Re: [O] Questions about mail, MIME, etc.

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Peter Davis <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:05:30AM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> Peter Davis <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > One more follow-on question. When I run org-mime-org-buffer-htmlize, I get 
>> > a buffer in message mode with a nice MIME message almost ready to
>> > go. I have not specified org-mime-library, so it defaults to mml, as 
>> > expected for gnus. But when I type C-c C-c to send the message, I get
>> > prompted for "via" with three options (which I don't remember offhand, but 
>> > it was something like 'transport', 'sendmail' and 'smtp'.
>> >
>> > However, if I had previously run and quit gnus in that session, it just 
>> > sends the message, badda-boom-badda-bing.
>> >
>> > Is there some minimal configuration I can add to .emacs to have the effect 
>> > of running and quitting gnus to messages will send? I realize
>> > this is not so much an org-mode question, but it's related.
>> 
>> I have these variables set, I'll bet it's one or the other that makes
>> the difference (probably the second).
>> 
>> (setq mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent)
>> (setq message-send-mail-function 'message-send-mail-with-sendmail)
>> 
>
> Ah! Using these lines, or even just the first one, did get rid of the "via:" 
> prompt, but the messages never got delivered, even though emacs
> said they had been sent.
>
> Then it occurred to me ... D'oh! I just added
>
> (load-file "~/.gnus.el")
>
> That worked! Sorry for the oversight.

Glad you've got it working!