Re: Gnus Agent and mail

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@cam.ac.uk> writes:

> On 10 mai 2003, gs234@cam.ac.uk wrote:
>>On 10 mai 2003, kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com wrote:
>>>BTW, I'm actually convincing myself that gnus-agent-queue-mail is
>>>the reasonable thing to do.
>>
>>Well, I'm having a stab at implementing it now...
>
> And here it is.
>
> 2003-05-10  Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@srcf.ucam.org>
>
> 	* gnus-agent.el (gnus-agent-queue-mail): New variable.
> 	(gnus-agent-send-mail): Use it.

This part seems fine.


> 	* gnus-draft.el (gnus-group-send-queue): Bind
> 	message-send-mail-real-function to the value of
> 	gnus-agent-send-mail-function when sending queued mail.

I don't like the idea of messing with
message-send-mail-real-function. What happens to someone who is not
using the agent (i.e. gnus-agent-send-mail-function is nil)?

What issue are you trying to resolve by adding this binding?

> If you find this approach at all acceptable, I will start work on the
> documentation.
>
> AFAICT there is only one change in behaviour when using the default
> configuration: if you hit J S in the Group buffer when unplugged, Gnus
> will actually try to send any queued email rather than just rewriting
> them to the queue folder.  This is arguably an improvement; if not it
> is probably better to have a "are you sure" nag message anyway.

We will have to wait until the code is checked in to see what is
arguable.  I've learned that some people find any behavior changes to
be objectable.


Kevin