
>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

  > How about this, then?  It add a timeout to the
  > accept-process-output call.

The backtrace from this patch is at the end...  it still spins after
sending.

  > I thought accept-process-output was supposed to return if the
  > process died, though.  Are you using Windows or Macintosh?  I
  > recall some process related problems on those systems.

I'm running Debian Linux on a P4 box, but I've downloaded the latest
texinfo (just to get emacs built) and the cvs version of emacs off of
savannah as of earlier today.

--backtrace--
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (quit)
  smtpmail-read-response(#<process SMTP>)
  byte-code("ƒ  rÂ!qˆÃÄ\"ˆÅ!ˆÆ!ˆ	„ Ç\n!ˆ)Â‡" [process smtpmail-debug-info process-buffer smtpmail-send-command "QUIT" smtpmail-read-response delete-process kill-buffer] 3)
  smtpmail-via-smtp((#("jglauner@sbum.org" 0 17 (fontified nil))) #<buffer  smtpmail temp>)
  smtpmail-send-it()
  mail-send()
  vm-mail-send()
  vm-mail-send-and-exit(nil)
  call-interactively(vm-mail-send-and-exit)
--end backtrace--

--Jonathan