GNU bug report logs - #34177
smtpmail.el aborts on transient errors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Brian Sniffen <bts <at> evenmere.org>

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, moreinfo, patch

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 34177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: bts <at> evenmere.org, 34177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34177: smtpmail.el aborts on transient errors
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 21:45:35 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:24:19 +0200
> Cc: 34177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So, indeed, smtpmail SHOULD try resending when given a 4xx response
> code...  but presumably not forever, either.
> 
> It's a bit difficult to test, though.  Does the following patch work for
> you?

IMO, this should at least say in the echo area that it's retrying,
probably with the number of retries.  Bonus points for doing that from
a separate thread or a timer.  smtpmail locks up Emacs too much
already, when the network is busy.
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