From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 09:16:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BE937D0 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 09:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:c:538::195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF414326 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 09:16:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mfilter31-d.gandi.net (mfilter31-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.162]) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13FCBA80AD; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:16:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter31-d.gandi.net Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]) by mfilter31-d.gandi.net (mfilter31-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id afl8M0qOL4vF; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:15:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 192.94.73.15 Received: from SDF.ORG (SDF.ORG [192.94.73.15]) (Authenticated sender: mayuresh@kathe.in) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F3969A80BB; Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:15:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 09:15:49 +0000 From: Mayuresh Kathe To: Mike Sanders Subject: Re: freebsd : 10 : mutt : 1.5.23 : with ssmtp? Message-ID: <20140405091549.GA7587@SDF.ORG> References: <20140405072139.GA12260@SDF.ORG> <20140405081136.GA936@taco-shack.cow> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140405081136.GA936@taco-shack.cow> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 09:16:03 -0000 On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 03:11:36AM -0500, Mike Sanders wrote: > Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > hello, > > still not given up on using mutt 1.5.23 on my freebsd 10 system. > > a bit of experimentation with a lot of failures has led me to > > believe that using a mutt compiled without ssl/sasl support but > > used in combination with ssmtp might be good enough for me. > > > > does anyone have any experience running mutt with ssmtp? > > if yes, may i know if it works and if it works well enough? :) > > You can of course compile mutt from ports with builtin smtp support... > > Or, if you insist on external smtp, try [m]smtp which is > made specifically for mutt. My instructions using gmail > are here: > > > > In any event, you most likely still need ssl/tls. mike, that's a nice article. will give it a shot and see how it goes. btw, i tried going with the mutt in ports, but there were so many dependencies, and there were so many downloads (on my limited bandwidth connection), that i gave up. thanks, ~mayuresh