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> Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:30:36 -0700
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> I'm trying to set up smtpmail to send mail from gnus and the defaul
> mail user agent.  I've got most of it working.  But, there's some
> error when smtpmail is sending the email to my ISP's mail server.
> >From the smtp trace in emacs, note that highhat.net is a private
> domain name that I just made up here, mindspring.com is the mail
> domain, earthlink.net is the domain that hosts the mail server for
> mindspring:
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> Process SMTP deleted
> 220-elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net ESMTP Exim 4.34 #1 Fri, 29
> Jun 2007 18:10:31 -0400
> 220-NO UCE.  EarthLink does not authorize the use of its computers or
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> 220 equipment to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited e-mail.
> EHLO louis.highhat.net
> 250-elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net Hello louis.highhat.net
> [66.32.215.156]
> 250-SIZE 14680064
> 250-PIPELINING
> 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5
> 250-STARTTLS
> 250 HELP
> AUTH PLAIN [was some long encoded looking string - removed cause I
> didn't know if it was sensitive info]
> 235 Authentication succeeded
> MAIL FROM:<address@hidden> SIZE=18868
> 250 OK
> RCPT TO:<address@hidden>
> 550 From: address is not valid.   Please check your email settings.
> QUIT
> 221 elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net closing connection
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> Is that "MAIL FROM:" being sent to the server, is that the same as the
> "From" header in the composed email itself.  If so, I don't know why
> it's being set to highhat.net, as I'm using styles in gnus to set the
> from address to "address@hidden", and I see that header field
> in the window when I'm composing the email.
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> Maybe that "MAIL FROM:" being sent to the server is coming from /etc/
> mailname?  I do have "highat.net" in that file.  But, I'd rather not
> change the contents of that file.  Is there another way to specify the
> domain sent to the server in that "MAIL FROM:" string?
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> My smtp-auth-credentials does have "address@hidden" set as
> the username.  If it wasn't, I don't think authentication would
> succeed in that trace.
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