[mew-int 01794] Re: Delete excess versions of /Mail/draft/1

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Charles Muller <acmuller at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 01793] Delete excess versions of /Mail/draft/1

> Starting from about three days ago, every time I try to sent out a
> message with MEW, I get a message in the minibuffer saying
> 
>   "Delete excess backup versions of /Mail/draft/1 ?"

This message is not from Mew. I guess it is displayed by
files.el:backup-buffer().

What is the value of delete-old-versions? It seems to me the following
configuration resolves your problem.

	(setq delete-old-versions t)

--Kazu