From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_Starb=E4ck?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function' Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:22:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4E079767.30601@harpegolden.net> <87vcvmtc7z.fsf@mid.gehheimdienst.de> <87liwgg3vv.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87y60elo83.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309882867 5335 80.91.229.12 (5 Jul 2011 16:21:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:21:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tim Cross , rms@gnu.org To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 05 18:21:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qe8Mw-0000Ez-Un for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:21:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54135 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qe8Mv-0008Ga-TR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qe6WE-00019X-Jc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qe6WD-0005kR-Cj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:49506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qe6WA-0005k9-IN; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:27 -0400 Original-Received: by bwd14 with SMTP id 14so6174960bwd.0 for ; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=1RmlK7KudtHpGBjFNsHjf6p3G2D8ofJ56rAi5TQF/OM=; b=Cl7wvP9sjPX0lCEBZkMP9U6FOy12i9eBM6ds/itQq3wE6Sj2wqzOyoZfBDLmSLurc6 Q6iO7CSRq/ZbvjJ8lc7C1Xw8SWcz2ETKYo9ylWSCFXkCH/11TGQCwggR3ebslg6JJCFR sKfi/Rpm6fARUFTBcNWXM0LXbbf7eXIyPVdOw= Original-Received: by 10.204.76.19 with SMTP id a19mr6869936bkk.110.1309875743534; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.205.82.65 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 07:22:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3gB5HFVVb5GAJODx3CEVs2W9cVo X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:141596 Archived-At: > Since `make install' is run as root, it could look for a bounce > message in root's local inbox too. Or rather, is often (most of the time?) run as root. Anyway, clearly this wouldn't be used for evil, but still I don't like the idea of Emacs "reporting home" when installed by sending mail. I like to think that programs I use don't communicate over the net behind my back, but only when I ask them to. But install options that makes it possible for a root that installs Emacs on a multi-user system to state how mail is used there sounds like a good idea. No need for testing then -- I think that roots that explicitly choose to use these options should know what mail option is the correct one for their system. I guess then Emacs packages for most GNU distributions would use these options, and then I guess most Emacs users would use Emacses configured in such a way.