Re: smtp's failure due to starttls

[parmenides]

It seems that there is no starttls program installed in my winxp system. Is 
there any version of starttls running under winxp or cygwin?


"Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com> ??????:86eix65uuy.fsf@lifelogs.com...
> On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:19:43 +0800 "parmenides" 
> <mobile.parmenides@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> p> I think starttls must make some trouble. According to the gnus' manual, 
> when
> p> connecting through tls, starttls.el and starttls program must exist. 
> What is
> p> so called 'starttls program'? Is it starttls.elc?
>
> You need to install the program "starttls" or the program "gnutls".
>
> The exact procedure for this depends on your system.  Once you have
> starttls installed, do
>
> M-x customize-variable RET starttls-program
>
> The description says:
>   The program to run in a subprocess to open an TLSv1 connection. Hide 
> Rest
>   This program is used when the `starttls' command is used,
>   i.e. when `starttls-use-gnutls' is nil.
>
> Hit "save permanently" when done and that's all.
>
> If you install gnutls, you have to customize starttls-use-gnutls and
> starttls-gnutls-program instead, through the same procedure.
>
> Ted