On Friday 27 September 2024 17:28:13 BST Dale wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
> > On 2024-09-27, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> You do know about the msmtp man page, right?
> >> 
> >> Well, if copying someone's known working config file doesn't work right,
> >> I'm not sure a man page is going to help much.
> > 
> > The working configuration I provided didn't have an alias (or aliases)
> > command in it.
> 
> You mentioned I needed to add that so I did.  I think that also helped,
> once we got the spelling right. 
> 
> >> That said, I changed the alias line and then got a error about the
> >> account info.
> > 
> > What error?
> 
> The error said 'default' was already set.  I'm not sure where it was set
> but that's what it said.  I commented out the line that I pasted in the
> config file and then things got better. 
> 
> >> I commented it out too.
> > 
> > What was "it"?
> 
> I think that was the default account info. 
> 
> >> When I did that, I got this with your test command. 
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> Now things may be working better.  So, I restarted smartd and guess
> >> what, I got emails from smart about my hard drives.  I have nine hard
> >> drives.  I got a email for each one.  Can I get a YEPPIE!!!!
> > 
> > Great!
> 
> It is great.  Also, reset everything else security wise including main
> password.  It needed doing anyway.  I should be safe again. 
> 
> Thanks so much. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 

Good result, although I am confused how you were not able to connect with 
telnet to the gmail server one moment, but were able to connect thereafter 
with msmtp.  :-/