Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-09-26, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> root@Gentoo-1 / # telnet smtp.gmail.com 587 >> Trying 142.251.116.108... >> Trying 2607:f8b0:4023:1000::6c... >> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable >> root@Gentoo-1 / # >> >> Can't connect. Well, that explains a lot. It can't reach anything to >> log into. It looks like it is trying both IPv4 and v6. So, I used >> ping. It works there. >> >> root@Gentoo-1 / # ping smtp.gmail.com >> PING smtp.gmail.com (142.250.115.108) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from rq-in-f108.1e100.net (142.250.115.108): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 > Those commands are using two different IP addresses. > > It's not uncommon that DNS resolvers for heavily used services rotate > through a pool of addresses, but for testing purposes you should pick > a single IP address. > >>>> I am connected through a VPN but Seamonkey works fine. I can check and >>>> send email there, >>> Do you mean can send email via Gmail's SMTP server using Seamonkey? >>> >>> How are the SMTP server settings configured in Seamonkey? >>> >>> Is it using Oauth2 or an app password? >> I checked, It is using Oauth2. I had to change it a good while back >> but I think SMART could still send emails for a while after that. > Is it using the same port number as msmtp? >
It says port 465 but it is using Oauth2 if that matters. I'll admit, the last time I got this working, I followed a guide and it just worked. Once it worked, I left it alone. I was scared that if I touched it, it would stop working. LOL I changed the config to port 465 and it still failed with this. Sep 26 19:04:26 Gentoo-1 smartd[18737]: Executing test of <mail> to root ... Sep 26 19:04:36 Gentoo-1 msmtp[18815]: host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on auth=off from=rdalek1967<at>gmail.com recipients=root errormsg='the server sent an empty reply' exitcode=EX_PROTOCOL Sep 26 19:04:36 Gentoo-1 smartd[18737]: Test of <mail> to root produced unexpected output (65 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR: Sep 26 19:04:36 Gentoo-1 smartd[18737]: mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status Sep 26 19:04:36 Gentoo-1 smartd[18737]: Test of <mail> to root: failed (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 256/1) It repeated that several times before stopping. >>> I just did a quick test, and sending via smtp.gmail.com using an app >>> password worked fine from mutt. I don't have msmtp set up at the >>> moment. >> That is true but why buy one if you can't run it? LOL This is yet >> another reason I want to switch from Gmail. They nothing but nosy >> anyway. I think it is common knowledge that they scan all emails and >> use the info for various things, including ads, which I block by the >> way. > There's nothing wrong with Gmail. The app password feature works > exactly as documented, and is definitely the right way to provide > authentication for "dumb" programs that don't know how to do OAUTH2. > > > I still don't like all the snooping they do. Basically, I just don't trust Google, with a lot of things. Dale :-) :-)
