Assistance with Gmail and networking setup?

[Maggo]

Sorry, I need some help.
I followed the instructions step-by-step EXCEPT the point "allow less secure applications" because I can`t find this option in my Gmail-Account. I read that I need an admin account? I just have a "normal" Gmail account. But I think "allow less secure applications" is not necessary when I make it with "2-step Verification"?

So I generated a new app-passwort in googlemail. Copied this passwort to the eMail settings in freeNAS
My eMail settings in freeNAS look like this (sorry all in german but I think its comprehensible :))
under the red boxes is my eMail for example maggo@gmail.com
Same eMail for user "root"

But always get the error [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known when I try to send a testmail :(
Can anybody tell me whats wrong?
Regards,

 

[depasseg]

Can you paste a copy of the error? It sounds like you might not have your nameserver or gateway configured.
I use port 587 and TLS.

 

[Maggo]

Can you paste a copy of the error? It sounds like you might not have your nameserver or gateway configured.
I use port 587 and TLS.

[Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known
This is the error message when I try to send a testmail

 

[depasseg]

@jgreco - can we make this it's own thread?

@Maggo, I'm guessing you don't have networking setup properly. Open a shell and ping smtp.gmail.com
You should see something like:

Code:

[root@freenas1 ~]# ping smtp.gmail.com                                         
PING gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com (209.85.201.109): 56 data bytes               
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=42 time=29.393 ms                 
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=30.054 ms                 
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=31.507 ms                 
^C                                                                             
--- gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com ping statistics ---                            
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss                    
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 29.393/30.318/31.507/0.883 ms                  
[root@freenas1 ~]#      

Do you have a nameserver and gateway configured?

 

[jgreco]

@jgreco - can we make this it's own thread?

Sure, didn't seem appropriate to the previous section anyways. Thanks.

 

[Maggo]

@jgreco - can we make this it's own thread?

@Maggo, I'm guessing you don't have networking setup properly. Open a shell and ping smtp.gmail.com
You should see something like:

Code:

[root@freenas1 ~]# ping smtp.gmail.com                                        
PING gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com (209.85.201.109): 56 data bytes              
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=0 ttl=42 time=29.393 ms                
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=30.054 ms                
64 bytes from 209.85.201.109: icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=31.507 ms                
^C                                                                            
--- gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com ping statistics ---                           
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss                   
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 29.393/30.318/31.507/0.883 ms                 
[root@freenas1 ~]#      

Do you have a nameserver and gateway configured?

OK, this is what I get:

Code:

[root@FreeNAS ~]# ping smtp.gmail.com
ping: cannot resolve smtp.gmail.com: Host name lookup failure

Think this is not this what you want to see. So therefore I think my configuration of nameserver and gateway is completely wrong.

settings see here:

So you may have the patience to explain me what I have to set it up?
Thanks in forehand

 

[depasseg]

There's the problem. You need to fill in your default gateway and nameserver info. The gateway is specific to your network. If you are using a basic home router, it it very likely 192.168.1.1 (but double check with your computer). And you can use googles DNS server - 8.8.8.8.

 

[Maggo]

There's the problem. You need to fill in your default gateway and nameserver info. The gateway is specific to your network. If you are using a basic home router, it it very likely 192.168.1.1 (but double check with your computer). And you can use googles DNS server - 8.8.8.8.

Thank you very very much depasseg for your help!
I think it works

Code:

[root@FreeNAS ~]# ping smtp.gmail.com
PING gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com (74.125.136.108): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.136.108: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=35.852 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.136.108: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=42.620 ms
.
.
.
64 bytes from 74.125.136.108: icmp_seq=14 ttl=47 time=33.417 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.136.108: icmp_seq=15 ttl=47 time=35.399 ms
^C
--- gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 16 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 33.417/36.390/42.620/2.136 ms
[root@FreeNAS ~]#

Also get a Testmail

Last question for the services
Dynamic DNS is OFF. This is correct? In other discriptions I read that the DNS has to be enabled

 

[jgreco]

"Dynamic DNS" is a crappy term for services that allow you to set a domain-name-to-IP-address translation for hosts that do not have a static IP address. It has almost nothing to do with DNS itself.

 

[depasseg]

I'm glad to hear it's working!