From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: smtp crap Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8739f4kzp3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ipo0p1bc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <58C87CB9F44943A7BBE78F2D6B62A850@us.oracle.com> <83botsf06d.fsf@gnu.org> <83k48cxj85.fsf@gnu.org> <83fwizxwy1.fsf@gnu.org> <838vorxrbd.fsf@gnu.org> <8739ezjhen.fsf@gnus.org> <838voq5nsj.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318429836 30611 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2011 14:30:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 12 16:30:32 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 1RDzpG-0006El-MR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:30:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52294 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzpG-0000LC-6z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44570) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzp5-0008U7-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzp1-0006v4-7f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:16135 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzos-0006qk-Mr; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:06 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAKajlU5FxJoX/2dsb2JhbABDqDKBBoFTAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0QAROIEbpSh1gEoSCERQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,334,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="141421695" Original-Received: from 69-196-154-23.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.154.23]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 12 Oct 2011 10:30:05 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 383F158D66; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:05 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <838voq5nsj.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:42:36 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.183 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:145009 Archived-At: >> Should the "sendmail" option be off the table if the system doesn't have >> a sendmail executable? (I.e., Windows and OS X.) > Yes, I think so. Having options that aren't applicable is confusing. OK. Tho I'd still prefer it if we don't just remove it flat out but replace it by a blurb saying that it's possible but not applicable for lack of sendmail. > Here's my suggestion for the text of this prompt: Sounds good. Feel free to install it. Stefan