From: zsd@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2025-12-19 at 03:54 AST, Joseph Rosevear  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:20:45 -0400, Jim wrote:   
   >   
   >> I use postfix to send outgoing email.  (My MUA is mutt, just in case   
   >> that is somehow relevant.)   
   >>   
   >> Every now and then I make the mistake of sending (i.e., trying to send)   
   >> email when I'm off-line.  This is a mistake, because if postfix doesn't   
   >> get the email out on first try, it seems to give up on it entirely.   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > I use a small Python script called "dupe" for sending email from the   
   > command line.   
   >   
   > It connects directly to the SMTP server and sends the message immediately   
   > — no local queue or postfix daemon involved.   
   >   
   > If you're interested, it's part of the SAM.handy library:   
   >   
   > https://rosevearsoftware.com/products/sam/libraries/handy/index.php   
   >   
   > Current version is SAM.handy-1.tar.gz.   
   >   
   > Just something I wrote for my own use and share in case it's useful to   
   > others.   
   >   
   > Joseph   
      
   Thanks Joe, I can see the benefit of having a script like that.   
      
   Unfortunately, it doesn't (directly, anyway) solve the problem of postfix   
   *sometimes* not sending email which I generate using my "favourite" mail   
   user agent.   
      
   Nonetheless, it does do a nice end-run around recalcitrant mail transfer   
   agents, at the cost of a certain amount of preparing the correct arguments.   
      
   Cheers.   
                                   Jim   
      
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