Variable: message-post-method

message-post-method is a customizable variable defined in message.el.gz.

Value

(nntp "news")

Documentation

Method used to post news.

Note that when posting from inside Gnus, for instance, this variable isn't used.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/message.el.gz
(defcustom message-post-method
  (cond ((and (boundp 'gnus-post-method)
	      (listp gnus-post-method)
	      gnus-post-method)
	 gnus-post-method)
	((boundp 'gnus-select-method)
	 gnus-select-method)
	(t '(nnspool "")))
  "Method used to post news.
Note that when posting from inside Gnus, for instance, this
variable isn't used."
  :group 'message-news
  :group 'message-sending
  ;; This should be the `gnus-select-method' widget, but that might
  ;; create a dependence to `gnus.el'.
  :type 'sexp)