Re: > 24.3 can't send mail

[torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson)]

I should add that the setup I'm using for mail, which has worked for years prior to 24.4+, is mostly borrowed from the emacs page http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SendingMail. To be precise, my source is this: 

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(defvar smtp-accounts
  '(
    (ssl "torys.anderson@gmail.com" "smtp.gmail.com"
	 587 "torys.anderson@gmail.com" secret) ;; Public
;; other accounts omitted
    ))


;; Now lets configure smtpmail.el with your name and functions to send
;; mail using your smtp accounts by changing the from field
(require 'smtpmail)
(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
      message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
      mail-from-style nil user-full-name "Tory S. Anderson"
      smtpmail-debug-info t smtpmail-debug-verb t)

(defun set-smtp (mech server port user password)
  "Set related SMTP variables for supplied parameters."
  (setq smtpmail-smtp-server server smtpmail-smtp-service port
	smtpmail-auth-credentials (list (list server port user
					      password)) smtpmail-auth-supported (list mech)
					      smtpmail-starttls-credentials nil)
  (message "Setting SMTP server to `%s:%s' for user `%s'."
	   server port user))

(defun set-smtp-ssl (server port user password &optional key
			    cert)
  "Set related SMTP and SSL variables for supplied parameters."
  (setq starttls-use-gnutls t
	starttls-gnutls-program "gnutls-cli"
	starttls-extra-arguments nil smtpmail-smtp-server server
	smtpmail-smtp-service port
	smtpmail-auth-credentials (list (list server port user
					      password)) smtpmail-starttls-credentials (list (list
											      server port key cert)))
  (message
   "Setting SMTP server to `%s:%s' for user `%s'. (SSL
enabled.)" server port user))

(defun change-smtp ()
  "Change the SMTP server according to the current from line."
  (save-excursion
    (loop with from = (save-restriction
			(message-narrow-to-headers)
			(message-fetch-field "from"))
	  for (auth-mech address . auth-spec) in smtp-accounts
	  when (string-match address from) do (cond
					       ((memq auth-mech '(cram-md5 plain login))
						(return (apply 'set-smtp (cons auth-mech auth-spec))))
					       ((eql auth-mech 'ssl)
						(return (apply 'set-smtp-ssl auth-spec)))
					       (t (error "Unrecognized SMTP auth. mechanism:
`%s'." auth-mech))) finally (error "Cannot infer SMTP information."))))

;; The previous function will complain if you fill the from field with
;; an account not present in smtp-accounts.

(defvar %smtpmail-via-smtp (symbol-function 'smtpmail-via-smtp))

(defun smtpmail-via-smtp (recipient smtpmail-text-buffer)
  (with-current-buffer smtpmail-text-buffer
    (change-smtp))
  (funcall (symbol-value '%smtpmail-via-smtp) recipient
	   smtpmail-text-buffer))

;; Reply-to with same address it was sent to
    (setq gnus-posting-styles
      '(((header "to" "torys.anderson@gmail.com")
         (address "torys.anderson@gmail.com"))
         ;; more omitted 
))
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torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes:

> I am unable to send mail in emacs 24.4 or 25.0.5; attempting to send gives me the error:
>
> 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. a41sm3439205yhb.43 - gsmtp
>
> According to what I can see by googling around, similar errors have been cropping up for years. I'm just not sure what would have changed between my working
>     GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.9) of 2014-09-30 on buildvm-10.phx2.fedoraproject.org
>
> and those later versions?