From 4d45b8b54ca92fd0b94ffcd367b0dcd1134a6ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: djcb Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:44:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * mu4e: small doc updates --- mu4e/mu4e.texi | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi index ba9c0e6b..6f7c482d 100644 --- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi +++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi @@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ Xapian, GMime and their dependencies must be installed. Alternatively, if you build from the git repository or use a tarball like the ones that @t{github} produces, the instructions are slightly different, and -require you to have @t{autotools} installed: +require you to have @t{autotools} (Autoconf, Automake, Libtool, and friends) +installed: @example # get from git (alternatively, use a github tarball) @@ -3097,11 +3098,14 @@ to your configuration: send-mail-function 'async-smtpmail-send-it message-send-mail-function 'async-smtpmail-send-it) @end lisp -With this, messages are sent using background emacs-instance. A word of -warning though, this tends to not be as reliable as sending the message in the -normal, synchronous fashion; however, you can check the progress of the -background by checking the @t{*Messages*}-buffer, which should show something -like: +With this, messages are sent using background emacs-instance. + +A word of warning though, this tends to not be as reliable as sending the +message in the normal, synchronous fashion, and people have reported silent +failures, that is, message are not sent but there is no indication of that. + +You can check the progress of the background by checking the +@t{*Messages*}-buffer, which should show something like: @verbatim Delivering message to "William Shakespeare" ... Mark set