From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: gnus / message-send-mail-with-mailclient [patch]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:29:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e01ksa$9g2$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0698DD0E-838C-4F43-B304-D44217205972@gmail.com>
David Reitter wrote:
> On 24 Mar 2006, at 14:29, Reiner Steib wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 22 2006, David Reitter wrote:
>> I can't think of a reliable way to check if the application called by
>> `browse-url' handled the mailto link correctly.
>
> I can't either. I believe `message-send-mail-with-sendmail' is the best
> default for `message-send-mail-function', unless running on systems
> where sendmail is not implemented or swallows mail. (OS X 10.4 is
> supposed to automatically fire up sendmail, according to an Apple
> developer. I haven't seen this work reliably, so far.)
>
>> At least, `mailclient-send-it' could inform the user what it does.
>>
>> Something like "Delegating [shortened-mailto-stuff] to
>> `browse-url'...". Maybe including the value of
>> `browse-url-browser-function' in the message. Note that
>> `browse-url-browser-function' might be a (REGEXP . FUNCTION) list.
>
>
> These require developer-level knowledge and add to the general
> information overload. "Browse" never sounds like mailclient.
I don't agree. I expect users to use `C-h v' and `C-h f' when they see
variables and functions explicitly mentioned in an error message (or in
a status message before things go awry).
If the message is prefixed with "mailclient-send-it: " or if
[shortened-mailto-stuff] actually included the "mailto:" URL scheme, it
should be clear what browse-url is being used for.
> How about
>
> (message "Delegated message to default mail client.")
That tells me... nothing.
> But most importantly, we should see if the "Message sent" message can
> be avoided, since it's plain and simply wrong from the user's
perspective.
No, it's just been sent to a different destination than the user
assumes. :-)
How about "Message dispatched"?
--
Kevin Rodgers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-24 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-09 12:06 gnus / message-send-mail-with-mailclient [patch] David Reitter
2006-03-16 21:27 ` Reiner Steib
2006-03-17 7:39 ` David Reitter
2006-03-17 11:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-17 12:37 ` David Reitter
2006-03-17 17:10 ` Reiner Steib
2006-03-18 10:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-18 11:44 ` Reiner Steib
2006-03-22 10:36 ` David Reitter
2006-03-24 14:29 ` Reiner Steib
2006-03-24 17:15 ` David Reitter
2006-03-24 20:29 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2006-03-26 9:35 ` David Reitter
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