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Date:  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:49:12 -0600
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Jeremy T. Harrison wrote:
[snip]
> From my perspective, email doesn't need to do TLS, that is left to
> ssmtp.

Correct, but it can be done by both (as mailx and probably mutt does).

> The only
> thing email should be doing is passing the various commands/directives
> from the command line to ssmtp.

Not true, from email to ssmtp you could use any method available, plain mes=
sage
passing, smtp auth, TLS, whatever.

> I know that ssmtp can/does do TLS - I fixed that myself, and it works
> fine (from the command line).

Works fine?  You don't seem to know how it should work.

Easy solution: get rid of your ssmtp and install Exim, then configure it to=
 do
TLS (that means installing a certificate).

I don't know what exactly you have to do with Gmail, as I don't use it, but=
 if
TLS is not enough and you need SMTP AUTH (they are two separate things, TLS=
 and
AUTH) then just configure Exim to use Gmail as relay with authentication re=
quired.

> Relinking the TLS library with email, occurs to be redundant to me.=20
> Nevertheless,
> if that is necessary, has anyone made a patch available to do that?
>=20
> My objective is to get a command-line e-mail; if there are alternates to
> email,
> please send me some suggestions.

The email+Exim option works fine; don't waste your time with mailx, it does=
n't
work under Cygwin (it can be compiled but it has many problems, and not only
under Cygwin).
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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