On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:36:43 -0400, Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org> wrote:
> I think this is a great idea. Unfortunately, I had a lot of trouble
> making message-mode digest an existing buffer. For example, if you take
> any existing buffer and call (message-mode) on it, you will notice it
> will clear the buffer completely.

Hey, Antoine.  Is this really true?  It seems to work for me.  For
instance, if I view a received message raw ('V') I can then "C-x
message-mode" on that buffer and it creates a partially filled, although
not properly formatted, message.

jamie.