Re: message auto-saving?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> Hello Eric,
>
> On 2016-03-24 15:01, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> On Thursday, 24 Mar 2016 at 11:18, Alan Schmitt wrote:
>>> No, there was nothing there. I just waited until I save the "autosave"
>>> message for this current message, and I cannot find where this has been
>>> saved … I also looked into ~/Mail/drafts, which is where
>>
>> Assuming you are using a unix variant, try the following
>>
>> On shell:
>> $ cd
>> $ touch xxx    (some file name that is unique)
>>
>> Now start composing an email and wait for auto-save to kick in.
>>
>> Back in shell:
>>
>> $ find . -newer xxx
>>
>> and see what it reports.
>
> Great idea! I've found it. It's in ~/.emacs/.cache/auto-save/site. I
> would never have thought to look there.

But more importantly, Gnus should know to look there!