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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 23:30:17 +0000
To: Andrey Repin via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: The email-command doesn't work
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On Thu, 21 May 2026, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote:

> Greetings, Joachim Weimann!

> > until some time ago I was able to send emails from Cygwin using the
> > email-command. My provider has recently made the following changes:
> > - The use of STARTTLS is mandatory.
> > - TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 are no longer supported.

> > One of these changes has caused the email-command to stop working. I have
> > added the parameter "USE_TLS = 'true'" to the .email.conf-file.

> > Are TLS versions 1.2 and 1.3 supported by email?

> > How can I send emails from Cygwin in a simple way? Which packages are required?

> > I have been told that configuring sendmail is quite complicated.

> I can help you with 'email-command', but my experience with ssmtp and other
> relays was quite good in the past.And at least ssmtp supports modern ciphers.

> If all else fails, you could always try the stunnel reverse proxy to wrap the
> communication.

I was unable to get exim to work as my MTA, even with the 
smarthost router.

But ssmtp allows me to route through the ISP.
I've forgotten what that required.

Perhaps just setting sendmail to it in .muttrc.

> -- 
> With best regards,
> Andrey Repin
> Thursday, May 21, 2026 11:42:29

> Sorry for my terrible english...


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