Re: smtpmail.el and logging

[Brendan Halpin]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> I don't understand why those sites would accept a direct SMTP connection
> from your machine but not an SMTP connection via sendmail.  

Good point! I suppose I use it as a way of cheaply switching to an
alternative MTA pointed at an outgoing mailserver, and leaving the
main MTA in its original configuration bypassing the server. 

> In any case,
> smtpmail logs each transaction in the *trace of SMTP session to foo*
> buffer, where foo is smtpmail-smtp-server.

That is the kernel of information I needed, for which thanks. Also
thanks for the defadvice examples -- should prompt me to finally
get to grips with advice; I've known about it for years but never
used it.

Brendan
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