Re: [smtpmail.el] starttls doesn't work if port is a string

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Jesper Harder <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:14:49 +0100
> 
> I don't know if the code or the manual is wrong, but it doesn't work
> to use a string for the port number in `smtpmail-starttls-credentials'.
> 
> I.e. something like
> 
>   (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials 
>         '(("smtp.example.com" "25" nil nil)))
> 
> doesn't work, but
> 
>   (setq smtpmail-starttls-credentials 
>         '(("smtp.example.com" 25 nil nil)))
> 
> _does_ work for me.  According to <info://smtpmail/Authentication>
> either one should work.

Actually, a string should work, but not a string like "25".  If you
use a string, it should be "smtp", i.e. a name of a service.

I think it's a docs bug, not a code bug.  The manual should tell
clearly what is expected as a number and what as a string, and give an
example of the latter (it already has an example of the former, IIRC).