Re: [22] problem configuring smtpmail for gmail.com

[Tom Roche]

Tom Roche Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:46:22 -0400 (EDT)
>> I'd appreciate help {fix, debug}ing a problem mailing to
>> smtp.gmail.com (and other TLS-using mail hosts) using smtpmail.

(details @
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2009-07/msg00488.html
)

Thierry Volpiatto Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:23:31 +0200
> You have to give the port to gnus:

> ,----[ .authinfo ]
> | machine smtp.gmail.com port 587 login <pw omitted/> password <pwomitted/>
> `----

arrggghhhh! fixed that first:

tlroche@tlrZ61t:~$ cat ~/.authinfo 
> machine smtp.gmail.com port 587 login <omitted/> password <omitted/>
> machine smtp.pobox.com port  25 login <omitted/> password <omitted/>

Thierry Volpiatto Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:23:31 +0200
> ,----[ My settings ]
> | ;; «config-pour-gmail» (to ".config-pour-gmail")
> | (setq user-mail-address "you@gmail.com"
> |       user-full-name "you")
> |
> | ;; «config-gmail-avec-starttls» (to ".config-gmail-avec-starttls")
> | ; Sending mail
> | (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> | (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil)))
> |
> | ;; «Now-my-password-are-in-.authinfo» (to 
> ".Now-my-password-are-in-.authinfo")
> |
> | ;; Whithout authinfo:
> | ;; (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587
> | ;; "my_email_as_login" "My_password")))
> |
> | (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> | (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> | (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)
> `----

So I commented out all my mail config, and put the following

tlrMail.el
> ;; debugging==t
> (setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
> (setq smtpmail-debug-verb t)
> (setq user-mail-address <omitted>
>       user-full-name "Tom Roche")
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials '(("smtp.gmail.com" 587 nil nil)))
> (setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)

into a file which I'm loading from init.el, and which I
byte-compile-file'd. I then cycled emacs and sent the following

*mail*
> To: Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>
> Subject: testing post from xubuntu emacs
> --text follows this line--

> testing post from xubuntu emacs, 
> after fixing ~/.authinfo and tlrMail.el

@ 12:04:26 (about 80 min ago). The good news: no errors! No
*Backtrace* or *trace of SMTP session to smtp.pobox.com*, and
nothing relevant in *Messages* except

*Messages*
> Loading sendmail...done
> Mark set [4 times]
> Sending...done

The bad news: nothing like the post above is in my gmail (Inbox or
Spam) as of 12:45:00 PM, and nothing like that was caught in my
pobox.com spambox (though there is spam received after 12:04:26).

By contrast, when I sent the same *mail* from another host (using an
emacs I shelled into) @ 12:49:39, the post showed in gmail @ 12:50:16.

Hence it looks like my emacs is giving a false positive. I'm
wondering, how to fix or debug this?

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>