On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:48:40AM -0500, zirath wrote: >>>> I'm getting an error message when trying to send mail externally (thru >>>> our dsl isp's server) that authentication is needed. >>> >>> set smtp_url="smtp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/" >> > 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".
Try set ssl_force_tls = yes set ssl_starttls = yes If the server of your provider is "server.provider.com", and if your mail account is for another/your own domain, like "yourdomain.com", and if your username/local part for that is user, it might have to look weird like this: set smtp_url="smtp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/" Try telnet server.provider.com smtp and enter "EHLO" (without the quotes, "QUIT" to quit). If the server doesn't offer STARTTLS in response to EHLO but requires it, it is probably misconfigured --- "probably" because I don't know what the RFCs say about this, but if STARTTLS is required, it won't appear to make sense not to offer it. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style