>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Brauer writes: > Hi > For gmail the following setting works (which I also use in > thunderbird) > (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 "user" nil))) > However when I set > (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("mail.gmx.de" 587 "user" nil))) I tried also (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("mail.gmx.de" 587 "user" nil))) Which works with gnutls-cli --insecure -p 587 smtp.gmx.de Processed 0 CA certificate(s). Resolving 'smtp.gmx.de'... Connecting to '212.227.17.190:587'... |<1>| Received record packet of unknown type 50 *** Fatal error: An unexpected TLS packet was received. *** Handshake has failed GnuTLS error: An unexpected TLS packet was received. That is odd, why is thunderbird able to connect but not gnutls-cli?