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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> It is a function, not a variable.

It is both, in newer XEmacsen.
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`user-mail-address' is a variable declared in Lisp.
  -- loaded from "sendmail"

Value: "karl@justresearch.com"

Documentation:
*Full mailing address of this user.
This is initialized based on `mail-host-address',
after your init file is read, in case it sets `mail-host-address'.
________________

`user-mail-address' is an interactive compiled Lisp function
  -- loaded from "sendmail"
(user-mail-address)

Documentation:
Query the user for his mail address, unless it is already known.
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(in 21.2.b19)