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Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function' |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:45:58 -0400 |
Since there are problems with having Emacs check at run time
whether there is a configured MTA, I propose doing it inside
`make install'.
It could run a program that tries sending messages to certain chosen
addresses, and detects the results. This program could afford to wait
a certain amount of time for the results to show up, with no danger it
will be terminated by a user who does not realize it is still working
on the problem.
Since `make install' is run as root, it could look for a bounce
message in root's local inbox too.
Whatever it finds, it could report by creating a suitable file
that Emacs will check at run time. If there is a local MTA,
Emacs would do what it does now. If not, it would ask the user
to configure sending via SMTP, as has been proposed.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/01
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/01
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Frank Schmitt, 2011/07/01
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/03
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/03
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/07/04
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- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Jan Djärv, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Antoine Levitt, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/07