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Chris Hall <hall.cj@verizon.net> writes:

> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials  ; or use ~/.authinfo
>       '(("~/.netrc")))
>        ("outgoing.verizon.net" 25 "username" "password"))

I think there's one pair of parentheses too many around "~/.netrc".
And also, there's one closing paren too many...

Try this:

(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
      '("~/.netrc"
        ("outgoing.verizon.net" 25 "user" "pass")))
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