Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'

[Ken Brown]

On 8/6/2011 1:27 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Do you want to use the built-in SMTP, the system mailer or a different
> > user mailer?  (b, s, d)
>
> That would be perfect, although getting a single-line prompt that's
> understandable by random users is a challenge.

I would go one step further and actually offer mailclient as the 
default, with an option to choose something different if desired.  After 
all, we're targeting users who are trying to use emacs to send mail but 
have not configured it.  I would guess that the most common case for 
this is sending a bug report.  Mailclient has the advantage that it 
should just work OOTB for most people, without any configuration.

But it's not clear what's the best way to refer to mailclient in the 
prompt.  How about "your default mailer", perhaps with some help text 
that explains that it is the same mailer the user would get by clicking 
on an email link in their web browser?

Ken