136: How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
You can either mail yourself a copy by including a "BCC:" header in the
mail message, or store a copy of the message directly to a file by
including an "FCC:" header.
If you use standard mail, you can automatically create a "BCC:" to
yourself by putting
(setq mail-self-blind t)
in your .emacs file. You can automatically include an "FCC:" field by
putting something like the following in your .emacs file:
(setq mail-archive-file-name (expand-file-name "~/outgoing"))
The output file will be in Unix mail format, which can be read directly
by VM, but not always by Rmail. See question 138.
If you use mh-e add an FCC: or BCC: field to your components file.
It does not work to put "set record filename" in the .mailrc file.