Re: Mail Authentication

[Kevin Rodgers]

gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:

> At 15:47 (UTC-0500) on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 gebser@speakeasy.net said:
> = At 11:06 (UTC-0700) on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 Kevin Rodgers said:
> = 
> = = gebser@speakeasy.net wrote:
> = = 
> = = > Finally I got emacs' mail working... to a degree.  I can send mail with
> = = > it, but only to users on the same machine.  If I try to send outside
> = = > (via my ISP), I get nothing.  That is to say, I know that emacs is
> = = > connecting to the ISP and handing off the email, but it never gets
> = = > delivered.  I suspect that the ISP is simply tossing it out due to lack
> = = > of authentication from me.
> = = 
> = = 
> = = What does the *trace of SMTP session to foo* buffer contain (where foo is the
> = = value of smtpmail-smtp-server)?
> = 
> = Though I have
> = 
> = (setq tramp-verbose 10)
> = (setq tramp-debug-buffer t)
>
> Sorry-- I cut-n-pasted the wrong lines.  This is what I have:
>
> (smtpmail-debug-info t)

How did you come up with that cruft?  smtpmail-debug-info is a variable,
not a function.

> +++ I'm trying to debug a lot of stuff +++


You're much more likely to solve your problems if you debug them one at
a time.


> = in my .emacs, it isn't regularly producing the trace.  It has done it 
> = twice over the past couple of weeks, it seems only for the first time 
> = after emacs is loaded.  Do I have to exit and then (re)start emacs each 
> = time I want the trace output?

The entire SMTP dialog is recorded in the *trace of SMTP session to ...*
buffer.  But you have to explicitly select it with `C-x b' right after
you send your message in order to see its contents.

--
Kevin Rodgers