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Re: smtp crap
From: |
Jason Rumney |
Subject: |
Re: smtp crap |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:04:23 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
PJ Weisberg <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> But MOST importantly, what about reporting bugs with `emacs -Q'?
>>
>> That is the real problem here, and the one that you keep
>> ignoring. Instead, you
>> keep focusing on the problem of customization, which is, relatively
>> speaking, no
>> big deal (assuming you finish fixing the repeated-interrogation bugs).
>
> No, that's not the real problem. There are two problems:
> (1) What should Emacs do when the user asks it to send an email?
> (2) What should Emacs do when the user asks it to report a bug?
>
> This series of questions is appropriate in scenario 1, but not in
> scenario 2.
In scenario 1, the inclusion of mailclient is a bit pointless - if a
user wants to set Emacs up as a MUA, then they won't want their mail
going through another MUA. So these questions are obviously intended
for scenario 2.
> report-emacs-bug. The argument Drew is making would disappear
> instantly if report-emacs-bug sent an HTTP POST request, for instance.
Then we'd have to start asking the user questions about their proxy
server. It isn't really an improvement.
- Re: smtp crap, (continued)
- Re: smtp crap, PJ Weisberg, 2011/10/11
- RE: smtp crap, Drew Adams, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Tim Cross, 2011/10/11
- RE: smtp crap, Drew Adams, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Tim Cross, 2011/10/11
- RE: smtp crap, Drew Adams, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Tim Cross, 2011/10/11
- RE: smtp crap, Drew Adams, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap,
Jason Rumney <=
- Re: smtp crap, Stefan Monnier, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, Chong Yidong, 2011/10/11
- RE: smtp crap, Drew Adams, 2011/10/11
- Re: smtp crap, Tim Cross, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, joakim, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, joakim, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, Juanma Barranquero, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, Lennart Borgman, 2011/10/12
- Re: smtp crap, Jason Rumney, 2011/10/12