Hello, I use mutt's IMAP to check my email, and mutt's built-in SMTP to point to my remote SMTP server (that is, I have set smtp_url=smtps://blah.com). I also have set smtp_pass, but I've discovered by accident that I can send mail even with smtp_pass commented out, and without mutt asking me to enter that password.
It *seemed* that somebody (mutt, or the smtp server) is determining the user name and password needed by the smtp server, by looking at what imap_user and imap_pass are. For instance, if I unset imap_user and imap_pass (in addition to having unset smtp_pass), *then* mutt will ask me for a username and password. However, this can't be right, because if I leave imap_user in place, so that only smtp_pass and imap_pass are unset, I can send mail without being prompted for anything. Is it supposed to work like that? Both sets of behaviors seem weird to me, but especially the latter. (Since I now have no idea where the smtp server is getting my password from). I'm beginning to wonder if I'm really getting authenticated smtp service. -g
