bug#9774: 24.0.90; interrupting smtpmail

[emacs user]

2011/11/9 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
> emacs user <user.emacs@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> thanks for responding.  I see this problem when I try to use google's
>> smtp server, when behind a firewall that does not allow me to access
>> it, for example.  emacs still tries hard to connect, this takes a
>> while, and during this time c-g doesn't have an effect.  I don't know
>> how to reproduce this without this situation, but perhaps this
>> additional information helps?  thanks again...
>
> I see...  hm...  I just tried setting smtpmail to point to an external
> SMTP server on port 25.  That port is blocked by my ISP, too, so
> smtpmail.el hangs when trying to talk to that port.
>
> But `C-g' works for me when this happens.  Could this be an OS
> X-specific bug?

perhaps...  anything I could do to look into this?