From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#34177: smtpmail.el aborts on transient errors Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 21:45:35 +0300 Message-ID: <83o9233v3k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <70A0D375-0530-45D8-B4A4-B7BDF009749D@evenmere.org> <87h87vqd64.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="125823"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: bts@evenmere.org, 34177@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 09 21:01:20 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkvMd-000WWZ-OW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 21:01:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52834 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkvEz-0005hx-Ci for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:53:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv9D-0002Vs-BB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:47:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv92-0004Zt-Uk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53615) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv8n-0004Uc-Vh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv8n-00033a-SC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:47:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 34177 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo patch Original-Received: via spool by 34177-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B34177.15626979628724 (code B ref 34177); Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 34177) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jul 2019 18:46:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34203 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv7p-0002GD-Q5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:46:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58136) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv7o-0002Ac-WF for 34177@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:56403) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv7g-0003fY-GI; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:45:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1714 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hkv7e-0002lR-0w; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:45:51 -0400 In-reply-to: <87h87vqd64.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:24:19 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162540 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:24:19 +0200 > Cc: 34177@debbugs.gnu.org > > So, indeed, smtpmail SHOULD try resending when given a 4xx response > code... but presumably not forever, either. > > It's a bit difficult to test, though. Does the following patch work for > you? IMO, this should at least say in the echo area that it's retrying, probably with the number of retries. Bonus points for doing that from a separate thread or a timer. smtpmail locks up Emacs too much already, when the network is busy.