bug#40287: authentication failed error in emacs

[Stefan Kangas]

Howard Trachtman <howarddtrachtman@gmail.com> writes:

> I used to work with rms at MIT. really stuck with this problem, mit tech 
> support couldn't figure it out
> rms suggested I email this list.
>
> I am using GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21) of 
> 2017-09-22, modified by Debian
> on athena at MIT.
>
> I was locked out of my account and my password was reset on Monday.
>
> Now, I can no longer send emails from emacs, I get this error:
> Sending failed: 535 5.7.0 authentication failed in response to 
> aGR0MjAxMkRERA==
>
> Tried editing and deleting .emacs file but that didn't work.
>
> any suggetions would be appreciated.

What command(s) did you try to use to send an e-mail?

Did you modify the contents of ~/.authinfo to reflect your new
password?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas