Subject: authentication

From: "Rob Pyott" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:49:47 -0500

I'm trying to configure Pine to get my mac.com (Apple web site) email from a
T1 work connection using Linux.  It's version 4 point something.  According
to the Apple web site, I need to set the imcoming mail as mail.mac.com and
the outgoing, if I'm not using my ISP server (which I'm not), as
smtp.mac.com.  Only problem is I need to set up Pine to "authenticate."  How
do I do that?

Thanks,

Rob

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From: Gopi Sundaram <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:17:37 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Rob Pyott wrote:

> According to the Apple web site, I need to set the imcoming mail as
> mail.mac.com and the outgoing, if I'm not using my ISP server (which
> I'm not), as smtp.mac.com.  Only problem is I need to set up Pine to
> "authenticate."  How do I do that?

If you mean SMTP authentication, then in your smtp-server definition,
make it read like so:

smtp-server = smtp.mac.com/user=xyzzy

Substitute the appropriate username.

-- 
Gopi Sundaram
[email-masked]
http://www.cse.sc.edu/~gopalan/Pine/

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From: David Dyck <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:46:11 -0800 (PST)

> Substitute the appropriate username.

The onlike help doesn't mention the /user= feature
for smtp-server = option, and I didn't see it mentioned
in tech-notes.txt either.  I do see /user=username
in the section on remote folders.

		 OPTION: SMTP-Server

This value specifies the name of one or more SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol) servers for sending mail. Unix Pine users may not need to set an
SMTP server. Pine will attempt to execute the program (usually sendmail)
that is used to insert mail into the mail system. If this works for you,
you may leave this option blank. If there is an SMTP server running on
the Unix host you may be able to improve sending performance slightly
by setting the SMTP server option to "localhost" or to the actual name
of the Unix host.

If the Unix host doesn't work the way Pine was expecting you will need
to set the value of this option. SMTP servers are normally set up by
a system administrator for use by all members of a given campus or
department. Contact your local help desk to ask what SMTP servers you
should use.

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From: Gopi Sundaram <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:03:26 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, David Dyck wrote:

> The onlike help doesn't mention the /user= feature for smtp-server =
> option, and I didn't see it mentioned in tech-notes.txt either.  I do
> see /user=username in the section on remote folders.

Read the help for folder syntax.

Help -> Folder-List -> Explanation of Valid Folder Names ->
Check here for a more detailed look

That explains the server definition syntax. I know it's obscure, but it
is there.