Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

[dhruva]

Hi,
 I am using GNU Emacs (emacs-unicode-2) on GNU/Linux. When I use GNUS
to send a mail using feedmail, I get the following error. Due to this,
I am unable to send mails. I am using IMAP and SMTP to access/send
mails. This used to work earlier (when I was working on windows box).

In the *Message* buffer:
Sending via mail...
Loading feedmail...done
FQM: Message action (q, i, d, e, ?)? [queue]:
FQM: Immediate send...
smtpmail-try-auth-methods: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

I set debug-on-error and got the following log:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  base64-encode-string(nil t)
  smtpmail-try-auth-methods(#<process SMTP> (auth=login (auth gssapi
ntlm login) 8bitmime enhancedstatuscodes dsn etrn size)
"smtp.domain.com" 25)
byte-code("..................") ;; I could not paste the real contents
as they are non printable
  smtpmail-via-smtp(("username@domain.com") #<buffer  *FQM Outgoing
Email Text*>)
  feedmail-buffer-to-smtpmail(#<buffer  *FQM Outgoing Email Text*>
#<buffer  *FQM Outgoing Email Errors*> ("Deshatty.Shashank@hp.com"
"udaykumar.chaudhari@hp.com"))
  feedmail-give-it-to-buffer-eater()
  feedmail-send-it-immediately()
  feedmail-message-action-send()
  feedmail-send-it()
  #[nil "\b " [message-send-mail-function] 1]()
  gnus-agent-send-mail()
  message-send-mail(nil)
  message-send-via-mail(nil)
  message-send(nil)
  message-send-and-exit(nil)
  call-interactively(message-send-and-exit)

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Re: Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <e3f230850612130235m7d8547erc465e731161d2e53@mail.gmail.com>, dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com> writes:

>  I am using GNU Emacs (emacs-unicode-2) on GNU/Linux. When I use GNUS
> to send a mail using feedmail, I get the following error. Due to this,
> I am unable to send mails. I am using IMAP and SMTP to access/send
> mails. This used to work earlier (when I was working on windows box).

> In the *Message* buffer:
> Sending via mail...
> Loading feedmail...done
> FQM: Message action (q, i, d, e, ?)? [queue]:
> FQM: Immediate send...
> smtpmail-try-auth-methods: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

> I set debug-on-error and got the following log:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>   base64-encode-string(nil t)

Does it happen only with emacs-unicode-2?  Could you please
try with HEAD version?

---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org

Re: Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

[dhruva]

Hello,

On 12/13/06, Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org> wrote:
> In article <e3f230850612130235m7d8547erc465e731161d2e53@mail.gmail.com>, dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Does it happen only with emacs-unicode-2?  Could you please
> try with HEAD version?

My sincere apologies. It was a goof up on my side in my .emacs file.
In the following line, the "user-mail-address" was nil. I fixed it in
my .emacs and everything works file.

(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
	    `((,smtpmail-smtp-server 25 ,user-mail-address nil)))


However, I feel the above goofup can be better handled by doing an
error check in GNUS. If the argument is nil, prompt the user to enter
the information.

with best regards,
dk

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Re: Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Dec 13 2006, dhruva wrote:

> My sincere apologies. It was a goof up on my side in my .emacs file.
> In the following line, the "user-mail-address" was nil. I fixed it in
> my .emacs and everything works file.
>
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
> 	    `((,smtpmail-smtp-server 25 ,user-mail-address nil)))
>
> However, I feel the above goofup can be better handled by doing an
> error check in GNUS. If the argument is nil, prompt the user to enter
> the information.

1. `smtpmail' is not part of Gnus - it's a more general Emacs library.

2. I'm not sure if additional error check are required.  When unsure
about the syntax, I'd suggest to use `M-x customize-variable RET
smtpmail-auth-credentials RET'.  (I wonder how `user-mail-address' can
be nil at all).

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: Problems in sending mail using GNUS: emacs-unicode-2 and Head branch

[dhruva]

On 12/13/06, Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote:

> smtpmail-auth-credentials RET'.  (I wonder how `user-mail-address' can
> be nil at all).

Again, my over customization goof up. My mail address is something
different than the login + domain. Hence, I had put in some extra
stuff which made it nil!

-dk

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