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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 9074@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9074: 24.0.50; problems trying to mail bug report, again
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:24:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zkjrbx2m.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3663BA016BAB46B3970AF42151AA73C4@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:39:20 -0700")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> If the user is going to answer `n' to the SMTP mail config question,
> in order to just use an outsider mailer (e.g. Outlook), then there is no
> reason for them to have to go through the silly dialog about "tickle me"
> and be told they must edit the `From:' field in order to be able to
> continue.

I agree.  If you're using the "system mailer" (i.e., sendmail or
mailclient), it should be pretty irrelevant whether Emacs knows your
real mail address.

So I think this check should be moved to a later point -- after it has
been decided to use the built-in SMTP support or using the system
mailer. 

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/





      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-08-02 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-13 23:39 bug#9074: 24.0.50; problems trying to mail bug report, again Drew Adams
2011-07-13 23:54 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-14  0:05   ` Drew Adams
2011-07-14  8:29     ` Lawrence Mitchell
2011-07-14 14:25       ` Drew Adams
2011-07-22 15:05         ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02  4:06           ` Stefan Monnier
2011-08-02 17:34             ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 17:44               ` Lennart Borgman
2011-08-02 18:00                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 19:00                   ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 19:12                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 21:07                       ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 21:17                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 21:40                           ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 22:11                             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-04 14:03                             ` Jason Rumney
2011-08-04 15:38                               ` Drew Adams
2011-08-09 22:37                                 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-22 15:39                                   ` Drew Adams
2011-08-02 20:16                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 15:44 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-08-02 16:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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