Re: Posting through a different mail server

Re: Posting through a different mail server

[Kai Großjohann]

Jonathan Shipley <js@nomensa.com> writes:

> Can anyone tell me how me to get a prompt to send mail to a different
> server to the default one?

See the variable message-send-mail-function and also the beginning of
the file smtpmail.el (which comes with Emacs).

If you configure Gnus to use smtpmail.el (ie, by setting
message-send-mail-function correctly, as described in smtpmail.el),
then you can frob the smtpmail variables to choose the server to send
to.

C-u 0 C-c C-c chooses a _Gnus_ server instead of a mail server.  It's
only useful for posting, not for sending mail.

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Re: Posting through a different mail server

[Jonathan Shipley]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:


> If you configure Gnus to use smtpmail.el (ie, by setting
> message-send-mail-function correctly, as described in smtpmail.el),
> then you can frob the smtpmail variables to choose the server to send
> to.

This is my current setup. So frob in this case means change the variable
to the desired server, send the mail and then reset the variable. As
this is only a one-off this is not a problem, but it seems odd not to
use C-u 0 C-c C-c method if I am already sending through smtpmail-send-it.

I suppose that if I was in a particular group I could automatically set
the variable.

> C-u 0 C-c C-c chooses a _Gnus_ server instead of a mail server.  It's
> only useful for posting, not for sending mail.

Thank you for the lesson.


-- 
Jonathan 

Re: Posting through a different mail server

[Kai Großjohann]

Jonathan Shipley <js@nomensa.com> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>
>> What happens if you M-: (make-local-variable 'smtpmail-FOO) RET, then
>> M-: (setq smtpmail-FOO "other-server") RET, then C-c C-c?
>> 
>> If that works, then a function to choose the server for this message
>> might work.
>> 
>
> It went to the default server. Is there an impicit step I have missed
> out? I don't see why /just/ setting a local variable would override the
> default mail server. But then again, you're the lisp expert!
>
> Of course, I took your instructions literally, including the FOO.

I forgot the name of the variable, that's why I used FOO.  I suggest
that you try this:

M-: (make-local-variable 'smtpmail-smtp-server) RET
M-: (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "other-server") RET

You could also try smtpmail-default-smtp-server instead of
smtpmail-smtp-server.

Please put in the right server name instead of other-server.

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