Re: verizon and smtp authorization have me stumped

[Joe Fineman]

Steve <joxer2000@verizon.net> writes:

> I've spent 3 days googling, info-ing and pulling my hair out, but I
> just can't seem to get smptmail to authenticate with verizon.

A friend of mine, a Real Programmer, went thru this for me.  I don't
understand it, but here, FWIW, is the resulting section of my .emacs
file:

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;;;;DEALING WITH VERIZON
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; SMTP ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(setq smtpmail-local-domain "verizon.net")
(setq smtpmail-sendto-domain "verizon.net")
;(setq smtpmail-debug-info t)
(setq user-full-name "Joe Fineman")

(setq user-mail-address "joe_f@verizon.net")

(load-library "smtpmail")
(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "outgoing.verizon.net")
(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
(setq smtpmail-default-smtp-server "outgoing.verizon.net")
(setq smtpmail-smtp-service 25)
(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
      '(("outgoing.verizon.net" 25 "joe_f" "********")))

(setq smtpmail-local-domain nil)

; for gnus
(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "/gnus-5.10.6/lisp") load-path))
(if (locate-library "gnus-load") (require 'gnus-load))

(load-library "message")
(setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
(setq gnus-spam-autodetect '(("nntp.*" . t)))

; uncomment to debug sending email problems
;(setq smtpmail-debug-info nil)

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; POP3 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; for Rmail
(setenv "MAILHOST" "incoming.verizon.net")
(setq rmail-primary-inbox-list
    '("po:joe_f") rmail-pop-password-required nil)


;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; GNUS ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; For reading mail with gnus (other backends can be substituted for nnml)
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")))
(setq nnmail-spool-file "po:joe_f")
(load-library "pop3")
(setq nnmail-pop-password-required nil)
(setq nnmail-pop3-password-required nil)
(setq pop3-password-required nil)
(setq pop3-password "********")

(setq gnus-nntp-server "news.verizon.net")
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-- 
---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

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