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From: Hynek Schlawack <hynek@ularx.de>
Subject: Re: smtp send using odd port
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:51:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7psm8wg34.fsf@ularx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874q3kl8b2.fsf@newsguy.com> (Harry Putnam's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:35:13 -0600")

* Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:

>> I guess you look for (describe-variable 'smtpmail-smtp-service) <- C-x C-e here.
> Thanks... the sending still fails though, I'm not sure why from the
> trace output from *Messages*:
>
>   Sending...
>   Sending via mail...
>   open-network-stream: make client process failed: connection refused,
>   :name, SMTP, :buffer, *trace of SMTP session to smtp.newsguy.com*, 

What's in buffer *trace of SMTP session to smtp.newsguy.com* ?

>   :host, smtp.newsguy.com, :service, 8025
> Telnet smtp.newsguy.com 8025 also fails.  

Works fine here.

> However some mail clients work with 8025 set in
> smtp.newsguy.com... like thunderbird.
> So I'm guessing its something else the server expects.  

"Connection refused" ain't anything with expecting. Looks like a
temporary network-problem?

> How does the uid and paswd get passed? Does it need to be in the smtp
> code in ~/.gnus somehow too, or maybe ~/.authinfo.

Normally, you'd put your credentials into ~/.authinfo as
usual. smtp.newsguy.com doesn't advertise AUTH though. Maybe SMTP-after-POP?



  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-31 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-31 14:00 reader
2006-01-31 14:07 ` Hynek Schlawack
2006-01-31 15:25   ` Harry Putnam
2006-01-31 15:38     ` Hynek Schlawack
2006-01-31 15:35   ` Harry Putnam
2006-01-31 15:51     ` Hynek Schlawack [this message]
2006-02-02 20:07       ` Harry Putnam
2006-02-03  4:24   ` Harry Putnam
2006-02-03  9:09     ` Reiner Steib
2006-02-03 14:46       ` Harry Putnam
2006-02-03 15:28         ` Reiner Steib
2006-02-03 19:46           ` Harry Putnam
2006-02-05 18:32       ` Simon Josefsson
2006-02-08 16:49         ` Syncing smtpmail.el and sendmail.el with Emacs (was: smtp send using odd port) Reiner Steib
2006-02-08 21:55           ` Miles Bader
2006-02-08 22:45             ` Miles Bader
2006-02-10 15:17               ` Syncing smtpmail.el and sendmail.el with Emacs Simon Josefsson
2006-02-11 22:08                 ` Miles Bader
2006-02-14 12:22                   ` Simon Josefsson
2006-02-09  9:44           ` Simon Josefsson

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