Re: smtp crap

[David Engster]

Drew Adams writes:
>> > Why does emacs _keep_ asking me if I want to "Set up Emacs 
>> > for sending SMTP mail"?!  I kept answer "n" to this question
>> 
>> I can't reproduce this.  The first time I answer "n", it customizes
>> send-mail-function and saves that variable to the init file.  This
>> should prevent the question from recurring.  Could you try to 
>> figure out what's causing that to fail?
>
> Even if it works flawlessly, this "feature" should _not_ be the default.
>
> In particular, it is ridiculous that a user trying to send a simple bug report
> with `emacs -Q' has to run through the extra hurdle of this inane, possibly
> confusing, and error-prone dialog ("yes"; edit the `From' line; "n").  I 
> cannot
> believe this silliness has gone on this long already.

For the record: I remember the first time I tried to send a bug report
at my old institute on a GNU/Linux machine. The result was a mail with
something like a "funny" mail-host-not-set-so-tickle-me or something
somewhere, leading to a a phone call from IT asking what I could
possibly be doing. So at least I think the new behavior is better.

-David