On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:48:16AM -0800, Dan Fandrich wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 01:39:32PM +0100, Luca Matteis wrote: > > I am using an smtp server which requires authentication. The issue is that > > the username must be provided in the form of domain/user. > > I have this in my .muttrc: > > > > set smtp_url = "smtp://domain/[email protected]:587/" > > set smtp_pass = "xxxx" > > > > When I try sending an email through Mutt this is what I get: > > > > Could not find the host "domain" > > > > What's happening here? What's the correct syntax for this? > > The slash in the user name is terminating the host portion of the URL. It > should work if you URL-encode is, like this: > "smtp://domain%[email protected]:587/"
It would be nice if "smtp://domain\/[email protected]:587/" or "smtp://'domain/user'@somesmtpserver.com:587/" would work. -- Will Fiveash
