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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-01-03 18:36:29 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-01-03 18:36:29 +0000
commit154fc36ecaf05a5f598ab16d425c876b789951c4 (patch)
tree606711267f73e750a8d0a538a9b359cf70f22078 /lisp/mail/sendmail.el
parent6caaa21239395a149578d7b9786fa1a7c29a55ba (diff)
downloademacs-154fc36ecaf05a5f598ab16d425c876b789951c4.tar.gz
(mail-header-separator): Don't put on read-only property.
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diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index a5fdc8d5d47..1c3b2dbc150 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ match the variable `mail-header-separator'.")
;; Set up mail-header-separator for use as a category text property.
(put 'mail-header-separator 'rear-nonsticky '(category))
-(put 'mail-header-separator 'read-only t)
+;;; This was a nice idea, for preventing accidental modification of
+;;; the separator. But I found it also prevented or obstructed
+;;; certain deliberate operations, such as copying the separator line
+;;; up to the top to send myself a copy of an already sent outgoing message
+;;; and other things. So I turned it off. --rms.
+;;;(put 'mail-header-separator 'read-only t)
;;;###autoload
(defvar mail-archive-file-name nil "\