authentication when sending mail using emacs

authentication when sending mail using emacs

[dash]

Hi,

I am trying to send email from emacs (GNU Emacs 21.3.1)
using Earthlink as my ISP.  I have the following relevant
settings in my .emacs file:

(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
(setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtpauth.earthlink.net")
(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
      '(("smtpauth.earthlink.net" 25 "<username>@earthlink.net"
                                  "<password>")))
(setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials
      '(("smtpauth.earthlink.net" 25 nil nil)))

However, when I go to send email, I always get the following
error message:

550 Please configure your mail client to use authentication.

Any ideas what might be causing this and how to fix it?

TIA!!!

Re: authentication when sending mail using emacs

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Sep 27 2005, dash@juno.com wrote:

> I am trying to send email from emacs (GNU Emacs 21.3.1)
[...]
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
>       '(("smtpauth.earthlink.net" 25 "<username>@earthlink.net"
>                                   "<password>")))
> (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials
>       '(("smtpauth.earthlink.net" 25 nil nil)))

`smtpmail.el' shipped with Emacs 21 does not support this.  Follow the
instruction for "Emacs 21 users" on
<http://josefsson.org/emacs-smtp-starttls.html>.

Bye, Reiner.
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