Re: Sending mail/news through gmail (again)

[Xiaodong Xu]

"Mr. Big" <andersjak@gmail.com> writes:

my gnus works fine with gmail.
besides the .gnus configuration file, the only thing you need to
do is to install gnutls-bin under linux.
i don't know how to get it work  under winxp.

> Hi,
> I am using emacs 22.0.50.1 and gnus v5.11 and want to use gnus to send
> mail and news. I have added the following to .gnus.el
>
> ;; Sending mail
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil)))
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 "mail name"
> nil)))
> (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)
>
> It gets as far as asking me for SMTP password but then gives me an
> error:
>
> Loading gnus-topic...done
> Sending...
> Sending via mail...
> Loading smtpmail...done
> Loading mailalias...done
> SMTP password for smtp.gmail.com:587:
> SMTP password for smtp.gmail.com:587: .
> SMTP password for smtp.gmail.com:587: ..
> SMTP password for smtp.gmail.com:587: ........
> smtpmail-send-it: Sending failed; SMTP protocol error
>
> Perhaps it just doesnt work with gmail?
>
> sincerely
>

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