis.

elmrc	If copy = ON in your elmrc, a copy of each outgoing message
	will be saved by default.

	If savename = ON (and copy = ON) in your elmrc, a copy of each
	outgoing message  will be "saved by name", otherwise it will
	be saved to the folder denoted by the "sentmail" (aka savemail
	and saveto) option of your elmrc.

runtime	When sending a message (mail, reply, or forward commands), the
	send menu has a new option 'c', to alter the defaults as set
	in your elmrc (see above) for this particular outgoing message.
	You have four choices:
		- not save a copy
		- save to the "sentmail" folder
		- save by name
		- save to a specifically named folder

One further note, if in the end, the save-by-name option is in force,
a copy will be saved in a folder in your folders directory whose name
is taken from the logname of the first "To:" address of the message.
-- 
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