Re: gnus setup (smtp authorization on gmail.com)

[Alexandru Cardaniuc <cardaniuc@gmail.com>]

Alexandru Cardaniuc <cardaniuc@gmail.com> writes:

Finally, I solved the problem. My provider is earthlink, so I had to
change following in my .gnus to make it work:

(setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.earthlink.net")
(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.earthlink.net")
(setq smtpmail-local-domain nil)



> Hi All!
> I used pop3 ssl and now I can download the messages from my account on [[gmail.com]]
> But I still have problem with sending messages - SMTP is not working...
> Below is the output from my *Messages* buffer:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Loading 50w3 (source)...done
> Loading font-lock...
> Loading regexp-opt...done
> Loading font-lock...done
> Loading icomplete...done
> Loading codepage...done
> Loading ccl...done
> For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
> Loading gnus...
> Loading mule-util...done
> Loading easymenu...done
> Loading gnus...done
> Loading gnus-start...done
> Loading smtpmail (source)...done
> Loading pop3 (source)...
> Loading executable...done
> Loading /usr/lib/emacs/21.4/x86_64-linux-gnu/fns-21.4.1-x.el (source)...done
> Loading pop3 (source)...done
> Loading starttls (source)...done
> Loading mailabbrev...done
> Loading advice...done
> Reading /home/alexandru/.newsrc.eld...
> Loading gnus-group...done
> Reading active file via nnml...
> nnml: Reading incoming mail from pop...
> Retrieving message list...
> Loading cl-macs...done
> Retrieving message list...0 of 0 unread
> nnml: Reading incoming mail from file...
> nnml: Reading incoming mail (no new mail)...done
> Reading active file via nnml...done
> Loading gnus-cache...done
> No new newsgroups
> Checking new news...done
> Loading gnus-msg...done
> Loading cookie1...done
> Loading random sigs...done
> Sending...
> Loading mail-extr...done
> Loading mailalias...done
> 220 [[mx.gmail.com]] ESMTP f16sm22103qba
> [[250-mx.gmail.com]] at your service
> 250-SIZE 20971520
> 250-8BITMIME
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first f16sm22103qba
> 221 2.0.0 [[mx.gmail.com]] closing connection f16sm22103qba
> if: Sending failed; SMTP protocol error
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> starttls and openssl packages are installed.
> ~/.gnus
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (setq user-full-name "Alexandru Cardaniuc")
> (setq user-mail-address "[[cardaniuc@gmail.com]]")
> ;; using GNUS to send mail
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> ;; use 'one file per mail' back end
> (setq gnus-select-method '(nnml ""))
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)
> ;; tell Gnus how to fetch mail
> (setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/alexandru")
>                      (pop  :server "[[pop.gmail.com]]"
>                            :port 995
>                            :user "cardaniuc"
>                            :connection ssl
>                            :password "tighina92"
>                            :leave t))) ; leave the mail on the server
> (load-library "smtpmail")
> (load-library "pop3")
> (load-library "starttls")
> (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "[[smtp.gmail.com]]")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "[[smtp.gmail.com]]")
> (setq smtpmail-local-domain nil)
> (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) ; only to debug problems
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("[[smtp.gmail.com]]" 587 "cardaniuc" "tighina92")))
> (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("[[smtp.gmail.com]]" 587 nil nil)))
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)
> ;; The following line is needed when using pop3.el from T-gnus ([[m17n.org]]).
> (eval-after-load "mail-source" '(require 'pop3))
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> system: debian amd64 etch
> emacs 21.4a-3 with smtpmail.el, starttls.el and pop3.el from CVS
> The packages
> gnutls-bin (1.2.9-2), libgnutls11 (1.0.16-14), libgnutls12 (1.2.9-2) are
> installed.
> ( I replaced /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/mail/smtpmail.elc
> and /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/gnus/starttls.elc
> with new smtpmail.el and starttls.el from the emacs cvs repository
> ([[http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/?root=emacs]])
> And I replaced /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/gnus/pop3.elc with pop3.el CVS from
> [[m17n.org]]:
> ([[http://cvs.m17n.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/root/gnus/lisp/pop3.el?only_with_tag=t-gnus-6_17-quimby&rev=1.6.30.21.4.16]])
> )
> What else am I missing?
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Alexandru Cardaniuc

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