* Sending mail fails silently @ 2004-11-05 9:31 Michiel Buddingh [not found] ` <b9yis8kmx4p.fsf@jpl.org> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Michiel Buddingh @ 2004-11-05 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw) Hello, I've been trying to configure gnus to take care of my mail. (remote IMAP/authenticated SMTP) However, mail I send from gnus does not seem to reach its destination. Is there any way I can coax gnus/smtpmail into being more verbose about the process, so I can try to isolate the problem? cheers, Michiel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Sending mail fails silently [not found] ` <b9yis8kmx4p.fsf@jpl.org> @ 2004-11-05 10:43 ` Michiel Buddingh 2004-11-05 11:20 ` Katsumi Yamaoka [not found] ` <m24qk4gxxv.fsf@Stella-Blue.local> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Michiel Buddingh @ 2004-11-05 10:43 UTC (permalink / raw) Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes: > (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) > > shows the trace of the SMTP session. You can see it in the > buffer named "*trace of SMTP session to XXX*". Doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it only gives a trace if the server actually rejects the mail? > By the way, smtpmail.el containd in Emacs 21.3 doesn't support > the authenticated SMTP as far as I know. Sounds like that may well be the problem. Is it possible to graft a newer smtpmail.el on Emacs 21.3, or should I upgrade? cheers, Michiel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Sending mail fails silently 2004-11-05 10:43 ` Michiel Buddingh @ 2004-11-05 11:20 ` Katsumi Yamaoka 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Katsumi Yamaoka @ 2004-11-05 11:20 UTC (permalink / raw) >>>>> In <86r7n860ew.fsf@t-91-39.athome.tue.nl> Michiel Buddingh wrote: > Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes: >> (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) >> >> shows the trace of the SMTP session. You can see it in the >> buffer named "*trace of SMTP session to XXX*". > Doesn't seem to work. Perhaps it only gives a trace if the > server actually rejects the mail? The buffer is generated regardless of failure or a success. Please note, the buffer name begins and ends with asterisks. They are apt to disappear in the Gnus article buffer because of the `gnus-treat-emphasize' variable. >> By the way, smtpmail.el containd in Emacs 21.3 doesn't support >> the authenticated SMTP as far as I know. > Sounds like that may well be the problem. Is it possible to > graft a newer smtpmail.el on Emacs 21.3, or should I upgrade? The version of Emacs containing the new smtpmail.el has not been released yet. If you don't care about a risk, please use this: ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/tmp/smtpmail.el or http://www.jpl.org/ftp/pub/tmp/smtpmail.el ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Sending mail fails silently [not found] ` <m24qk4gxxv.fsf@Stella-Blue.local> @ 2004-11-07 14:02 ` Michiel Buddingh [not found] ` <b9yis8ges7r.fsf@jpl.org> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Michiel Buddingh @ 2004-11-07 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw) Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> writes: > Can't that be handled through an .authinfo file? My ISPs NNTP server > requires authorization and eventually so will the SMTP server. My > .authinfo contains: > > machine news.iphouse.com login timmcn@bitstream.net password xxxxxxxxx > > and I assume the syntax for SMTP would be similar How would the authinfo file help if smtpmail.el doesn't know how to do authentication? cheers, Michiel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Sending mail fails silently [not found] ` <b9yis8ges7r.fsf@jpl.org> @ 2004-11-08 14:36 ` Tim McNamara 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Tim McNamara @ 2004-11-08 14:36 UTC (permalink / raw) Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes: >>>>>> In <m24qk4gxxv.fsf@Stella-Blue.local> Tim McNamara wrote: > >> Can't that be handled through an .authinfo file? My ISPs NNTP >> server requires authorization and eventually so will the SMTP >> server. > > The latest smtpmail should support the ~/.authinfo file. Make sure > the value for the `smtpmail-auth-credentials' variable is > "~/.authinfo" after loading smtpmail.elc. > >> My .authinfo contains: > >> machine news.iphouse.com login timmcn@bitstream.net password >> xxxxxxxxx > >> and I assume the syntax for SMTP would be similar, perhaps: > >> machine smtp.iphouse.com login timmcn@bitstream.net pasword >> xxxxxxxx > > It seems no problem except for `pasword'. It's a typo of > `password', isn't it? ;-) By the way, is `timmcn@bitstream.net' a > valid login name? It might have to be a shell login name. Yes, "pasword" was a typo that I didn't catch (one sadly of many, which has caused some consternation a few times with my .emacs and .gnus files- Lisp isn't very idiot-tolerant). In the case of my ISP, they are usiing e-mail addresses rather than shell login names. >> This of course presumes the OP is running a Unix-type system. If >> he's running Emacs under Windows or Mac OS 9, I wouldn't know what >> could be done about that. > > smtpmail.el mentions another usage of `smtpmail-auth-credentials'. > For example: > > (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials > '(("smtp.iphouse.com" 25 "timmcn@bitstream.net" "xxxxxxxx"))) Ah, excellent! Hopefully that will help the OP as well. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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