ssl_starttls unknown variable

[Christoph Klassen]

On 3/17/22 18:42, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 06:34:30PM +0100, Christoph Klassen wrote:
>> On 3/17/22 18:22, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
>>> In the source directory you built in, what does 'grep USE_SSL 
>>> config.h' output?
>> That's the output:
>>
>> #define USE_SSL 1
>>
>> /* #undef USE_SSL_GNUTLS */
>>
>> #define USE_SSL_OPENSSL 1
>
> That would indicate it was configured with OpenSSL, and should support 
> $ssl_starttls.  However:
>
>>> What does 'mutt -v | grep SSL' output?
>> -USE_SSL_OPENSSL  -USE_SSL_GNUTLS  -USE_SASL  -USE_GSASL -USE_GSS 
>> +HAVE_GETADDRINFO
>
> That doesn't line up with the build directory configuration. Here, the 
> first two words indicate both OpenSSL and GnuTLS were disabled at 
> build time.
>
> Is it possible you are invoking a different mutt binary in your search 
> path?
Thanks for asking this! I installed mutt with the package manager 
before. It seems that that caused the problem.
>
> (On a different topic, if you use the built-in SMTP, you'll also want 
> to enable SASL at build time, to support authentication).

Thanks for giving me that hint. I don't know what I need and wanted to 
try mutt by trial and error.


Greetings,

Christoph