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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.