Re: RMAIL settings [was: Re: w32 does not have emacsclient/server]

[Lennart Borgman]

Robert J. Chassell wrote:

> As far as I can see, `mail-host-address' is irrelevant when
> `user-mail-address' is set.  Perhaps, I should just avoid setting it
> at all.
>  
Thanks for the clarification.

> Then the variables that that I think are salient to a .emacs file and
> that should be the same regardless of operating system would be:
>
>    user-mail-address
>    mail-default-reply-to
>
>    rmail-delete-after-output
>    rmail-confirm-expunge
>    rmail-display-summary
>
>    rmail-pop-password-required
>    rmail-pop-password
>    rmail-preserve-inbox
>  
Thanks also for these. One point that feels mysterious when you are new 
to these is the storing. Is this the same for all different mail agents 
in Emacs?

Another mysterious point is the settings for different mail agents. The 
setting above seems to suggest that this if for RMAIL only? Is that the 
case? If not why are for example rmail-pop-password not called just 
mail-pop-password? It does not really look agent specific to me. Or does 
the different agents inherit from some common values? I would expect an 
inheritance from mail-pop-password => rmail-pop-password if the latter 
was not set. It feels natural and from a beginners point it would be 
very good.