Hi!
You could try doing something with org-capture and the org-capture-templates so that you would be creating your email from the start as an org tree entry under the appropriate location. You can override the org-capture-before-finalize hook (see org-capture.el) to send the mail when you're done typing in the indirect buffer and hit C-c C-c (or org-capture-finalize). I have org-capture set up so I can use it immediately from anywhere in Emacs with the C-cc keys: (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture) That combined with a suitable template and the hook override might give you what you're looking for. Hope this helps! Jos'h Fuller, Production Programmer p: 416.682.5200 x5395 | f: 416.682.5209 | Arc Productions Ltd. | 230 Richmond Street East | Toronto, ON M5A 1P4 | www.arcproductions.com > -----Original Message----- > From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+jos'h.fuller=arcproductions....@gnu.org > [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+jos'h.fuller=arcproductions....@gnu.org] > On Behalf Of Alan E. Davis > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:24 PM > To: org-mode > Subject: [O] Mail composed using emacs --- saving a copy in an org > file. > > I am partial to just opening a mail buffer and writing email in Emacs. > Just that. However, it would be great to save a copy in an org file. > > An emacs FAQ suggests sending a BCC or FCC to oneself. What I want is > a copy stored in an org-mode subtree, with a convenient headline > indicating the name of the recipient and the date. > > So far, I haven't gotten my head around the idea of using BABEL, and I > still like text for email. My experiments with GNUS have not been > very successful. So far. > > I apologize for the naive level of this and some of my other questions. > Though I may not be getting the maximum usefulness of all of org-mode's > features, those features I do use are awesome. Thank you. > > Alan Davis