The version of mutt available from the ubuntu 14.04 repos _DOES_ include smtp support. I am suing it now:
jsmith@jsmith:~$ mutt -v | grep -i smtp Configure options: '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc' '--with-mailpath=/var/mail' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-compressed' '--enable-debug' '--enable-fcntl' '--enable-hcache' '--enable-gpgme' '--enable-imap' '--enable-smtp' '--enable-pop' '--with-curses' '--with-gnutls' '--with-gss' '--with-idn' '--with-mixmaster' '--with-sasl' '--without-gdbm' '--without-bdb' '--without-qdbm' '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include/qdbm' +USE_POP +USE_IMAP +USE_SMTP On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 07:49:45AM -0500, DaleKelly wrote: > On 11/04/2014 01:37 AM, John Niendorf wrote: > >Install from the repository and configure the .muttrc file (I would put > >that file in ~/) This should avoid any problems like mutt not being > >configured for SMTP. > > Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > > the repository doesn't work either > > I'm down to just: > smtp_user > SASL authentication error (if smtp_user is commented out) > > -- > (my whereabouts below) > http://www.dalekelly.org/ -- Joshua Smith Lead Systems Administrator WVNET (304)293-5192 x247