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gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:

> sendmail[4986]: hB725mJ04986: SYSERR(ken): Can't create transcript file 
> ./xfhB725mJ04986: Permission denied
>
> In emacs' *Messages* buffer I'm seeing
>
> Sending...
> Sending...failed with exit value 71
>
> How do I find out what 71 is/means?

It's a sendmail exit code, not an Emacs exit code (after all, Emacs
has not exited). Why not search for "sendmail" + "can't create
transcript file", or somesuch?