Alain Schneble writes: > Gnus X-Message-SMTP-Method header does not support a port number in its > value even though this is described in the manual. This special header > can be used to specify an alternative email server to which the message > should be sent. It works properly when supplying a service name like > smtp, but not with a service port number. > > Recipe: > - emacs -Q > - eval: > (defun test-message-send-hook () > (message-add-header "X-Message-SMTP-Method: smtp smtp.fsf.org 587")) > (add-hook 'message-send-hook 'test-message-send-hook) > - M-x compose-mail > - Fill in To and Subject headers > - M-x message-send-and-exit > > It terminates with an error: > => Unknown service: 587 > > This scenario should be supported as described in the manual: > > - (info "(message)Mail Variables") > See description of ¡®message-send-mail-function¡¯ about ¡®smtpmail¡¯: > > ¡®smtpmail¡¯ > > X-Message-SMTP-Method: smtp smtp.fsf.org 587 > > This will send the message via ¡®smtp.fsf.org¡¯, using port 587. > > X-Message-SMTP-Method: smtp smtp.fsf.org 587 other-user > > This is the same as the above, but uses ¡®other-user¡¯ as the > user name when authenticating. This is handy if you have > several SMTP accounts on the same server. > > Alain > > > In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32) > of 2016-09-27 built on MYNGB > Repository revision: bbf1ffd7c74bdf3ea766580788f7f4adb98a47f0 > Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.10586 > Configured using: > 'configure --prefix /c/usr/bin/emacs-25.1 --without-imagemagick' > > Configured features: > XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB > TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS > > Important settings: > value of $LANG: DES > locale-coding-system: cp1252 > > Major mode: Org > > Minor modes in effect: > org-indent-mode: t > global-git-commit-mode: t > async-bytecomp-package-mode: t > shell-dirtrack-mode: t > diff-auto-refine-mode: t > gdb-many-windows: t > winner-mode: t > icomplete-mode: t > show-paren-mode: t > display-time-mode: t > display-battery-mode: t > tooltip-mode: t > global-eldoc-mode: t > electric-indent-mode: t > mouse-wheel-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t > blink-cursor-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > column-number-mode: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent messages: > kmacro-call-macro: No kbd macro has been defined > C-x C-g is undefined > Quit > Type "q" in help window to restore its previous buffer. 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