[R] email with authentication

[Ben Bolker]

Ben qant <ccquant <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to send an email from R using Windows Outlook.
> The sendmailR package doesn't allow for authentication (usernames and
> passwords).

  I don't know about Outlook, but you can try

install.packages("Rmail",repos="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/bolker/R")

It allows for direct connection to an SMTP server with basic name/password
authentication.

 It hasn't been widely tested.

  Ben Bolker