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

[covici@ccs.covici.com]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:43:09 -0400,
Dale wrote:
> 
> Dale wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I posted the other day about my email setup.  Then it hit me, while I
> > copied the settings over, I never tested it.  So, I tested it.  Sure
> > enough, no email sent.  Got error messages tho.  I mostly, maybe only,
> > use this for SMART drive info.  If it detects failure or problems, it
> > emails me.  Well, it's supposed to anyway.  So, I test by restarting
> > smartd and it set to send a test email. 
> >
> > I'm almost certain this started when Google changed the security setup a
> > few years back.  I've googled and tried the settings others use
> > including the passkey thingy.  None of it works.  This is the output of
> > messages for both smartd and smtp.  Check out my fancy egrep.  :-D 
> >
> >
> > root@Gentoo-1 / # tail -n 50 -f /var/log/messages | egrep 'smartd|sSMTP'
> > Sep  2 21:23:08 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: Monitoring 8 ATA/SATA, 0
> > SCSI/SAS and 1 NVMe devices
> > Sep  2 21:23:08 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: Executing test of <mail> to root ...
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 sSMTP[20757]: Unable to connect to
> > "smtp.gmail.com" port 587.
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 sSMTP[20757]: Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: Test of <mail> to root produced
> > unexpected output (65 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR:
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: mail: cannot send message:
> > Process exited with a non-zero status
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: Test of <mail> to root: failed
> > (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 256/1)
> > Sep  2 21:25:25 Gentoo-1 smartd[20742]: Executing test of <mail> to root ...
> > Sep  2 21:27:40 Gentoo-1 sSMTP[20885]: Unable to connect to
> > "smtp.gmail.com" port 587.
> > Sep  2 21:27:40 Gentoo-1 sSMTP[20885]: Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587
> >
> >
> >
> > This is a edited version of some config files.  Obvious things like
> > passwords and such changed. 
> >
> >
> > root@Gentoo-1 / # cat /etc/ssmtp/revaliases
> >
> > root:rdalek<annoy the bots>1967@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587
> > dalerdalek<annoy the bots>1967@gmail.com:587
> > other_user:rdalek<annoy the bots>1967@gmail.com:587
> > root@Gentoo-1 / #
> >
> > root@Gentoo-1 / # grep -v '^#' /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
> > root=postmaster
> > root=rdalek1967@gmail.com  #Change to your preferred email address
> > mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587  #Could also use port 587 for STARTTLS Old 465
> > rewriteDomain=Gentoo-1  #Something to denote your machine's name
> > FromLineOverride=YES
> > UseSTARTTLS=YES
> > #UseTLS=YES
> > AuthUser=rdalek<annoy the bots>1967@gmail.com
> > AuthPass=<not real either>  #Special characters seem to barf with ssmtp
> > #AuthPass=abcdefghijklmnop
> > mailhub=mail
> > # hostname=_HOSTNAME_
> > hostname=Gentoo-1
> > root@Gentoo-1 / #
> >
> >
> > I think that is the only config files.  If not, I may have missed one
> > and that is the problem.  Some things that are commented out are things
> > I tried with no success.  If someone has a working setup and would like
> > to share a similar edited version of their files, that would be awesome. 
> >
> > Any ideas?  Does Google just outright block this now?  If so, I have
> > another good reason to get rid of gmail.  :-) 
> >
> > Dale
> >
> > :-)  :-)
> >
> 
> 
> No one here has their system set up to use Gmail for system emails??? 
> Surely there is one person who can share a working config.  I just wish
> Google would stop changing things and screwing up our emails. 
> I would never use a free Email service to send -- its worth exactly
> what you pay for!