On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 02:03:41AM -0500, zirath wrote: >>> 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". >> > This was the result of "ehlo" at the isp server port 25: > > 250-smtp101.vzn.mail.re1.yahoo.com > 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XYMCOOKIE > 250-PIPELINING > 250 8BITMIME
LOGIN and PLAIN should work, but would transmit passwords unencrypted (if the connection is unencrypted). Maybe you do not need authentication, did you try set smtp_url = "smtp://smtp101.vzn.mail.re1.yahoo.com" What is XYMCOOKIE? -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
