[9fans] smtp

[Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>]

I'm playing with mail trying to get outgoing mail to work through
upas/smtp to smtp.gmail.com.  I think I got through some hurdles
but I have some questions and comments:

- The man page smtp(8) has some minor issues:
   - It lists the "-a" option more than once
   - The text in the second "-a" section does not appear in the
     formatted man page or web page completely (compare with src).
   - It hints at putting keys in the factotum but not much info
     is given.
- The wiki doesn't mention putting keys in the factotum for
   upas/smtp at all.
- If upas/smtp is run and cannot find a key in the factotum, it
   bombs out but gives little reason as to why.  I had to trace
   through the program to find out what I was doing wrong.

My magic incantations to get a test running, after installing
the server certificate signature as per the wiki was:

   $ echo 'key proto=pass service=smtp server=smtp.gmail.com 
user=me@gmail.com !password=mypwrocks' >/mnt/factotum/ctl
   $ echo test | upas/smtp -d -a -u me@gmail.com smtp.gmail.com fromme 
newsham@lava.net

- What is the preferred way to prep the factotum with auth info
   for upas/smtp?   What is the context that upas/smtp is invoked in?
   Should this be in the termrc/cpurc?  or in the user's login profile?
- When smtp needs a -a and/or -u option what is the preferred way
   to configure this?  Is it proper to edit the /mail/lib/remotemail
   script for this purpose?

Tim Newsham
http://www.lava.net/~newsham/