Re: batch mode to send an email

[Kevin Rodgers]

ken wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> > (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
> >       smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.server.tld")
> >
> > (setq mail-default-headers
> >       "X-RTFM: Sending Mail; Mail Sending; (smtpmail)Emacs Speaks SMTP\n")
> >
> > (mail nil "someuser@somewhere.somedomain" "my favorite subject")
> >
> > (insert "Blah, blah, blah.\n")
> >
> > (mail-send-and-exit)
>
> Kevin,
>
> Thanks very much for your reply.  But it didn't work.  All I did was
> change the destination email address and the mail server to actual,
> existing values.
>
> The error I got was:
>
> Wrong number of arguments: #[(arg)
> ("/usr/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/mail/sendmail.elc" . 21146) nil 2
> ("/usr/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/mail/sendmail.elc" . 20985) "P"], 0
>
> (all on one line, of course.  My mail client autowraps.)
>
> I commented out ''(mail nil ....)'' and the error went away.
>
> "C-h f mail" says there can be more args, but doesn't say it must.  I'm
> not certain how to fix this line.

Mail accepts anywhere between 0 and 7 arguments:

(mail &optional noerase to subject in-reply-to cc replybuffer actions)

The call above passes 3, so I can't imagine why it is complaining.

--
Kevin