From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What commands are there to identify a system's MTA mail transfer agent?... Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:18:28 +1000 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87abhy3xnv.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <0EF135D1-6103-4730-AE44-CD5BB13C2D26@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212799397 4546 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 00:43:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:43:17 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 02:43:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K4mX9-00036m-I3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:43:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56580 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4mWM-0004E5-QL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:43:02 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.internode!news.internode.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:18:28 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TQlvjTlUWSHh+8BE9cOQErITBU4= Original-Lines: 55 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 121.44.99.74 Original-X-Trace: sv3-SxyFL13z+TCrpaOrVX/eXDl2z1nCi7fnNAZ22CKRumAyQigUDpNdTcaDYjUTJO62WMQYS4wKLf7AbEs!JwKOm4k0loPfwCBzTGeInwiWup6zUcBrDTwSEujCDT2qLYrqU3bZkrw4drIk/UlZh6BN1PUo X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159209 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:54566 Archived-At: Don Saklad writes: > Thank you Peter Dyballa ! > > How do you locate the documentation about the MTA > mail transfer agent?... what commands are there > to locate the documentation or to identify what MTA > is being used?... > > > BTW, if it really is the MTA you want to identify, you can often find out by telneting to the smtp port and issuing a 'HELO' command. Most/many MTAs will respond with their name and if its on the local host, you will probably find some initial documentation with man. If it is the user agent you are interested in, have a look at mail-user-agent. ,----[ C-h v mail-user-agent RET ] | mail-user-agent is a variable defined in `simple.el'. | Its value is sendmail-user-agent | | Documentation: | *Your preference for a mail composition package. | Various Emacs Lisp packages (e.g. Reporter) require you to compose an | outgoing email message. This variable lets you specify which | mail-sending package you prefer. | | Valid values include: | | `sendmail-user-agent' -- use the default Emacs Mail package. | See Info node `(emacs)Sending Mail'. | `mh-e-user-agent' -- use the Emacs interface to the MH mail system. | See Info node `(mh-e)'. | `message-user-agent' -- use the Gnus Message package. | See Info node `(message)'. | `gnus-user-agent' -- like `message-user-agent', but with Gnus | paraphernalia, particularly the Gcc: header for | archiving. | | Additional valid symbols may be available; check with the author of | your package for details. The function should return non-nil if it | succeeds. | | See also `read-mail-command' concerning reading mail. | | You can customize this variable. | | [back] `---- -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au