From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/80298 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: smtp crap Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8739f4kzp3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ipo0p1bc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <58C87CB9F44943A7BBE78F2D6B62A850@us.oracle.com> <83botsf06d.fsf@gnu.org> <83k48cxj85.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318347747 32262 80.91.229.12 (11 Oct 2011 15:42:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:42:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, miles@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 11 17:42:21 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RDeTE-0002Gz-Di for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:42:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41065 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDeTE-0007U9-19 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53484) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDeT7-0007T2-DZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDeT6-00079X-Jv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:13 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDeT2-000790-B3; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p9BFg6HR010731; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:06 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 19B7AB41EC; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:01:32 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4007=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9286 : core <4007> : streams <690416> : uri <981056> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.20 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:144895 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:80298 Archived-At: > Right now, Emacs asks the user whether she wants to configure smtp: > (insert "Emacs has not been set up for sending mail.\n > Type `y' to configure and use Emacs as a mail client, > or `n' to use your system's default mailer.\n > To change your decision later, customize `send-mail-function'.\n") There's fundamentally one question with 3 possible answers: How do you want to send email? 1- Use the system mailer (old default). 2- Use your favorite non-Emacs MUA. 3- Configure Emacs so it can send email on its own. If there's no /usr/sbin/sendmail, answer 1 is not available. Stefan