Alpine with SMTP password
 

I have just installed alpine and set it up to retrieve messages from an IMAP server. What I cannot do, however, is send email.
I have set the SMTP server to:But when sending an email instead of being prompted for a password I just see the message "Error sending".
I notice when I start alpine I get the message "Return address in mail you send may be incorrect" but I don't know if that is relevant and I can't find an entry for return address in .pinerc.
Does alpine allow for SMTP passwords and, if so, how do I configure this?

You'll usually need to specify a different port when using SSL or TLS

http://support.cs.utah.edu/index.php...d=49&Itemid=80

Thanks, sadly that results in exactly the same error.

I've tried using Alpine with my Yahoo mail -- I subscribe to the Yahoo Mail plus and can send and receive using POP3 clients. I tried to get it working with alpine once but was unsuccessful. According to this, the fault lies in the Yahoo SMTP server.

http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pip...er/002611.html

Perhaps it's the same issue you're experiencing. I've read that people have got it to work with gmail but not other providers.

One other thread about this issue:

http://osdir.com/ml/mail.alpine.alph.../msg00013.html

From the way the problem manifests I think that must be the issue. I can tell something happens because there's a delay between hitting send and the error message when the correct details are entered.
I don't suppose you know of any other easy-to-set up straightforward text-mode mail clients do you? Though if it's my mail provider I suppose I might be stuck and have to resort to telnet if I want to send from the terminal.

I used mutt for a while a few years back. I always liked pine(alpine) better, but it wasn't too bad once I got used to it. I don't know if you'd have the same problem though; I never tried it with my Yahoo mail plus.

http://nixtricks.wordpress.com/2010/...send-via-smtp/

Another one came up in a google search called gnus.

http://www.junauza.com/2008/07/8-bes...for-linux.html

Also "mail" is available.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-smtp-822339/

Thanks, I'll go away and play a bit. In the mean time I'll mark this solved since it seems there's not a fix.