From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59285 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: status of smtp authentication? Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:02:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101391933 910 80.91.229.6 (25 Nov 2004 14:12:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:12:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7825@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Nov 25 15:11:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXKLk-0007Dy-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:11:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CXKL4-0007cL-00; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:11:14 -0600 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CXKKv-0007cD-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:11:05 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CXKKt-0007VU-7q for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:11:03 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4212E3A0050 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:11:00 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXKKp-0006lO-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:10:59 +0100 Original-Received: from c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se ([217.215.27.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:10:59 +0100 Original-Received: from jas by c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:10:59 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se OpenPGP: id=0xB565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt X-Hashcash: 1:23:041125:gmane.emacs.gnus.general::zGReeWXuw8CevL2E:0000000000000000000000000000000000001FtKB User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dVZ/DI2KD8x7ZpizUuh2yT8xSQM= Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59285 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59285 David Edmondson writes: > * billw@mchsi.com [2004-11-25 05:01:26] >> I've tried this with my information to no avail. I can send mail to >> addresses within my employer's domain (as before), but not outside >> it. Does it matter that our mail clients are required to use SSL to >> authenticate? Would I need some extra settings to handle that? > > This is the case where you need the "starttls" binary, I believe. It > manages the transition from clear-text protocol exchange to SSL > encrypted exchange. > > The version of starttls.c I have came from: > % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root login > CVS password: [CR] # NULL string > % cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root checkout starttls Installing GnuTLS should also work. I recommended it over starttls.