aerc-smtp(5) # NAME aerc-smtp - SMTP configuration for *aerc*(1) # SYNOPSIS aerc implements the SMTP protocol as specified by RFC 5321. # CONFIGURATION SMTP configuration may be done interactively with the :new-account command. In accounts.conf (see *aerc-config*(5)), the following SMTP-specific options are available: *outgoing* smtp[s][+plain|+login|+none|+oauthbearer]://username[:password]@hostname[:port]?[:oauth2_params] Remember that all fields must be URL encoded. The "@" symbol, when URL encoded, is *%40*. The meaning of the scheme component is: *smtp://*: Unencrypted SMTP *smtps://*: SMTP with TLS/SSL Additionally, you can specify an authentication mechanism like so: *+none*: No authentication is required to use this SMTP server. You may omit the username and password in this case. *+plain*: Authenticate with a username and password using AUTH PLAIN. This is the default behavior. *+login*: Authenticate with a username and password using AUTH LOGIN. This is an obsolete protocol, but is required for some common webmail providers. *+oauthbearer*: SMTP with TLS/SSL using OAUTHBEARER Authentication. See documentation in *aerc-imap*(5) for usage. *outgoing-cred-cmd* Specifies the command to run to get the password for the SMTP account. This command will be run using `sh -c [command]`. If a password is specified in the *outgoing* option, the password will take precedence over this command. Example: pass hostname/username *smtp-starttls* Set this to `yes` if the server uses STARTTLS. In that case you should also use *smtp* instead of *smtps*. # SEE ALSO *aerc*(1) *aerc-config*(5) # AUTHORS Originally created by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and maintained by Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.