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/.

                                            2024-11-15                               aerc-smtp(5)