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Subject: Re: Can we stop emacs from asking "Your mail address?" every time?
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From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
Date: 08 Apr 1997 11:31:27 +0200
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Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

> I made one other change when enabling this function, startup.el no
> longer sets a default `user-mail-address' (variable) unless XEmacs is
> running -batch (to avoid lossage when the bytecompiler queries that
> variable).

This will break Emacs packages that assumes `user-mail-address' exist
as a variable.  From RMS' response, I doubt Emacs will get an
`user-mail-address' function.  I think he will attempt to change the
installation procedure to make sure `mail-host-address' is initialized
instead.

