Re: [gentoo-user] Computer system email no not working since gmail change.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Michael wrote:
> On Thursday 26 September 2024 11:44:08 BST Dale wrote:
>> Michael wrote:
>>> On Thursday 26 September 2024 08:28:47 BST Dale wrote:
>>>> ssmtp stopped working with a conventional password when Google
>>>> introduced 2-
>>> Step-Verification for their GMail account.  Consequently, to be able to
>>> continue using ssmtp you need to set up an 'App Password' and use the 16-
>>>
>>> character password generated by Google to login:
>>>  https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833
>>>
>>> It used to be the case you could set up an 'App Password' without having
>>> to
>>> provide them with your phone number and other 'none-of-their-business'
>>> personal information, but for some years now they have been asking for
>>> more
>>> information to allow you to complete setting up 'App Password' for your
>>> Google account(s) and device(s).
>> I also tried the 16 character password method too.  It still didn't work. 
> In this case the ssmtp package has outlived its usefulness.  It was always 
> limited in what characters it would accept and parse as a password.  It's 
> abandonware since 2019 - debian recommends to use msmtp:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP


I removed ssmtp and installed msmtp.  I think I got the config set up
but it is different so I may not have it right.  It doesn't work tho. 
From messages.


Sep 26 10:03:33 Gentoo-1 smartd[27728]: Executing test of <mail> to root ...
Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 msmtp[30861]: host=smtp.gmail.com tls=on
auth=off from=rdalek1967<at>gmail.com recipients=root errormsg='cannot
connect to smtp.gmail.com, port 587: Connection timed out'
exitcode=EX_TEMPFAIL
Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: Test of <mail> to root produced
unexpected output (65 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR:
Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: mail: cannot send message:
Process exited with a non-zero status
Sep 26 10:05:40 Gentoo-1 smartd[27073]: Test of <mail> to root: failed
(32-bit/8-bit exit status: 256/1)


Config file:


account default

# The SMTP smarthost
#host mail.oursite.example
host smtp.gmail.com
# Use TLS on port 465. On this port, TLS starts without STARTTLS.
#port 465
port 587
tls on
# tls_starttls off
tls_starttls on
#password sorry
password sorry
# Construct envelope-from addresses of the form "user@oursite.example"
#from %U@oursite.example
from rdalek1967<at>gmail.com
# Do not allow programs to override this envelope-from address via -f
allow_from_override off
# Always set a From header that matches the envelope-from address
set_from_header on

# Syslog logging with facility LOG_MAIL instead of the default LOG_USER
syslog LOG_MAIL


What did I do wrong?  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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