Sending mail with Emacs and msmtp
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I'm having difficulties sending mail with msmtp and Emacs.
I installed several packages.
sudo apt install notmuch isync afew msmtp maildir-utils
Configs attached. "config" is my msmtp config.
When I do C-x m in Emacs, I get a buffer that looks like this:
To:
Subject:
From: Caleb Herbert
--text follows this line--
It should show my actual email address.
--
Thanks,
Caleb
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Sorry. I guess the mailing list interface did not take my email attachments.
I do not know the correct path to the SSL certs.
Currently, C-x m looks like this.
To:
Subject:
From: Caleb Herbert [less-than] caleb [at] bender.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me [greater-than]
--text follows this line--
Configs attached.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| dot-emacs.txt | 469 bytes |
| dot-mbsyncrc.txt | 709 bytes |
| dot-msmtprc.txt | 341 bytes |
Does msmtp successfully send mail from the terminal?
According to https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/msmtp.1.html (I do not have msmtp installed):
Sendmail mode (default):
msmtp [option...] [--] recipient...
(...)
In the default sendmail mode, msmtp reads a mail from standard input and sends it to an
SMTP server for delivery.
So, I would try (substituting "recipient" with an email address):
$ echo banana | msmtp recipient
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Made some changes to my mysmtprc. It sends from the command line now. Screenshot attached.
C-x m in Emacs still has the wrong From line. Screenshot attached.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| dot-msmtprc.txt | 374 bytes |
Given what is written there, you obviously need to set mail-host-address (does it tickle?). On https://pagefault.se/post/email-in-emacs/#sending-emails eric sets some other variables too.
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Good news!
The mail sends from Emacs!
But the From says caleb at bluehome dot net rather than csh at bluehome dot net.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| dot-emacs.txt | 753 bytes |
Set "user-mail-address" (with 2 Ds) instead of "user-mail-adress" (with 1 D). That should do it, according to https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Mail-Headers.html