From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function' Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4E079767.30601@harpegolden.net> <87vcvmtc7z.fsf@mid.gehheimdienst.de> <87liwgg3vv.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87y60elo83.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <4E131B9C.4020806@swipnet.se> <87liwc1k08.fsf@gmail.com> <34F70A20-5300-4F2C-A271-C928F67F27EF@mit.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309998896 30950 80.91.229.12 (7 Jul 2011 00:34:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: chad Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 02:34:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QecYN-00039V-Gd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:34:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40494 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QecYM-00010w-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44667) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QecY1-00010M-H1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QecXz-0002UW-B0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:60860) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QecXy-0002UN-Vc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QecXx-0004gW-S2; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:34:25 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from chad on Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:39:33 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:141707 Archived-At: I wouldn't be surprised if the gnu.org login servers were in the top 100 by usage of such machines in the world. If it is useful for the FSF, it is probably useful for many other organizations. You consider this kind of system a "niche legacy", so you will tend not to notice them, but that doesn't mean they are few in number. Each one has many users, and its sysadmins may not be Emacs users. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/