Re: smtp issues: progress indicator and gracious failure

[emacs user <user.emacs@gmail.com>]

On May 20, 3:46 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > I use vm with smtpmail to send mail.  when on a slow wireless
> > connection, sending 20Mb attachments can take over 10 minutes.  I am
> > wondering if there is a way to get some progress indicator, such as a
> > continuously updating "percent uploaded" in the echo area?
>
> You could try the patch below.
>
> > also, smtp fails quite often, and then I am left with the outgoing
> > mail buffer.
>
> Do you happen to know why?
>
> > I can press c-c c-c to try again and that works in most cases, but
> > then it adds the message to the outgoing folder again, so I need to
> > erase the .FCC line by hand.  wouldn't it be good if a failed message
> > was automatically put in "outgoing folder" such as a queued- mail
> > directory, and then sent at a later time?  perhaps when smtpmail is
> > called again to send another message?
>
> That seems to be specific to VM, so I'll let the VM crowd handle it.
>
>         Stefan
>
> === modified file 'lisp/mail/smtpmail.el'
> --- lisp/mail/smtpmail.el       2011-02-12 17:51:02 +0000
> +++ lisp/mail/smtpmail.el       2011-05-20 12:44:28 +0000

thanks, fantastic!  what version of emacs can I apply this patch to?
I tried trunk and it failed, although I may have done this
incorrectly.  cheers, E