Re: SMTP port specification

[Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net>]

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 03:39:54PM +0100, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote:
> On 24.11.2012 15:21, Haines Brown wrote:
> >I'm trying to migrate from mutt to wanderlust (Debian Squeeze). POP3
> >works OK, but I am having trouble with SMTP. Messages out don't get
> >authenticated:
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error
> >  "mail@historicalMaterialism.info/587 Name or service not known")
> >  signal(error ("mail@historicalMaterialism.info/587 Name or service
> >not known"))


> >When I use .wl, this is what I have:
> >
> >  ;; mode:-*-emacs-lisp-*-
> >  ;; wanderlust
> >
> >  (setq
> >    elmo-maildir-folder-path "~/Mail"
> >    wl-stay-folder-window t
> >    wl-smtp-posting-server "mail@historicalMaterialism.info"
>                              ^^^^^^
> This is not a valid hostname.

Herbert, thank you for your helpful reply, for indeed there was a typo 
in the server name. My SMTP server is simply historicalmaterialism.info.

I changed the line to:

   wl-smtp-posting-server "historicalMaterialism.info"

Unfortunately, this generates a new error:

  Lisp error: (file-error "make client process failed" "connection refused" 
    :name "SMTP"
    :buffer #<buffer *trace of SMTP session to historicalMaterialism.info*> 
    :host "historicalMaterialism.info" 
    :service 587)
    signal(file-error ("make client process failed" "connection refused" 
    :name "SMTP" :buffer #<buffer *trace of SMTP session to 
    historicalMaterialism.info*> :host "historicalMaterialism.info" 
    :service 587))

Where does wl get the SMTP password? I assume the .elmo/passwd 
file is only for IMAP/POP. Is wl using exim4?

Haines Brown