Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'

[Teemu Likonen]

* 2011-06-29T06:58:03-04:00 * Richard Stallman wrote:

>> Times have moved on. All other modern mail readers have moved on from
>> trying to use the local MTA to send email out, because the world has
>> changed. These days, it's way more likely that you need to talk to
>> your ISPs local servers directly, and you need to fill out some
>> credentials tied to your account.
>
> If a client program can do that, why can't Exim do that?

Exim can, but (1) root account is needed to configure that and (2) it's
convenient if user can do all his email configuration from his email
client. I think configuring Exim or Postfix or other MTA is too
low-level for a normal user.