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Re: [PATCH] send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTP

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
May 15, 2006, 19:10 UTC
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<20060515190953.GA4368@localdomain>
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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Eric! git-send-email used to default to using local binaries.
> It was only with the switch to Net::SMTP that the default changed to
> localhost:25.
You're welcome.

That's odd, though, looking at Mail::Sendmail, I don't think it actually uses the sendmail binary, either. The FAQ <http://alma.ch/perl/Mail-Sendmail-FAQ.html> confirms this, too.

Of course documentation may be lying and the code I'm looking at may be *very* well obfuscated :D

-- 
Eric Wong
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Message 13 of 17 in “send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTP”
  1. send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTPEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  2. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  3. send-email: quiet some warningsEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  5. send-email: quiet some warnings, reject invalid addressesEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  7. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  8. send-email: allow sendmail binary to be used instead of SMTPEric Wong, May 15, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  10. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  11. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  13. Eric WongMay 15, 2006
  14. Ryan AndersonMay 15, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2006
  16. Ryan AndersonMay 15, 2006
  17. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2006

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