From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: mail: Sending...failed with exit value 71 Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:45:31 +0000 Organization: None Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1awu97drfo.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070914163 23741 80.91.224.253 (8 Dec 2003 20:09:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 08 21:09:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ATRh2-0004su-00 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:09:20 +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 1ATSV7-0002ZA-0f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:01:05 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsr1.ipcore.viaginterkom.de!btnet-peer1!news-peer0-test!news-peer-test!btnet!peer.news.eu-x.com!server2.netnews.ja.net!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk X-Spook: charcoal Aum Shinrikyo PCP fertilizer theater missile X-Attribution: GM Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cancel-Lock: sha1:m7cmceQFybxdHkpHi88SFme7YLs= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119126 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15065 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15065 gebser@speakeasy.net wrote: > So, it must be that there's some other configuration item in emacs > which is bombing when it tries to send the mail. Alright then, the crystal ball says: You have a sendmail installation where the sendmail executable (eg /usr/sbin/sendmail) is not suid root. Either make it so (chmod u+s /usr/sbin/sendmail), or if you can't/don't want to do that, try (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it ; for Gnus send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it ; for other things smtpmail-debug-info t ; only while you sort out this issue smtpmail-smtp-server "your.mail.server")