Re: How to send a mail using smtp? - solved! (but need help with "Mail From:")

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Bob Babcock wrote:
 > There's probably a better way, but for a long time I have been using the
 > following hook to insert the From: and Reply-to: lines.  (Note that I'm
 > doing this in emacs 20.7.  My ISP isn't yet _requiring_ authenticated 
smtp,
 > so while I've gotten it to work in 21.3, I haven't moved everything 
else to
 > that version yet.)
 >
 > (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook
 >   (function
 >     (lambda ()
 >       (setq fill-column 77)
 >       (turn-on-auto-fill)
 >       (save-excursion
 >         (progn
 >           (goto-char (point-min))
 >           (forward-line 1)
 >           (insert "From: My Name <username@domain.net>\n")))
 >       (save-excursion
 >         (progn
 >           (goto-char (point-max))
 >           (forward-line -1)
 >           (insert "Reply-to: username@domain.net\n")))
 >       (setq tab-width 8))))

Yes, there's a better way, since Emacs has anticipated your problems and
provided variables to solve them:

(setq user-full-name "My Name"
       user-mail-address "username@domain.net"
       mail-default-reply-to user-mail-address
       mail-from-style  'angles)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers