[mew-int 3008] Re: Authenticate to smtp server problem

[Tatsuya Kinoshita]

On August 9, 2011, [mew-int 3007],
fgs (at mossdog.net) wrote:

> I tried to add the outgoing username to conf-g alist but do not
> get asked for a password and the connection fails.

Quoting from Mew manual <http://www.mew.org/en/info/release/mew_8.html#smtp>:

| If an SMTP server requires authentication, Mew automatically asks
| you to input your password.

I guess you should set ("smtp-port" . "587") or so to correct the
configuration.

To debug, set mew-debug to 'net and see the "*Mew debug*" buffer.

Thanks,
-- 
Tatsuya Kinoshita