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From: jas@slipsten.extundo.com
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: smtp authentication (sendmail relay)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:51:20 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012171141560.8286-100000@slipsten.extundo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200012170829.eBH8T2Z30966@newsguy.com>

On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Harry Putnam wrote:

> I have a second smtp.server that I can use.  The smtp side of newsguy.com.
> I use that pop server routinely.  But suddenly find I don't know how to
> authenticate my relay to an smtp.server that is not part of the isp I'm dialed
> up with.  I know how to set /etc/sendmail.cf to relay to that server but not
> how to authenticate my outgoing relay to that machine.
> 
> In fact, not really sure where those smtp negotiations get handled.

Perhaps you could use modern smtpmail.el which support SMTP
authentication (RFC 2554), rather than a local sendmail?  If so, customize
the `smtpmail' group.

Hopefully Emacs will contain smtpmail.el with AUTH support in the
future.  XEmacs mail-lib in CVS contains it now.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-12-17 10:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-17  8:29 Harry Putnam
2000-12-17  9:06 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-12-17 16:53   ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 19:44     ` Kai Großjohann
2000-12-19  0:13       ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-19  1:51         ` Glenn Shiffer
2000-12-19  2:41           ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 10:51 ` jas [this message]
2000-12-17 16:34 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2000-12-17 18:41   ` Simon Josefsson
2000-12-17 21:01     ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 21:14       ` Kai Großjohann
2000-12-17 22:45         ` Colin Walters
2000-12-17 23:06           ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 21:24       ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 22:15         ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 22:26           ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 23:31             ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 23:41               ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 23:02           ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-18  7:49           ` Steinar Bang
2000-12-17 21:29   ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 21:45     ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 23:03       ` Harry Putnam
2000-12-17 23:20         ` Lloyd Zusman
2000-12-17 23:27         ` Russ Allbery

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