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Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'
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Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function' |
Date: |
Sat, 6 Aug 2011 20:36:47 +0200 |
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 20:33, Ken Brown <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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?
I agree.
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', (continued)
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Ken Brown, 2011/08/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Ken Brown, 2011/08/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Ken Brown, 2011/08/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/08/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Ken Brown, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function',
Lennart Borgman <=
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lennart Borgman, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/07
Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/08/03