Re: smtpmail, starttls authentication

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "HQ" == Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> writes:

  HQ> Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk> writes:

  >> So I have played around with my attempts to get smtpmail working
  >> with starttls -- including a wonderful 2 hours with a debugger
  >> trying to work out the SMTP protocol.

  HQ> Just FYI : It wasn't working with Linux either until I
  HQ> downloaded the debian-snaphot. Very frustrating since I couldnt
  HQ> find anyone to actually say they had the same issue : but I
  HQ> suspect no one was using it until very recently.



Hmmm. Well, it's a pity that the documentation does represent the
state of development. Would be easier if I hadn't expected it to
work. 

Phil