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@setfilename ../../info/smtpmail
@settitle Emacs SMTP Library
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+Copyright @copyright{} 2003--2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@end copying
@end direntry
@titlepage
-@title{Emacs SMTP Library}
-@subtitle{An Emacs package for sending mail via SMTP}
-@author{Simon Josefsson, Alex Schroeder}
+@title Emacs SMTP Library
+@subtitle An Emacs package for sending mail via SMTP
+@author Simon Josefsson, Alex Schroeder
@page
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is involved.
@cindex MUA
- The mail program --- also called a mail user agent (MUA) ---
-usually sends outgoing mail to a mail host. When your computer is
+ The mail program---also called a mail user agent (MUA)---usually
+sends outgoing mail to a mail host. When your computer is
permanently connected to the internet, it might even be a mail host
itself. In this case, the MUA will pipe mail to the
@file{/usr/lib/sendmail} application. It will take care of your mail
connection the SMTP library uses. The default value is @code{nil},
which means to use a plain connection, but try to switch to a STARTTLS
encrypted connection if the server supports it. Other possible values
-are: @code{starttls} - insist on STARTTLS; @code{ssl} - use TLS/SSL;
-and @code{plain} - no encryption.
+are: @code{starttls} to insist on STARTTLS; @code{ssl} to use TLS/SSL;
+and @code{plain} for encryption.
Use of any form of TLS/SSL requires support in Emacs. You can either
use the built-in support (in Emacs 24.1 and later), or the