Re: [O] Questions about mail, MIME, etc.

[Peter Davis]

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:05:30AM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> Peter Davis <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > One more follow-on question. When I run org-mime-org-buffer-htmlize, I get 
> > a buffer in message mode with a nice MIME message almost ready to
> > go. I have not specified org-mime-library, so it defaults to mml, as 
> > expected for gnus. But when I type C-c C-c to send the message, I get
> > prompted for "via" with three options (which I don't remember offhand, but 
> > it was something like 'transport', 'sendmail' and 'smtp'.
> >
> > However, if I had previously run and quit gnus in that session, it just 
> > sends the message, badda-boom-badda-bing.
> >
> > Is there some minimal configuration I can add to .emacs to have the effect 
> > of running and quitting gnus to messages will send? I realize
> > this is not so much an org-mode question, but it's related.
> 
> I have these variables set, I'll bet it's one or the other that makes
> the difference (probably the second).
> 
> (setq mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent)
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'message-send-mail-with-sendmail)
> 

Ah! Using these lines, or even just the first one, did get rid of the "via:" 
prompt, but the messages never got delivered, even though emacs
said they had been sent.

Then it occurred to me ... D'oh! I just added

(load-file "~/.gnus.el")

That worked! Sorry for the oversight.

Thanks!

-pd


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