I remember checking on this at some point and there didn't seem to be a
python module in the standard libraries that implemented TLS for SMTP?  If
there is it ought to be pretty easy to set it up to authenticate if given an
SSL port instead of the usual port..?  What's trac do?

--Philip

On Nov 5, 2007 4:22 PM, Rottenchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I assume Trac calls some Python module that implements SMTP directly,
> which means it acts as its own MTA.
>
> Keep in mind, though, that all of the cert stuff would probably still
> have to be done since gmail's smtp server requires the use of TLS,
> which requires the cert.
>
> On 11/5/07, Adam Dewitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > OK, not the answer I was hoping to see. I didn't really want to setup
> > postfix just so sycamore could send mail.
> > I was hoping Sycamore mail support would be similar to how Trac
> > implements notification. Trac can be configured to use a different
> > SMTP server without much difficulty (http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/
> > TracNotification). No need to rely from the localhost.
> >
> > I already looked at the rocwiki config ;)
> >
> > AD
> >
> >
> >
> >  >>The TLS stuff is external to sycamore - it is part of the config of
> >  >>your mail transfer agent.  How to config this differs depending on
> > the
> >  >>MTA you're using.
> >
> >  >>Here's a tutorial on how to do it on ubuntu with postfix:
> >
> >  >>http://prantran.blogspot.com/2007/01/getting-postfix-to-work-on-
> > ubuntu-with.html
> >
> >  >>Short answer is you need to install postfix, create certs, and then
> >  >>tweak the config to use your certs.
> >
> >  >>Once this is done, you can set mail_smarthost to localhost and it
> >  >>should "just work".
> >
> >  >>I have it working on rocwiki so maybe we can exchange configs off-
> > list.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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