From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: send-mail-function / mailclient
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:52:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtz7uh98j.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B657E96C-0CBA-42F5-B7BB-B7D97797ED9E@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:14:55 -0500")
> Back when we introduced mailclient.el, we used it as default for OS X,
> because there, the built-in postfix mail sending function did not work
> right and led to e-mail being swallowed. In recent OS X versions, this has
> been fixed. Postfix is started on demand without the need for
> user configuration.
Even if Postfix works differently now, the problem is not solved.
It's just that it works now "just as poorly as under most GNU/Linux
systems".
> On the downside, I find that sending mail Postfix-style does not work as
> well as it used to, due to crippled mail servers that refuse to accept mail
> from dynamic IP ranges (i.e. home broadband) as a spam-
> defense.
Yes, that's the problem. Nowadays, "systems" are basically not allowed
to email any more, only "users". So using `postfix' (which is not
under the control of a user. but only under the control of the system)
doesn't cut it.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-20 4:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-18 20:14 send-mail-function / mailclient David Reitter
2009-01-20 4:52 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-01-20 20:06 ` David Reitter
2009-01-20 20:25 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-01-27 13:48 ` David Reitter
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