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1 ;;; mailpost.el --- RMAIL coupler to /usr/uci/post mailer
2
3 ;; Author: Gary Delp <delp@huey.Udel.Edu>
4 ;; Maintainer: FSF
5 ;; Created: 13 Jan 1986
6 ;; Last-Modified: 30 May 1992
7
8 ;; This is in the public domain
9 ;; since Delp distributed it without a copyright notice in 1986.
10
11 ;;; Commentary:
12
13 ;; Yet another mail interface. this for the rmail system to provide
14 ;; the missing sendmail interface on systems without /usr/lib/sendmail,
15 ;; but with /usr/uci/post.
16
17 ;;; Code:
18
19 ;; (setq send-mail-function 'post-mail-send-it)
20
21 (defun post-mail-send-it ()
22 "The MH -post interface for `rmail-mail' to call.
23 To use it, include \"(setq send-mail-function 'post-mail-send-it)\" in
24 site-init."
25 (let ((errbuf (if mail-interactive
26 (generate-new-buffer " post-mail errors")
27 0))
28 (temfile "/tmp/,rpost")
29 (tembuf (generate-new-buffer " post-mail temp"))
30 (case-fold-search nil)
31 delimline
32 (mailbuf (current-buffer)))
33 (unwind-protect
34 (save-excursion
35 (set-buffer tembuf)
36 (erase-buffer)
37 (insert-buffer-substring mailbuf)
38 (goto-char (point-max))
39 ;; require one newline at the end.
40 (or (= (preceding-char) ?\n)
41 (insert ?\n))
42 ;; Change header-delimiter to be what post-mail expects.
43 (goto-char (point-min))
44 (search-forward (concat "\n" mail-header-separator "\n"))
45 (replace-match "\n\n")
46 (backward-char 1)
47 (setq delimline (point-marker))
48 (if mail-aliases
49 (expand-mail-aliases (point-min) delimline))
50 (goto-char (point-min))
51 ;; ignore any blank lines in the header
52 (while (and (re-search-forward "\n\n\n*" delimline t)
53 (< (point) delimline))
54 (replace-match "\n"))
55 ;; Find and handle any FCC fields.
56 (let ((case-fold-search t))
57 (goto-char (point-min))
58 (if (re-search-forward "^FCC:" delimline t)
59 (mail-do-fcc delimline))
60 ;; If there is a From and no Sender, put it a Sender.
61 (goto-char (point-min))
62 (and (re-search-forward "^From:" delimline t)
63 (not (save-excursion
64 (goto-char (point-min))
65 (re-search-forward "^Sender:" delimline t)))
66 (progn
67 (forward-line 1)
68 (insert "Sender: " (user-login-name) "\n")))
69 ;; don't send out a blank subject line
70 (goto-char (point-min))
71 (if (re-search-forward "^Subject:[ \t]*\n" delimline t)
72 (replace-match ""))
73 (if mail-interactive
74 (save-excursion
75 (set-buffer errbuf)
76 (erase-buffer))))
77 (write-file (setq temfile (make-temp-name temfile)))
78 (set-file-modes temfile 384)
79 (apply 'call-process
80 (append (list (if (boundp 'post-mail-program)
81 post-mail-program
82 "/usr/uci/lib/mh/post")
83 nil errbuf nil
84 "-nofilter" "-msgid")
85 (if mail-interactive '("-watch") '("-nowatch"))
86 (list temfile)))
87 (if mail-interactive
88 (save-excursion
89 (set-buffer errbuf)
90 (goto-char (point-min))
91 (while (re-search-forward "\n\n* *" nil t)
92 (replace-match "; "))
93 (if (not (zerop (buffer-size)))
94 (error "Sending...failed to %s"
95 (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))))
96 (kill-buffer tembuf)
97 (if (bufferp errbuf)
98 (switch-to-buffer errbuf)))))
99
100 ;;; mailpost.el ends here