Variable: sendmail-program

sendmail-program is a customizable variable defined in sendmail.el.gz.

Value

"sendmail"

Documentation

Program used to send messages.

If the program returns a non-zero error code, or outputs any text, sending is considered "failed" by Emacs.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 24.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/sendmail.el.gz
(defcustom sendmail-program
  (or (executable-find "sendmail")
      (cond
       ((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
       ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
       ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
       (t "sendmail")))
  "Program used to send messages.
If the program returns a non-zero error code, or outputs any
text, sending is considered \"failed\" by Emacs."
  :version "24.1"		; add executable-find, remove fakemail
  :type 'file)