On Monday, May 23, 2011 9:50:17 AM UTC+3, Uday Reddy wrote: > On 5/20/2011 1:46 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > >> I can press c-c c-c to try again and that works in most cases, but > >> then it adds the message to the outgoing folder again, so I need to > >> erase the .FCC line by hand. wouldn't it be good if a failed message > >> was automatically put in "outgoing folder" such as a queued- mail > >> directory, and then sent at a later time? perhaps when smtpmail is > >> called again to send another message? > > > > That seems to be specific to VM, so I'll let the VM crowd handle it. > > Well, it is not really a VM thing, except to say that VM is still using > mail-mode for sending mail, which is semi-obsolete. mail-mode puts FCC > headers in the message composition buffer and leaves them there until > the message gets sent. > > Perhaps moving to message-mode will cure the problem? > > Cheers, > Uday
I'd be happy to try this. Is this done by setting some vm-variable? will all the vm functionality still be there? the manual seems to only indicate that mail mode is used and that it is not too dissimilar from message mode...