Re: Test mail

Albert D. Cahalan
2001-07-30T19:19:34Z

Torrey Hoffman writes:

> I hate to jump in and extend this mostly off-topic thread, but I would be
> a little annoyed if Outlook was banned from LKML. I've got two machines
> on my desk here at work - one is Win2K, and is used almost exclusively for
> Outlook and Word. It's very difficult to give those up when the rest of
> the company uses them extensively. The automatic meeting scheduling and
> other MS Exchange features of Outlook are not available in other clients,
> and why should I switch when Outlook works fine?
>
> Of course the other computer runs Linux, and is where all my real work
> gets done. It's convenient to have both environments.

This does not mean you have to use Outlook to _send_ mail to
the linux-kernel mailing list. Do this:

1. log into the Linux box you have
2. run emacs
3. Control-x m
4. fill in the header fields and write your message
5. Control-c Control-c

If you really must send mail directly from the Windows box,
get emacs for Windows and skip step 1 above.

BTW, if you can't log into anything that can open an SMTP connection
to the outside world and don't have a relay, then most likely your
employer doesn't want you sending stuff to linux-kernel anyway.