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Re: SMTP authentication



In the last episode (Jan 14), Luca Matteis said:
> I am using an smtp server which requires authentication. The issue is that 
> the username must be provided in the form of domain/user.
> I have this in my .muttrc:
> 
>       set smtp_url = "smtp://domain/user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:587/"
>       set smtp_pass = "xxxx" 
> 
> When I try sending an email through Mutt this is what I get:
> 
>       Could not find the host "domain" 
> 
> What's happening here? What's the correct syntax for this?
> Thanks,

The first slash in a url ends the hostname and starts the path.  Try putting
%2F instead of / in your username.

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