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2 @setfilename ../info/smtpmail
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3 @settitle Emacs SMTP Library
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6 Copyright @copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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9 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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11 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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14 is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''
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15 in the Emacs manual.
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17 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
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18 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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19 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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21 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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22 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
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23 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
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24 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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25 @end quotation
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26 @end copying
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28 @dircategory Emacs
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29 @direntry
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30 * SMTP: (smtpmail). Emacs library for sending mail via SMTP.
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31 @end direntry
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33 @titlepage
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34 @title{Emacs SMTP Library}
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35 @subtitle{An Emacs package for sending mail via SMTP}
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36 @author{Simon Josefsson, Alex Schroeder}
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37 @page
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38 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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39 @insertcopying
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42 @contents
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44 @ifnottex
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45 @node Top
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46 @top Emacs SMTP Library
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48 @insertcopying
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49 @end ifnottex
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51 @menu
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52 * How Mail Works:: Brief introduction to mail concepts.
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53 * Emacs Speaks SMTP:: How to use the SMTP library in Emacs.
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54 * Authentication:: Authenticating yourself to the server.
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55 * Queued delivery:: Sending mail without an internet connection.
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56 * Server workarounds:: Mail servers with special requirements.
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57 * Debugging:: Tracking down problems.
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59 Indices
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61 * Index:: Index over variables and functions.
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62 @end menu
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63
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64 @node How Mail Works
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65 @chapter How Mail Works
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67 @cindex SMTP
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68 @cindex MTA
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69 On the internet, mail is sent from mail host to mail host using the
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70 simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP). To send and receive mail, you
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71 must get it from and send it to a mail host. Every mail host runs a
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72 mail transfer agent (MTA) such as Exim that accepts mails and passes
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73 them on. The communication between a mail host and other clients does
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74 not necessarily involve SMTP, however. Here is short overview of what
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75 is involved.
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77 @cindex MUA
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78 The mail program --- also called a mail user agent (MUA) ---
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79 usually sends outgoing mail to a mail host. When your computer is
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80 permanently connected to the internet, it might even be a mail host
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81 itself. In this case, the MUA will pipe mail to the
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82 @file{/usr/lib/sendmail} application. It will take care of your mail
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83 and pass it on to the next mail host.
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85 @cindex ISP
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86 When you are only connected to the internet from time to time, your
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87 internet service provider (ISP) has probably told you which mail host
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88 to use. You must configure your MUA to use that mail host. Since you
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89 are reading this manual, you probably want to configure Emacs to use
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90 SMTP to send mail to that mail host. More on that in the next
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91 section.
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93 @cindex MDA
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94 Things are different when reading mail. The mail host responsible
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95 for your mail keeps it in a file somewhere. The messages get into the
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96 file by way of a mail delivery agent (MDA) such as procmail. These
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97 delivery agents often allow you to filter and munge your mails before
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98 you get to see it. When your computer is that mail host, this file is
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99 called a spool, and sometimes located in the directory
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100 @file{/var/spool/mail/}. All your MUA has to do is read mail from the
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103 @cindex POP3
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104 @cindex IMAP
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105 When your computer is not always connected to the internet, you
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106 must get the mail from the remote mail host using a protocol such as
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107 POP3 or IMAP. POP3 essentially downloads all your mail from the mail
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108 host to your computer. The mail is stored in some file on your
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109 computer, and again, all your MUA has to do is read mail from the
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110 spool.
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112 When you read mail from various machines, downloading mail from the
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113 mail host to your current machine is not convenient. In that case,
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114 you will probably want to use the IMAP protocol. Your mail is kept on
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115 the mail host, and you can read it while you are connected via IMAP to
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116 the mail host.
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118 @cindex Webmail
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119 So how does reading mail via the web work, you ask. In that case,
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120 the web interface just allows you to remote-control a MUA on the web
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121 host. Whether the web host is also a mail host, and how all the
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122 pieces interact is completely irrelevant. You usually cannot use
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123 Emacs to read mail via the web, unless you use software that parses
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124 the ever-changing HTML of the web interface.
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126 @node Emacs Speaks SMTP
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127 @chapter Emacs Speaks SMTP
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129 Emacs includes a package for sending your mail to a SMTP server and
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130 have it take care of delivering it to the final destination, rather
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131 than letting the MTA on your local system take care of it. This can
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132 be useful if you don't have a MTA set up on your host, or if your
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133 machine is often disconnected from the internet.
