bug#5558: 23.1.92; sending an email takes much long then previous emacs version

[Warren Dodge]

emacs-23.1.92 -Q
c-x m
C-h v message-send-mail-function

message-send-mail-function is a variable defined in `message.el'.
Its value is 
message-send-mail-with-sendmail


When I do the c-c c-c it says "Sending via mail ...."




emacs-22.3 -Q
c-x m
-h v send-mail-function

send-mail-function is a variable defined in 
`.../emacs-22.3/share/emacs/22.3/lisp/mail/sendmail.elc'.
Its value is sendmail-send-it

>  CC: 5558@debbugs.gnu.org
>  From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
>  Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:09:31 -0500
>  MIME-Version: 1.0
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>  
>  Warren L Dodge wrote:
>  
>  > emacs-23.1.92 -Q
>  > c-x m
>  >
>  > fill in To: to be myUserName
>  >
>  > c-c c-c
>  >
>  > It takes a few seconds to send this email versus almost instantly  in
>  > previous emacs versions.
>  
>  What does 
>  
>  C-h v message-send-mail-function
>  
>  say?

emacs-23.1.92 -Q
c-x m
C-h v message-send-mail-function

message-send-mail-function is a variable defined in `message.el'.
Its value is 
message-send-mail-with-sendmail


When I do the c-c c-c it says "Sending via mail ...."

>  
>  What value did you use for send-mail-function in Emacs 22.3?
>  

emacs-22.3 -Q
c-x m
-h v send-mail-function

send-mail-function is a variable defined in 
`.../emacs-22.3/share/emacs/22.3/lisp/mail/sendmail.elc'.
Its value is sendmail-send-it


>  Does it help to set message-send-mail-function to that value?
>  
>  
That value is not available in the customize list.


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Message Send Mail Function: Hide Value
(*) message-send-mail-with-sendmail
        Send off the prepared buffer with sendmail.
( ) message-send-mail-with-mh
        Send the prepared message buffer with mh.
( ) message-send-mail-with-qmail
        Pass the prepared message buffer to qmail-inject. More
( ) message-smtpmail-send-it
        Send the prepared message buffer with `smtpmail-send-it'. More
( ) smtpmail-send-it
        Not documented More
( ) feedmail-send-it
        Send the current mail buffer using the Feedmail package. More
( ) message-send-mail-with-mailclient
        Send the prepared message buffer with `mailclient-send-it'. More
( ) Other: ignore
   State: EDITED, shown value does not take effect until you set or save it.
   Function to call to send the current buffer as mail. Hide Rest   
   The headers should be delimited by a line whose contents match the
   variable `mail-header-separator'.
   
   Valid values include `message-send-mail-with-sendmail'
   `message-send-mail-with-mh', `message-send-mail-with-qmail',
   `message-smtpmail-send-it', `smtpmail-send-it',
   `feedmail-send-it' and `message-send-mail-with-mailclient'.  The
   default is system dependent and determined by the function
   `message-send-mail-function'.