Re: [VM] smtp issues: progress indicator and gracious failure

[emacs user]

On Monday, May 23, 2011 9:50:17 AM UTC+3, Uday Reddy wrote:
> On 5/20/2011 1:46 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> 
> >> I can press c-c c-c to try again and that works in most cases, but
> >> then it adds the message to the outgoing folder again, so I need to
> >> erase the .FCC line by hand.  wouldn't it be good if a failed message
> >> was automatically put in "outgoing folder" such as a queued- mail
> >> directory, and then sent at a later time?  perhaps when smtpmail is
> >> called again to send another message?
> >
> > That seems to be specific to VM, so I'll let the VM crowd handle it.
> 
> Well, it is not really a VM thing, except to say that VM is still using 
> mail-mode for sending mail, which is semi-obsolete.  mail-mode puts FCC 
> headers in the message composition buffer and leaves them there until 
> the message gets sent.
> 
> Perhaps moving to message-mode will cure the problem?
> 
> Cheers,
> Uday

I'd be happy to try this.  Is this done by setting some vm-variable?  will all 
the vm functionality still be there?   the manual seems to only indicate that 
mail mode is used and that it is not too dissimilar from message mode...