bug#69250: Chromebook issue with 'report-emacs-bug'.

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear Philip,
>
>> Have you configured anything regarding email in Emacs?
>
> No sir, nothing.  Can I help try something?

I have this in my init.el, perhaps it could give you some hints:

(setopt user-mail-address "philipk@posteo.net"
        send-mail-function #'smtpmail-send-it
        smtpmail-smtp-server "posteo.de"
        smtpmail-stream-type 'starttls
        smtpmail-smtp-service 587)

>
> Do not underestimate how dumb I am.
>
> It is my 'feeling' that on my $100 Lenovo Chromebook, with its utterly
> superb Emacs,
> RMAIL cannot send email to anyone I can imagine sending it to.  Which is
> why I have so chauvinistically suggested 'made in China', e.g., Lenovo, may
> have something to do with the matter!  But that is another of my sick jokes.
>
> I used RMAIL as my only emailer for decades, but switched to gmail because
> RMAIL was losing on 'attachments'.  I now love gmail.  It is one part of
> the proof that Google is the greatest company that has ever existed. gmail
> is free.  space seems unlimited. I am so insignificant that I do not give a
> damn whether Google looks at my mail or not. My lifelong email motto is:
> when sending email, always imagine that it is cced to letters at NYT.
> Heavens knows that spooks look at all email, unless one uses 'signal ' or
> something like that.  In Europe, the government is suing signal to force
> them to change their ultra secret ways.  I have tried to use 'signal' and
> enjoyed it, but am now scared to use it any more; don't want to get sued.
>
> Have you guys tried RMAIL on Chromebooks?  Only costs $100 to buy one.
> There are a huge number of Chromebooks in the world, and one can get, and
> enjoy Emacs, with a mere one line command 'sudo apt-get install emacs',
> after one has installed Linux, which of course must always be called 'Gnu
> Linux', or you might rightly get email from rms.  To my astonishment, the
> installation of Linux was about the easiest thing I could imagine.

I have no experience with Chromebooks.

> With the highest imaginable love of Emacs,
>
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> >> Sounds like some problem with your email setup.
>> >
>> > I am sure you are right.
>> >
>> >  However, I do not have the slightest idea what you are talking about.
>>
>> Have you configured anything regarding email in Emacs?
>>