smtp (esmtp) problems (

[Technomage-hawke]

On Saturday 09 June 2007 16:06, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply, just catching up a bit.
>
> I haven't used gmail, but here are some things that might be helpful:
> .) ssl over smtp is being deprecated, so I'd try TLS with smtp, no ssl
> .) try telnet'g into their smtp server and issue the "ehlo" command. It
> should tell you what authentication methods are supported.
>
> HTH

tried that.
here's what I got:

telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
Trying 209.85.133.111...
Connected to smtp.gmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.google.com ESMTP d19sm5390158and
ehlo
250-mx.google.com at your service, [70.190.60.69]
250-SIZE 28311552
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

so I set my client to port 587, security TLS and the only authentication that 
the server claims to support (PLAIN).
got an error back stating that PLAIN was not supported and after repeated 
attempts with all other methods, gave up (none that I have appear to be 
supported).

*sigh*