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I'm having a hard time figuring out what's going on with my setup, first there's no problem with the imap part as I can see my email, but when I try to send a message I get this error:

[Mail not sent. Sending error: 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments]

As far as I know my smtp configuration is ok:

mail.gmx.com:465/[email protected]/ssl

When loking at the logs there are some entries that don't look like they're ok, it seems like alpine is using my localmachine address instead of my email address.

... MAIL FROM:<myhost@mylocaldomain>
... EHLO mylocaldomain

What can I do to change this behavior, I've been searching but can't find a parameter that to modify this.

Thanks.

Michael Mrozek
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It sounds like the setting you're using for your outgoing SMTP server and/or IMAP server isn't quite right. Take a look at this setup example for tips on what you're doing wrong.

They show a line similar to yours as follows:

smtp-server=smtps.cs.utah.edu:587/tls/user=username/novalidate-cert

Also take a look at these setup configuration notes titled: Notes on Configuration and Preferences, specifically this section "Server Name Syntax". This section breaks down how the SMTP server configuration lines are constructed.

There's also this guide that might be marginally useful which shows how one would setup IMAP service for use with GMail, titled: How To Set Up Alpine With Gmail In Linux.

excerpt

IMAP

Now it's time to add Gmail accounts. Go to Main Menu => Setup => Collection List => Add, and fill the IMAP information like:

    Nickname  : my gmail account 
    Server    : imap.gmail.com/ssl/[email protected]
    Path      : 
    View      :

And in case the above weren't enough data points, here's one more that shows setting up Alpine for use with a Zimbra server, again using IMAP, titled: Configuring Alpine (or Pine) to read your mail.

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SMTP server

Using the arrow keys, move down to the “SMTP Server (for sending)” line, and press “C” for “Change Val” (or you can just hit Return).

Type zimbra.ccs.neu.edu and hit Return, so that the line reads

    SMTP Server (for sending)         = zimbra.ccs.neu.edu

Inbox path (location of incoming mail)

Then move down to the “Inbox Path” line, and change that so it reads

    Inbox Path = {zimbra.ccs.neu.edu:993/ssl/user=yourusername}INBOX

And then setup Alpine so that it can see your IMAP folders:

Nickname  : Zimbra
Server    : zimbra.ccs.neu.edu/ssl/user=jay
Path      : 
View      :
slm
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I had the same problem.

Adding the string From: "User Name" <[email protected]> at the config line Customized Headers did it for me.

Otherwise I use mail.gmx.com:587/[email protected]/tls for the SMTP server.

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