From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to send a mail using smtp? Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:18:50 +1100 Message-ID: <873by1bz4l.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> References: <87652xdh4r.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1103508172 15870 80.91.229.6 (20 Dec 2004 02:02:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 20 03:02:46 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CgCsn-0007yJ-00 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:02:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgD3E-0004OU-4U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:13:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgD2w-0004MV-Ea for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:13:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CgD2v-0004M2-JX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:13:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CgD2v-0004Lt-EZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:13:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CgCry-0003LC-Sp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:01:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CgCrx-0006ZR-00 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:01:53 +0100 Original-Received: from 203-217-31-70.perm.iinet.net.au ([203.217.31.70]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:01:53 +0100 Original-Received: from daniel by 203-217-31-70.perm.iinet.net.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:01:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203-217-31-70.perm.iinet.net.au User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bKecAqOWeJF6WqA+hiEZaWtBImM= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22876 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22876 On 20 Dec 2004, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On 20 Dec 2004, Tim McNamara wrote: >> Daniel Pittman writes: >> >>> On 19 Dec 2004, Jack@mail.org wrote: >>>> Can you tell me how to config my emacs to send mail by using smtp? >>> >>> That isn't generally the best plan, since using the local sendmail will >>> (usually) still put things in the queue even if the server is down. >> >> Only on Unix systems with a functioning sendmail. Since Emacs runs >> on all platforms, there are many users without sendmail. I use OS X >> which has sendmail turned off by default, for example, and I don't >> miss it in the slightest. > > IIRC, Emacs still provides a local MTA, though. I confess: I used > 'sendmail' as a shorthand for "a local MTA", and use Postfix myself. Ack. That should read "IIRC, **MacOS-X** still provides a local MTA" Daniel