Subject: Re: bug#13401: 24.2.92; Mail mode in Emacs FAQ

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:38:06 -0500

Xue Fuqiao wrote:

> I think this expression is better:
> (setq mail-default-headers "FCC: ~/outgoing")
[...]
> Because Message mode has been the default mode for editing and sending
> mail since Emacs 23.2, and `mail-archive-name' is for Mail mode.

But mail-default-headers is for Mail mode too, so it doesn't seem any
better in this regard.

Anyway, if you look at the default value of
message-default-mail-headers, you will see it consults both
mail-archive-file-name and mail-default-headers, so they all have the
same effect.

(In general, the Emacs FAQ is extremely crufty and hardly likely to
answer any question frequently asked today.)