Re: sendmail.el bug or expected behavior?

[Jan D.]

> Jan D. writes ("Re: sendmail.el bug or expected behavior?"):
> > This may not do the right thing.  It is not uncommon to not run any
> > sendmail daemon, but just forward everything to another host.  If we
> > do it like this, the mail will never be delivered, but sit in the
> > queue forever.
>
> There is no reliable way for Emacs to prevent /usr/lib/sendmail from
> choosing to sit on the mail, if that's what it's configured by the
> sysadmin to do.  Consider an installation whose mail hub is
> temporarily down.

The point is if this is changed, there will be places where Emacs
previously did deliver mail, and now no longer does.  It is an
incompatible change, not to be made lightly IMHO.

        Jan D.