Subject: bug#14921: 24.3.50; Disable mail menu items unless configured

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:12:52 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

>> `Read Net News (Gnus)'
>> `Read Mail (with RMAIL)'
>> `Send Mail (with Gnus Message)'
>
> I guess I was wrong about `Send Mail (with Gnus Message)'.
> It is operational in my case - it simply makes use of my
> external mail client.
>
> The bug in this case is the misleading menu item name.
> It should say only `Send Mail', not also `(with Gnus Message)'.
>
> But again, if not too onerous, the UI should test whether the
> user actually has sending mail from Emacs configured, and
> disable the item if not.

Looks like Stefan did some renaming of these items a few years back.

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