Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:5248 gnu.emacs.help:1805 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: wanted: mail user agent that verifies local addresses before sending Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 03:30:31 GMT References: <51080@andante.att.com> <1991Apr18.210755.18654@chinet.chi.il.us> Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us's message of 18 Apr 91 21:07:55 GMT >>>>> On 18 Apr 91 21:07:55 GMT, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) said: Leslie> In article Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM writes: >Mark> We'd prefer a mail program that could interface to /usr/lib/sendmail. >How 'bout one that interfaces with /bin/mail or /bin/rmail, that way >it will work on all machines. Leslie> How do you ask /bin/mail or /bin/rmail to verify an address on Leslie> all (any) machines? [I'm saying that feedmail.el passes mail to /bin/[r]mail, which is supposed to be on all unix machines, as opposed to /usr/lib/sendmail. I'm saying that feedmail.el can be popped in place, without having to be adjusted for whatever mail system you're running... I wasn't saying that it had magic powers to pre-forecast remote errors.] Leslie> What if the thing that happens to be named /bin/rmail just Leslie> queues messages and delivers in another process? Depending on the value of the Emacs variable mail-interactive ("Documentation: Non-nil means when sending a message wait for and display errors. nil means let mailer mail back a message to report errors."), Bill's feedmail.el will choose /bin/rmail if you want mailed back errors, and /bin/mail, if you want instant errors. [Of course it's customizable.]