Re: Problem sending email with gnu emacs v 23

[Alan]

On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:21:12 PM UTC-5, nvangogh wrote:
> Hello,
> I have read the relevant sections of the emacs manual hoping to get my 
> emacs program set up to send email - to begin with.
> 
> My ISP uses SMTP server on port 465 and I have verified that the server 
> is up and running by a nmap port scan. I have even inserted IP number 
> rather than address.
> 
> My machine is running unix.
> 
> This is the contents of my .emacs file:
> 
> ----------
> 
> (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it
> smtp-starttls-credentials '(("62.254.26.195" 465 nil nil))
> smtpmail-auth-credentials (expand-file-name "~/.authinfo"))
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "62.254.26.195")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 465)
> 
> -----------
> 
> When i C-C C-C to send the message, I get an error in the mini buffer 
> that says:
> 
> "Process SMTP not running"
> 
> I have tried to find the answer via google but no clear answer seems to 
> be available. Is anyone able to help with this?

There is a discussion of this at:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9699256/how-to-configure-emacs-smtp-for-using-a-secure-server-gmail

which might be of interest.