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Re: user-mail-address adds from, not replace
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: user-mail-address adds from, not replace |
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Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:04:14 -0600 |
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[Please don't top-post.]
MattR wrote:
> emacs 20:
>
> send-mail-function's value is
> sendmail-send-it
>
> Documentation:
> Function to call to send the current buffer as mail.
> The headers should be delimited by a line which is
> not a valid RFC822 header or continuation line.
>
> Defined in `sendmail'.
>
> emacs 21:
>
> smtpmail-send-it
>
> <other stuff deleted>
>
> BUT...
>
> I pulled postfix and inserted sendmail as the MTA and now things work. I
> had to set send-mail-function to smtpmail-send-it to get the mail to go
> through my isp's mail machine.
What is postfix? It's not mentioned anywhere above. See the comments
at the top of smtpmail.el on how to configure smtpmail-send-it
correctly. It doesn't need any external program to work, it talks
directly to server the via SMTP.
> I've never used postfix before. Is there a reason why it adds the extra
> stuff, or a way to fix it?
--
Kevin Rodgers