Re: [Orgmode] orgmode / emacs /msmtp on winxp

[Eric S Fraga]

Erwin Panen <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I guess this is perhaps more emacs related but here goes:
>
> I'm trying to get going with gnus.
> My system is running XP.
> I have msmtp installed and working. (tested using cli)
> In emacs using eshell and issuing msmtp --v I get the correct output.
>
> Versions:
> Gnus 5.13
> Emacs 23.2.1
> msmtp 1.4.17
>
> What goes wrong is this:
> In emacs I issue M-x mail, fill in, and C-c C-c to send => this opens
> my Thunderbird client.
>
> I've added the equivalent of these to .emacs and .gnus
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;; with Emacs 23.1, you have to set this explicitly (in MS Windows)
> ;; otherwise it tries to send through OS associated mail client
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'message-send-mail-with-sendmail)
> ;; we substitute sendmail with msmtp
> (setq sendmail-program "c:/gnu/bin/msmtp.exe")
> ;;need to tell msmtp which account we're using
> (setq message-sendmail-extra-arguments '("-a" "anderson"))
> ;; you might want to set the following too
> (setq mail-host-address "gmail.com")
> (setq user-full-name "Anderson Guy")
> (setq user-mail-address "address@hidden")
>
> What can I do to debug this behaviour?

Probably can't help you much but I have =mail-user-agent= set to
=gnus-user-agent= in my case.  You may wish to set it to
=sendmail-user-agent=.  I don't use MS Windows, mind you.

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: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1
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