From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/61815 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hynek Schlawack Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: smtp send using odd port Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:51:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87fyn4xzt4.fsf@newsguy.com> <874q3kl8b2.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138722903 12342 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 15:55:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+m10345@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jan 31 16:54:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F3xnz-0002K6-NJ for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:52:32 +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 1F3xnu-00059S-00; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:52:27 -0600 Original-Received: from nas01.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.39]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1F3xnJ-00059N-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:51:49 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas01.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F3xnF-00048v-D1 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:51:49 -0600 Original-Received: from relay1.mail.vrmd.de ([81.28.232.18]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1F3xnE-0005jQ-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:51:44 +0100 Original-Received: from [141.89.59.172] (helo=sanday.haiti.cs.uni-potsdam.de) by relay1.mail.vrmd.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1F3xnE-0006Os-AZ for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:51:44 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <874q3kl8b2.fsf@newsguy.com> (Harry Putnam's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:35:13 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Relay-User: mailout@ularx.de X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:61815 Archived-At: * Harry Putnam 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?