[nmh-workers] Need help with sending mail

[Jay Dresser]

I'm hoping someone can point me to the documentation (or give me the answer) regarding configuration for outgoing mail. 

I am using MH-E and I am able to receive mail fine but get this error when sending:

post: problem initializing server; [RPLY] 530 Authentication required

send: message not delivered to anyone

Adding -verbose to send or post does not provide any more detail.

I'm not sure what exactly is missing. I think I've set everything correctly but can't find explicit instructions in the docs, and I've been googling for over a week.

The password is set correctly in ~/.netrc and ~/.authinfo and I don't see anywhere else it is supposed to be.

My ~/.mh_profile is:

MH-Profile-Version: 1.0

Path: /home/jay/Mail

Editor: emacsclient

credentials: file:netrc

post: -mts smtp -server smtp.1and1.com -port 587 -initialtls -user "*@jaydresser.us"

(with or without quotes around user does not seem to matter)

I think -initialtls is what I need but -tls does not work either.

I get the same error when using mh from the command line.

Notmuch and mu4e work fine inside Emacs. I like MH-E and would like to use it.

I hope someone can advise me.

Thank you.

-- Jay Dresser, nmh@jaydresser.us