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Re: Why can't RPi email?

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On 04/08/15 11:37, Toby Newman wrote:
> 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.
>
" I've logged into gmail.com with those same
values - on the RPi - and it works."

which makes your statement meaningless, or rather not helpful,  sadly.

I still say that there is simply an issue of getting the right port.and 
encryption format set up. That's all.


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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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