Re: Why can't RPi email?

From	Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Re: Why can't RPi email?
Date	2015-08-04 11:37 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<slrnms15fq.4br.google@asktoby.eternal-september.org> (permalink)
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On 2015-07-31, Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> I've been struggling - trying to get my RPi to send me an e-mail.
> This is on a wifi connection.  Having configured ssmtp.conf and
> revaliases (as per http://iqjar.com/jar/sending-emails-from-the-raspberry-pi/),
> it's still not working.  I can login to gmail.com with the browser,
> have relaxed the checking.  When I try:
>    echo "TEST" | sendmail -v loginname@mydest.edu
> I get a series of lines that shows the dialog between google and
> the RPi.  All seems well - the ELHO looks good, it starts using
> TLS, then attempts AUTH LOGIN.  After a few lines of gibberish
> it gives the dreaded Authorization Failed error message with a
> reference to the google support message 14257.
>
> I've checked and rechecked the AuthUser and AuthPass data, and
> they appear correct.  I've logged into gmail.com with those same
> values - on the RPi - and it works.
>
> This is on a new RPi-2 with a Edimax (realtek) wifi device.
> Raspbian with all updates.
>
> The one possible questionable message is in /var/log/mail.info,
> it has lines indicating that SSL connection is attempting to
> use RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1.  Is that what it should be using?
>
> Any hints on how I might diagnose this problem would be appreciated!

Some ISPs block outgoing email that isn't delivered through their own
mail servers. This can help prevent spam.

-- 
-Toby
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

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Re: Why can't RPi email? Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com> - 2015-08-04 11:37 +0100
  Re: Why can't RPi email? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-04 11:58 +0100
  Re: Why can't RPi email? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2015-08-04 16:33 +0000
    Re: Why can't RPi email? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-04 18:45 +0100
      Re: Why can't RPi email? Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2015-08-04 19:22 +0000

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