Re: can't get Gnus to use tsl/ssl

[Byung-Hee HWANG]

Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net> writes:

> Hello
>
> I've been trying to get my gnus to use tls/ssl for smtp ... but I can't
> seem to get it right. When sending mail, my mail server shows the
> message was just thrown out there without authentication
>
> P=esmtp
>
> I would expect to see
>
> P=esmtpsa X=TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16 A=plain_saslauthd_server:gijs
>
> or something to that effect... like other mail clients do when told to
> use tls/ssl
>
> It probably something I overlook... but what/where?
>  
> I've been going over .gnus line by line, checked again and again the
> various variables, changed the order of smtp/tls config lines, commented
> out lines, and so on, but to no avail.
>
> It is almost as if something is overriding the .gnus settings. Yet when
> I check the variables, they are set as in the .gnus
>
> from my .gnus
>
> (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) ; only to debug problems
> (setq smtpmail-debug-verb t)
>
> (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
>       message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
>
> (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials  "~/.smtp-authinfo"
>       smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("mail.hillenius.net" "587" nil nil))
>       starttls-extra-arguments '("--debug" "2" "--insecure" "--verbose")
>       smtpmail-default-smtp-server "mail.hillenius.net"
>       smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.hillenius.net"
>       smtpmail-smtp-service 587
>       smtpmail-local-domain nil)
>
>
>
> in .smtp-authinfo
> machine mailserver port 587 login gijs password mypassword
>
> trace from a simple test email
>
> 220 hillenius.net ESMTP Exim 4.69 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:28:11 +0200
> EHLO bufo-sapiens
> 250-hillenius.net Hello bufo-sapiens.local [172.16.2.12]
> 250-SIZE 52428800
> 250-PIPELINNG
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 HELP
> MAIL FROM:<gijs@hillenius.net> SIZE=538
> 250 OK
> RCPT TO:<recipient@of.test.email>
>
>
> I would think I should get TLS/SSL messages following 250-STARTTLS

First try to test with Gmail, then try with your server ..;;
After that you can discover a problem to solve, i think ..;;

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