From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7296 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Burton Samograd Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: how is gnus sending emails? Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 09:59:44 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <877j4vi3yn.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87d5en7295.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147192862 29125 80.91.229.2 (9 May 2006 16:41:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 09 18:41:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdVGb-0006bG-TY for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 18:40:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdVGb-0007pC-3S for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 12:40:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news-hog.berkeley.edu!tethys.csu.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.astraweb.com!router2.astraweb.com!216.168.1.175.MISMATCH!sn-xt-sjc-15!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DAeJIEYjD6S+Xq9rOndmz7ZvDFA= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 20 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77479 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7296 Archived-At: Hadron Quark writes: > I use fetchmail and procmail to populate an nnmaildir setup for gnus : > can send and receive emails fine. > > The question I have is : how is Gnus sending emails? I dont have any > smtp stuff setup in my .gnus.el or my .emacs that I can see. > > How can I tell what configuration it is accessing to send via an > "unknown to me" smtp server? I have multiple emails accounts for home, > recreation and work and like to use the correct smtp for sending. It is (probably) using your local smtp server and using sendmail (I think that would be the sane default) for sending if you have a local mail server running. Check the smtpmail.el package for ways to use an emacs package that sends smtp mail to a specific server. -- burton samograd kruhft .at. gmail kruhft.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/kruhft metashell.blogspot.com