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Re: Finding a replacement for my ISP's smtp server



On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:11:08AM -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 09:11:59AM -0600, Paul Condon wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 02:56:40PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Mon 28 Jul 2014 at 14:02:29 +0200, Slavko wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Dňa Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:02:18 +0100 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> > > > napísal:
> > > > 
> > > > > He could check with nc.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   brian@desktop:~$ nc smtp.gmail.com 25
> > > > >   220 mx.google.com ESMTP 19sm41008233wjz.3 - gsmtp
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > AFAIK, the port 25 have to used only for (inter-) servers connections,
> > > > the clients have connect via 587, the port 25 for client connections is
> > > > for backward compatibility only.
> > > 
> > > How does the server tell the difference between talking to another
> > > server (which is acting as client) and what you call a "client"?
> > 
> > I have found a script on the web that makes Mutt into a work-alike
> > substitute for Thunderbird.
> 
> IIRC list protocol suggests that if you have found a solution to a
> problem, you post it for others to see and use. "I have found a
> script..." with no other useful information is a waste of everyones
> time.
> 
I didn't notice if Paul posted his script, so I'll post part of my mutt
config having to do with smtp:

set smtp_url = "smtp://myuser@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = "mypassword"

-Rob

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