On 2010-09-29 17:01 +0200, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:31:14 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> On 2010-09-29 05:04 +0200, T o n g wrote: >> >>> Having updated emacs to v23.2+1-4, I lost the "send mail (with >>> sendmail)" menu, but get a "send mail (with gnus message)" menu >>> instead. As you might have guessed, it doesn't work for me. >> >> Did it work before on the same machine? > > Yes, with the "send mail (with sendmail)" menu, and my sendmail is still > working.
Did you customize any of the mail-* variables in Emacs? >>> $ tail -1 /var/log/mail.log >>> Sep 28 23:00:07 coral sm-msp-queue[5145]: o8SATjAs007592: to=root, >>> ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=16:30:22, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, >>> pri=4530639, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: >>> Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] >> >> Your MTA seems to be broken. Can you send mail with /usr/bin/mail? > > I never directly use /usr/bin/mail to send email, but sendmail instead, > which goes through my ISP Smart Host. Your mail.log shows a failed attempt to send mail to root. Relaying that mail to your ISP would not have been any good, presumably. >>> The sendmail has been working fine for me for over 10 years (despite >>> some people hate it). I don't want to deal another MTA, is it possible >>> to get that sendmail menu back? >> >> Yes, but that doesn't change anything since message-mode also uses >> sendmail for sending mail by default, like the old (and much inferior) >> mail-mode. In case you want that back, (setq mail-user-agent 'sendmail-user-agent) does the trick. Can you send mail if you do that? > Ok, I guess this is the mode that you are talking about: > > Message mode: > Major mode for editing mail and news to be sent. > > But why I get into this via the "send mail (with *gnus message*)" menu? The menu item may be a bit misleadingly labeled. > BTW, I don't have the gnus package installed, and hope not as well. Gnus comes with Emacs, and message-mode is part of it. But you don't have to manage your mail and news with Gnus to use message-mode. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mxr0a682....@turtle.gmx.de
