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Article #98685mail-interactive should be default `t'
From: Daniel Jacobson
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 18:09
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 18:09
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[repost (+ a 50% bonus of words of wisdom below) due to lost stuff on prep.ai.mit.edu] mail-interactive should be t, not nil, as default. Users might not notice that 1/10 of their mail might be missaddressed, etc. (Especially with fakemail users.) Nothing's worse than that "it's-actually-been-lottery-mail-for-the-last-week,-surprise!" feeling. Documentation: *Non-nil means when sending a message wait for and display errors. nil means let mailer mail back a message to report errors. and who says that the mailer will mail any errors back on system XYZ? Anyway, I assume years of smooth mail delivery lulled emacs authors into sacrificing safety for an extra second of speed. Anyway, let the pros set it to nil, let the shmoes and the joes have it default to t. -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708 979 6364
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,be8606ed855232b1,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-08 10:09:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: danj1@ihlpz.att.com (Daniel Jacobson) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: mail-interactive should be default `t' Message-ID: <DANJ1.91Mar8120852@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Mar 91 18:09:47 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@att.com Distribution: gnu Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 23 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu