Re: deferring sending mail

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:09:18 +0100, Robert wrote:
>
>> is there a better way to defer sending mail than setting
>> gnus-agent-queue-mail to 'always?
>
> Does C-c C-d do what you want?
>
> ,----[ C-h k C-c C-d ]
> | C-c C-d runs the command message-dont-send, which is an interactive
> | compiled Lisp function in `message.el'.
> | 
> | It is bound to C-c C-d, <menu-bar> <Message> <Postpone Message>.
> | 
> | (message-dont-send)
> | 
> | Don't send the message you have been editing.
> | Instead, just auto-save the buffer and then bury it.
> | 
> | [back]
> `----
>
>> I supposed I could just use the drafts group, but then I have to enter
>> that group manually and send from there, and I'm a forgetful chap.
>
> Oh, then C-c C-d probably wont help you. When do you want it sent, then?
>

When emacs is not doing anything else (ideally it would do it in the
background without interfering with anything else, but I guess I'll have
to wait for multi-threading for that ;-) ).

I'll see if it's possible to get the demon to send the draft messages.

> If you just want it queued until you are online again, maybe the MTA
> could handle that?

If I was on a platform with an MTA, a lot of things would be simpler,
unfortunately I'm stuck on Windows, so all this has to happen in the
MUA.

Thanks for the suggestions

Robert