Re: Default of send-mail-function

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >         I have xdg-email configured to use this as the preferred mail
> >  client:
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >   emacsclient -s gnus -c \
> >     -e "(progn (gnus-url-mailto \"$url\") (set-buffer-modified-p nil))"
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >         Would your proposal not result in a loop?
> >   
>
> Yes, that can currently happen with the default on Windows and Mac too. 
> But the fact that obviously experienced users who have set Emacs as 
> their default mail client end up with a loop if they don't change the 
> default configuration should not prevent us from making a change that 
> benefits less experienced users who currently experience a broken mail 
> configuration and may not have the knowledge to configure their way out 
> of it.


Ask the user whether to use the system default mail program?