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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-08-02 12:44:06 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-08-02 19:14:43 +0200
commit8af91dee9a9031ac0d49848b16bd288685f1f370 (patch)
tree78c4236e7afa75efafc45b5279c2e7efb039eeed /lisp/mail/sendmail.el
parent8783700b23e70874c4996908bf02c010ae6f3fe1 (diff)
downloademacs-8af91dee9a9031ac0d49848b16bd288685f1f370.tar.gz
Improve sendmail-program doc string
* lisp/mail/sendmail.el (sendmail-program): Document that the program shouldn't output text (bug#56855).
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diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index f985b2ceac4..189ad075c47 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
(t "sendmail")))
- "Program used to send messages."
+ "Program used to send messages.
+If the program returns a non-zero error code, or outputs any
+text, sending is considered \"failed\" by Emacs."
:version "24.1" ; add executable-find, remove fakemail
:type 'file)