Re: how to set up authentication

[zirath <zirath@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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> > On Monday, October 20 at 03:07 AM, quoth zirath:
> > > I'm getting an error message when trying to send mail externally (thru
> > > our dsl isp's server) that authentication is needed.
> > >
> > > Would appreciate information on how to set up the user name and 
> > > password
> > > for this.
> >
> > The setting you're looking for (assuming you're using mutt 1.5.15 or
> > newer) is $smtp_url. You'd add a line to your muttrc something like
> > this:
> >
> >     set smtp_url="smtp://user:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/"
> >
> > ~Kyle
> > - -- America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence
> > without civilization in between.
> >                                                         -- Oscar Wilde
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I upgraded (using backports) to version 1.5.18 and added the "set 
smtp_url" to the .muttrc. I'm now getting an error message "no 
authenticators available".

Thanks to everyone for the help.