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> Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> 
> > | (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.server.com")
> > |  (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
> > |       '(("server.com" 25 "username" "password")))
>               ^
> 
Something to try out quickly:

For me AUTH only began working when I entered 
(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials "/home/<user>/.authinfo")

and then in .authinfo have the line 
machine <complete server name> port 25 login <user name> password <password>