From f3636615bacf683610588021d8d2c5db7d728c11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Sima Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:26:38 -0700 Subject: add notes to sendmail --- sendmail | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'sendmail') diff --git a/sendmail b/sendmail index bda9d7a..26a174c 100755 --- a/sendmail +++ b/sendmail @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ #! /usr/bin/env sh -## pass all params to msmtpq & redirect output -msmtpq \ - "$@" >> ~/tmp/msmtp.log 2> ~/tmp/msmtp.err +# msmtpq has weird exit semantics. if it fails to send, it returns a bunch of +# text which emacs treats as "failure to send" but msmtpq treats as "added to +# outbot to send later". i guess exit code is not respected by emacs? anyway, +# msmtpq does not drop messages, but saves them in a queue, so we can just fire +# and forget. next time we get online, msmtpq will send all the messages in the +# queue. +msmtpq "$@" >> ~/tmp/msmtp.log 2> ~/tmp/msmtp.err exit 0 -- cgit v1.2.3