(emacs.info) Rmail Digest

 
 Digest Messages
 ===============
 
    A "digest message" is a message which exists to contain and carry
 several other messages.  Digests are used on some moderated mailing
 lists; all the messages that arrive for the list during a period of time
 such as one day are put inside a single digest which is then sent to the
 subscribers.  Transmitting the single digest uses much less computer
 time than transmitting the individual messages even though the total
 size is the same, because the per-message overhead in network mail
 transmission is considerable.
 
    When you receive a digest message, the most convenient way to read
 it is to "undigestify" it: to turn it back into many individual
 messages.  Then you can read and delete the individual messages as it
 suits you.
 
    To do this, select the digest message and type the command `M-x
 undigestify-rmail-message'.  This extracts the submessages as separate
 Rmail messages, and inserts them following the digest.  The digest
 message itself is flagged as deleted.

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