[Novalug] Clearly opaque emacs configuration

Don E. Groves, Jr. dgrovesjr@gmail.com
Fri May 2 20:36:48 EDT 2008


What "Mail Transport Agent" (mail-transport-agent) are you using and
how is it configured?

 Debian "Etch(stable)" provides 13+ such class packages
  <http://packages.debian.org/etch/mail-transport-agent>
and the one that you are using effects how you go about configuring it.

IOW  vm doesn't send the mail directly itself, but instead passes that
job onto another agent.

-- 
 Donjr

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Alvin Smith <mezzenger@gmail.com> wrote:
> Several years ago I set up a computer to run a CD based Linux distro
> called Oralux for a blind gentleman.  The primary application was
> Emacspeak, Emacs that run a screen reader.  The user ran w3m for web
> browsing and vm for email.  All was well until the hard drive that he
> stored his configuration files and "persistent home directory" began
> to fail.
>
> Oralux (Knoppix based) is now a dead project.  So, my solution was to
> replace the failing hard drive, load a straight Debian system
> including Emacspeak, transferring the .emacs and other relevant dot
> files over to the new system.  All seemed to be fine until we found
> that vm would not send email using the expected smtpmail.
>
> So the system seems to be using the local email system instead of the
> configured pop3 and smtp servers.  I am stumped.  The user stated that
> the old .emacs configuration file "worked".  BTW he has a dialup ISP.
> w3m surfs like a champ.  But vm (which he configured himself the first
> time with the help of a third party) refuses to send mail.
>
> Oh, it does retrieve mail from the POP3 server, but it will not send
> mail.  So, vm reads the dot file as it pertains to incoming but not
> outgoing mail.  Does anyone have suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Alvin

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