there's a spell mistake - 'recipient' is correct. and in fact i cannot send to anyone, including myself. and C-x m is same as M-x mail, i think, but also failed. "B. T. Raven" 写入消息新闻:dda2f$44f0ef6d$49f207e$30831@DIALUPUSA.NET... > > "winsphinX" wrote in message > news:ecql9q$o8i$5@news.yaako.com... >> i can get news and mail by emacs+gnus,but cannot send mail. >> in debug result, i see the words: 544:reciptient address reject:relay >> access denied. >> there's my .emacs config file(part of smtp only): >> ............... >> (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) >> (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) >> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.sohu.com") >> (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.sohu.com") >> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.sohu.com" 25 "winsphinx" >> "******"))) >> (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) > > Third time's the charm! Does it really say "reciptient" (copy-pasted?)" > Maybe you misspelled the addie. Can you send mail to yourself. I just did > with C-x m .... etc. >