Hi Brendan, I'd tried that, and did so again, same results connection refused sasl authentication failed. thanks anyhow. tom
Tom Fowle wa6iv...@fastmail.fm On Sun, Aug 17, 2014, at 08:51 PM, Brendan Desmond wrote: > On 2014-08-17, Tom Fowle wrote: > >Hi, > >Several months ago I upgraded mutt to v 1.5.2.1 from the previous > >release. > >I compiled from the tarball using the > >-enable pop -enable imap with sasl > >options. > >After this upgrade and using my previously working .muttrc files both > >for > >fastmail and another private email server, mutt returned > >"SASL authentication failed" upon sending. > > > >The previous version worked. > >The sasl libraries were installed. > >this was on fedora 7 > > > >Struggled with this problem making small changes to the rc files, even > >removed mutt and re-installed previous version, no luck. > > > >I then changed to latest debian wheezy migrating the .muttrc files for > >fastmail and the private server. > > > >Same results, sasl authentication failed on both while sending. > >Here are I hope appropriate lines from my .muttfastmailrc file, some of > >this > >supplied by a helpfull person on this list a year or more ago. > >Removed my password of course. > > > >I'm tempted to dump the rc files and start with the new sample from the > >new > >install, but before I do that maybe somebody has a more productive > >approach. > > > >One question I can't answer, among many! is: > >the new install has the > >sasl2 libraries > >will mutt recognize that version and how do i know if that's happening > >properly? > > > >Follows hopefully helpfull lines from .muttfastmailrc > > > >Note: now using fastmail's web interface for sending, HATE IT!!!!!!!!! > >Another note, using the speakup speech screen reader and a braille > >display > >which work properly. > >I've left in some commented out lines as examples from which I started. > ># Mail/SMTP/IMAP Settings > ># > > > >set my_server=mail.messagingengine.com > >#set my_smtp_server=mail.messagingengine.com:465 > >set my_user=wa6iv...@fastmail.fm > >set my_pass = "" > > > >set header_cache=~/.mutt/hcache/fastmail > > > >#set imap_user=$my_user > >#set imap_pass = $my_pass > >set imap_user = wa6iv...@fastmail.fm > >set imap_pass = "4" > ># > ># SMTP server to relay to > ># NOTE: to get this to work, I had to install the libsasl2-modules > >package > >#set smtp_url ="smtps://$my_user:$my_pass@$my_smtp_server:465/" > >set smtp_url = "smtps://wa6iv...@mail.messagingengine.com:realpass:465/" > > > > > > Tom Fowle > > wa6iv...@fastmail.fm > > Hi Tom, > > How come you changed your smtp_url setting from the one that is > commented out? I use fastmail with a similar config, and the smtp_url > setting you commented out works for me. > > Brendan
