From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Mail Authentication Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:35:56 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071765454 4130 80.91.224.253 (18 Dec 2003 16:37:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:37:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 18 17:37:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AX19V-0001an-00 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:37:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AX26n-0007gx-6i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:38:45 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AX264-0007gL-8l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AX25X-0007bl-AH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:37:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.202] (helo=mail2.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AX25W-0007bZ-Oq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 10381 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2003 16:35:57 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail2.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 18 Dec 2003 16:35:57 -0000 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15420 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15420 Finally I got emacs' mail working... to a degree. I can send mail with it, but only to users on the same machine. If I try to send outside (via my ISP), I get nothing. That is to say, I know that emacs is connecting to the ISP and handing off the email, but it never gets delivered. I suspect that the ISP is simply tossing it out due to lack of authentication from me. I found a couple functions alleged to remedy that: ;; Authenticate using this username and password against my server. (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("hostname" "port" "username" "password"))) ;; Use STARTTLS without authentication against the server. (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("hostname" "port" nil nil))) For "hostname" I don't know whether to fill in my (the local machine's) hostname (just the hostname or host.domain.com?) or that of my ISP, or the one in one function and the other in the second function. Also, I use a couple different email addresses (usernames and passwords) on the same ISP-- how would I handle that in (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials ...)? Docs, manpages, and the web all give me nothing. Has anyone set this up before? If so, tips and clues much appreciated. tia, ken