Problem sending mails using bts and SMTP-AUTH

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Sun, 2016-10-02 at 18:04 +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> I've setup the MTA on my laptop for local mail delivery only. So to
> send mails, programs have to use (and support) SMTP-AUTH and TLS to
> communicate over my mail-server (self-signed certificate).
> 
> For reportbug I've set the smtp* values in .reportbugrc and this works
> just fine:
> 
> > smtphost mail.wgdd.de:587
> > smtpuser "****"
> > smtppasswd "****"
> > smtptls
> 
> Now I tried to do the same for bts by using the SMTP* variables in
> .devscripts and this fails. All I get on the command line is:
> 
> bts: failed to authenticate to mail.wgdd.de:587
> ()

bts has SMTPS support - i.e. TLS-on-connect - but not STARTTLS support;
there's Debian bug #518622.

Regards,

Adam