On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Håkon Alstadheim
<hakon@alstadheim.priv.no>wrote:

> Since this thread has been going on for so long without a resolution, I
> thought I'd mention that I recently switched to nullmailer from ssmtp. Im
> using port 587 with STARTTLS, and I find nullmailer way easier to set up.
> Just put --user and --pass parameters in /etc/nullmailer/remotes.


Thanks for this suggestion.   I tried nullmailer, and it is, indeed, easier
to set up.   And I think it worked, too, but then I ran afoul of a "553"
error in t&t/yahoo's smtp server - something about an unverified
alternate email address.  I'm guessing that nullmailer worked, but
that at&t/yahoo have some additional layer of requirements for a
working smtp connection.  I've run out of patience with this and am
now relaying my mail to smtp.gmail.com via ssmtp.  That worked
immediately without any of the at&t pain.

Thanks to everyone who responded!

John