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AERC-SMTP(5)		      File Formats Manual		  AERC-SMTP(5)

NAME
       aerc-smtp - SMTP	configuration for aerc(1)

SYNOPSIS
       aerc implements the SMTP	protocol as specified by RFC 5321.

CONFIGURATION
       Basic  SMTP  configuration  may be done interactively with the :new-ac-
       count command.

       In accounts.conf	(see aerc-accounts(5)),	 the  following	 SMTP-specific
       options are available:

       outgoing	     =	    <scheme>[+<auth>]://<username>[:<password>]@<host-
       name>[:<port>]?[<oauth2_params>]
	   Remember that all fields must be URL	encoded. The  @	 symbol,  when
	   URL encoded,	is %40.

	   The value of	<scheme> can be:

	   smtp
	       SMTP with STARTTLS

	   smtp+insecure
	       SMTP without STARTTLS

	   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 docu-
	       mentation in aerc-imap(5) for usage.

	   xoauth2
	       SMTP with TLS/SSL using XOAUTH2 Authentication. See  documenta-
	       tion in aerc-imap(5) for	usage.

       outgoing-cred-cmd = <command>
	   Specifies  the  command to run to get the password for the SMTP ac-
	   count. This command will be run using sh -c [command]. If  a	 pass-
	   word	 is  specified	in the outgoing	option,	the password will take
	   precedence over this	command.

	   Example:
	       outgoing-cred-cmd = pass	hostname/username

       smtp-domain = <domain>
	   Local domain	name to	use in the HELO/EHLO SMTP command. Set this to
	   a fully qualified domain name if the	server requires	it as an anti-
	   spam	measure.

	   Default: localhost

SEE ALSO
       aerc(1) aerc-accounts(5)

AUTHORS
       Originally created by Drew DeVault and maintained by Robin Jarry	who is
       assisted	by other open source contributors. For more information	 about
       aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.

				  2025-04-17			  AERC-SMTP(5)

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