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bug#34177: smtpmail.el aborts on transient errors
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#34177: smtpmail.el aborts on transient errors |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 21:45:35 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:24:19 +0200
> Cc: 34177@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> So, indeed, smtpmail SHOULD try resending when given a 4xx response
> code... but presumably not forever, either.
>
> It's a bit difficult to test, though. Does the following patch work for
> you?
IMO, this should at least say in the echo area that it's retrying,
probably with the number of retries. Bonus points for doing that from
a separate thread or a timer. smtpmail locks up Emacs too much
already, when the network is busy.