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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2024-04-30 16:04:26 +0300
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; Update description of 'mail-mode'
* doc/emacs/sending.texi (Mail Methods): More accurate description of mail-mode's deficiencies.
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@@ -676,9 +676,11 @@ using this.
In this chapter we have described the usual Emacs mode for editing
and sending mail---Message mode. This is only one of several
available modes. Prior to Emacs 23.2, the default mode was Mail mode,
-which is similar to Message mode in many respects but lacks features
-such as MIME support. Another available mode is MH-E
-(@pxref{Top,,MH-E,mh-e, The Emacs Interface to MH}).
+which is similar to Message mode in many respects but is less
+feature-rich; for example, it supports only basic MIME: it allows you
+to add attachments, but lacks more sophisticated MIME features.
+Another available mode is MH-E (@pxref{Top,,MH-E,mh-e, The Emacs
+Interface to MH}).
@vindex mail-user-agent
@findex define-mail-user-agent