Thanks for all your help. I could solve the issue. The "org-root-directory" needed to be specified, in my case "~/bin/org-7.8.03/". I overlooked that fact- and all of your response helped. Deb On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Debaditya Mukhopadhyay wrote: > I have org 7.8.03. > > added to my .emacs > >> (add-to-list 'load-path "org-root-dir/contrib/lisp") >> (require 'org-mime) >> > > getting > > File error: Cannot open load file, org-mime >> >> To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the >> cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with >> the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace. >> > > Any help will be appreciated. > > >