GNU bug report logs - #46029
27.1; mail-archive-file-name cannot be changed once it is set.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Muto <shack <at> muto.ca>

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: shack <at> muto.ca
Cc: 46029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46029: 27.1; mail-archive-file-name cannot be changed once it is set.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:59:21 +0200

> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:42:25 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 46029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Are you using message-mode (as opposed to mail-mode) to compose your
> email messages?  If so, I think you need to change the value of
> message-default-mail-headers when you switch accounts.  message-mode
> picks up the values of mail-archive-file-name and mail-default-headers
> when it starts up, and computes from them the value of
> message-default-mail-headers, which it uses thereafter.

I've now added this nit to the respective doc strings.
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