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### 12.2 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.

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.