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135 Sending mail via SMTP requires configuring your mail user agent
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136 (@pxref{Mail Methods,,,emacs}) to use the SMTP library. How to do
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137 this should be described for each mail user agent; for the default
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138 mail user agent the variable @code{send-mail-function} (@pxref{Mail
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139 Sending,,,emacs}) is used; for the Message and Gnus user agents the
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140 variable @code{message-send-mail-function} (@pxref{Mail
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141 Variables,,,message}) is used.
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143 @example
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144 ;; If you use the default mail user agent.
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145 (setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
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146 ;; If you use Message or Gnus.
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147 (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
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148 @end example
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150 Before using SMTP you must find out the hostname of the SMTP server
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151 to use. Your system administrator should provide you with this
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152 information, but often it is the same as the server you receive mail
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155 @table @code
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156 @item smtpmail-smtp-server
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157 @vindex smtpmail-smtp-server
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158 @vindex SMTPSERVER
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159 The variable @code{smtpmail-smtp-server} controls the hostname of
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160 the server to use. It is a string with an IP address or hostname. It
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161 defaults to the contents of the @env{SMTPSERVER} environment
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162 variable, or, if empty, the contents of
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163 @code{smtpmail-default-smtp-server}.
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165 @item smtpmail-default-smtp-server
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166 @vindex smtpmail-default-smtp-server
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167 The variable @code{smtpmail-default-smtp-server} controls the
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168 default hostname of the server to use. It is a string with an IP
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169 address or hostname. It must be set before the SMTP library is
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190 @item smtpmail-smtp-service
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191 @vindex smtpmail-smtp-service
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192 The variable @code{smtpmail-smtp-service} controls the port on the
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202 (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 587)
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215 before they are allowed to route mail via a server. The two following
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220 CRAM-MD5 and LOGIN mechanisms are supported and will be selected in
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223 The second variable, @code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs
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224 the SMTP library to connect to the server using STARTTLS. This means
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225 the protocol exchange may be integrity protected and confidential by
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229 TLS is a security protocol that is also known as SSL, although
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234 The TLS feature uses the elisp package @file{starttls.el} (see it for
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238 @enumerate
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239 @item
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240 The GNUTLS command line tool @samp{gnutls-cli}, you can get it from
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241 @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/}. This is the recommended
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244 @item
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245 The @samp{starttls} external program, you can get it from
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246 @file{starttls-*.tar.gz} from @uref{ftp://ftp.opaopa.org/pub/elisp/}.
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247 @end enumerate
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249 It is not uncommon to use both these mechanisms, e.g., to use STARTTLS
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250 to achieve integrity and confidentiality and then use SASL for client
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251 authentication.
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254 @item smtpmail-auth-credentials
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255 @vindex smtpmail-auth-credentials
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259 find a matching entry for that hostname and port. If an entry is
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263 The hostname field follows the same format as
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267 @code{nil} to indicate that the user is prompted for the value
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276 name of file containing client certificate. The processing is similar
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278 @code{nil} if you do not wish to use client authentication.
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282 @file{~/.emacs} to enable both SASL authentication and STARTTLS. The
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285 username and password are @var{username} and @var{password}
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288 @example
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289 ;; Authenticate using this username and password against my server.
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290 (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
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294 ;; string. Normally @var{port} should be the integer 25, and the example
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295 ;; become:
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297 '(("@var{hostname}" 25 "@var{username}" "@var{password}")))
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301 '(("@var{hostname}" "@var{port}" nil nil)))
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314 @item smtpmail-queue-mail
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324 @item smtpmail-queue-dir
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331 @findex smtpmail-send-queued-mail
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335 smtpmail-send-queued-mail RET} when you are connected to the internet.
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340 Some SMTP servers have special requirements. The following variables
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343 @table @code
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347 The variable @code{smtpmail-local-domain} controls the hostname sent
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350 name that isn't accepted by the server. Do not set this variable
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355 The variable @code{smtpmail-sendto-domain} makes the SMTP library
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361 @example
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362 Sending failed; SMTP protocol error
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368 @example
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369 RCPT TO: @var{someone}
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370 501 @var{someone}: recipient address must contain a domain
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376 @node Debugging
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379 Sometimes delivery fails, often with the generic error message
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381 the following variables and inspecting a trace buffer will often give
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384 @table @code
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392 mail.
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395 @vindex smtpmail-debug-verb
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396 The variable @code{smtpmail-debug-verb} controls whether to send the
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397 @code{VERB} token to the server. The @code{VERB} server instructs the
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401 mail delivery to take considerable time if the final destination
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409 @section Concept Index
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417 @contents
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