From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: sendmail.el bug or expected behavior? Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:09:40 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <877jzn2lk8.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074798851 12934 80.91.224.253 (22 Jan 2004 19:14:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 22 20:14:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjkHC-00047h-00 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:14:02 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjkHC-0000cF-00 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:14:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AjkFQ-0002hX-Ho for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjkFD-0002f0-C8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:11:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjkDw-0002An-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:11:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.13.230.178] (helo=yxa.extundo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AjkDP-0001wE-JL; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:10:07 -0500 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0MJA4An028380 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:10:05 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Hashcash: 0:040122:rms@gnu.org:ba5c1e79647efb5c X-Hashcash: 0:040122:emacs-devel@gnu.org:c7f67aa588708bc3 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:00:45 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:19429 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19429 Richard Stallman writes: > But this may not work well if > /usr/lib/sendmail hangs for hours, > > Are all mailers liable to hang for hours, or is it only Sendmail that > does so? For instance, we use Exim. Can Exim hang for hours when you > invoke it in this way to send a message? I don't know. As far as I remember, the reports were not very detailed, just that the change of default behaviour generated problems. Perhaps someone can experiment a little, although I'm not really sure what MTA and what configuration triggers the problem. I suspect that if the MTA is trying to deliver the message to its final destination, then it may hang regardless of what MTA is used.