In Elm, how can I get extra headers on my outgoing mail messages?

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In Elm, you can get extra headers on your outgoing mail messages. You need to create a file in your ~/.elm directory called elmheaders. This is a plain text file, containing the headers that you want to include in your outgoing messages. Here are some example lines: Reply-To: johndoe@your.internet.address X-Organization: Your organization Your department Your address X-Phone: (000) 123-4567 X-Telex: 12345 abc de X-Fax: (000) 987-654

When you send mail from Elm, it automatically appends your message to the file ~/.elm/elmheaders and then mails the complete file out to the recipient. You must be certain, however, that the header names you supply are RFC822 and RFC1341 compliant. The headers listed above are legal. You can find archived RFCs at: http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html

The method described above results in headers that will be included in all future email from the host in which you have created the elmheaders file. Elm also provides a mechanism for adding certain headers to a single message, as follows:

1. Compose a message as usual, and after you have quit your editor, instead of pressing  s  to send the message, press  h  for Headers.
   
   
2. You will see Elm's message header edit screen. This screen presents a number of basic headers that can be changed: "To:", "Cc:", "Bcc:", "Subject:", "Reply-to:", "Priority:", "Expires", "Action", "In-reply-to:", and "Precedence". Except for "To:", all of these are optional, and many will be presented as blank fields.
   
   
3. Each header name includes a letter that is set off by one or two parentheses. Type this letter to edit that header. Thus, to add or change a "P)riority:" header, press  p .
   
   
4. Type the changes you wish to make, and press Enter.
   
   
5. Press Enter again to return to the main Elm menu, from which you can press  s  to send the message.

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