Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> I guess it works on other systems, too?  If sendmail can't be found,
>>>>> then perhaps defaulting to mailclient in the `n' case would be a good
>>>>> default on all systems?
>>>> I'm not sure if the feature freeze would prevent this change from
>>>> being made, but I'm sending this as a reminder in case you've
>>>> forgotten about it.
>> Thanks, yes it's something we want to do.
> Good.  There's still the question of exactly what sendmail-query-once should
> do.  I think it should query all users who haven't already set up smtpmail.

I don't understand what you mean.  Clearly it should only query if
sendmail-query-once-function is set to `query', otherwise it would keep
querying forever those users who don't want to use&setup smtpmail.

> And, when it queries, mailclient should always be one of the choices, even
> if sendmail exists.

Yes, of course.  After all, the whole issue that prompted this querying
is that the presence of sendmail is not sufficient to guarantee that
sendmail can be used.


        Stefan