On Jun 19, 2012 at 11:47 AM -0700, jeremy bentham wrote:
What simple, head-smacking thing have I overlooked?
Not sure if I can help you, but a simple config line works for me with my SMTP server, when I use it directly from mutt:
set smtp_url="smtp://u...@smtp.example.com:587"
Port 587 on my SMTP server is TLS.
I usually use putmail.py as my SMTP client. msmtp is a similar and more
popular alternative.
