Michael wrote: > On Thursday 26 September 2024 11:44:08 BST Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> On Thursday 26 September 2024 08:28:47 BST Dale wrote: >>>> ssmtp stopped working with a conventional password when Google >>>> introduced 2- >>> Step-Verification for their GMail account. Consequently, to be able to >>> continue using ssmtp you need to set up an 'App Password' and use the 16- >>> >>> character password generated by Google to login: >>> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833 >>> >>> It used to be the case you could set up an 'App Password' without having >>> to >>> provide them with your phone number and other 'none-of-their-business' >>> personal information, but for some years now they have been asking for >>> more >>> information to allow you to complete setting up 'App Password' for your >>> Google account(s) and device(s). >> I also tried the 16 character password method too. It still didn't work. > In this case the ssmtp package has outlived its usefulness. It was always > limited in what characters it would accept and parse as a password. It's > abandonware since 2019 - debian recommends to use msmtp: > > https://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP
I removed ssmtp and installed msmtp. I think I got the config set up but it is different so I may not have it right. It doesn't work tho. >From messages. Sep 26 10:03:33 Gentoo-1 smartd[27728]: Executing test of <mail> to root ... Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 msmtp[30861]: host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=off from=rdalek1967<at>gmail.com recipients=root errormsg='cannot connect to smtp.gmail.com, port 587: Connection timed out' exitcode=EX_TEMPFAIL Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: Test of <mail> to root produced unexpected output (65 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR: Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: Test of <mail> to root: failed (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 256/1) Config file: account default # The SMTP smarthost #host mail.oursite.example host smtp.gmail.com # Use TLS on port 465. On this port, TLS starts without STARTTLS. #port 465 port 587 tls on # tls_starttls off tls_starttls on #password sorry password sorry # Construct envelope-from addresses of the form "user@oursite.example" #from %U@oursite.example from rdalek1967<at>gmail.com # Do not allow programs to override this envelope-from address via -f allow_from_override off # Always set a From header that matches the envelope-from address set_from_header on # Syslog logging with facility LOG_MAIL instead of the default LOG_USER syslog LOG_MAIL What did I do wrong? ;-) Dale :-) :-)
