smtp (esmtp) problems (

[Dan Lund]

I use gmail with tls, have configured both evolution and thunderbird
for their pop3 by following their information.

Just wanted to throw that out there to halt any accusations of gmail
not being useable under linux.



On 6/9/07, Technomage-hawke <technomage.hawke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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*
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