Problem sending e-mails

[Al Slitter]

I have installed FreeNas 9.3 without any problems, have printed off many documents to assist in set up however I ran into a wall trying to set up automated e-mails. I use an G-mail account and have followed others instructions but nothing works. Others have said that it is a DNS problem but I do not know where to turn from here.
I also noticed that the server is not able to access the Internet so I have a problem there and could use some help please.

 

[Mirfster]

I also noticed that the server is not able to access the Internet so I have a problem there and could use some help please

Well that is an issue if you want to send an e-mail. Have you set a Default Gateway?

[Network] - [Global Configuration] - "IPv4 Default Gateway"

 

[pirateghost]

To add to @Mirfster comment, you will need a name server configured too. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are commonly used (Google's DNS servers)

 

[Al Slitter]

Please for give me being such a dummy but this whole Internet connection stuff just gets away on me.
When I set up the server I failed to go into the server console setup screen to up any parameters or so that is what I remember.
I did set up a static IP address somehow somewhere to 192.168.1.250 which works.
There is mention of going to item number 6 (configure DNS) but I do not have a DNS server at least in my mind.

Question, should I reinstall FreeNas 9.3 from scratch or can we make the changes inside of my existing NAS server.
If the latter is the case can you please give me a step by step procedure for getting the server connected to the network
and allowing it to send e-mails.

Oh yes there might be an issue that I discovered yesterday and am working on it. The issue is that I had set up originally m ADSL modem
to an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and it worked fine. About a year ago this router failed and my ISP came by and replaced the modem and everything worked fine.
However I found out yesterday that the IP address for the router will not work. This might be an issue if you want me to access the router to insert a fixed IP address.
I have placed a support call to my ISP to get this resolved however they provide very poor support.

Thank you again for all of you assistance.

 

[pirateghost]

When I set up the server I failed to go into the server console setup screen to up any parameters or so that is what I remember.
I did set up a static IP address somehow somewhere to 192.168.1.250 which works.
There is mention of going to item number 6 (configure DNS) but I do not have a DNS server at least in my mind.

You can do this from the WEBGUI, as instructed in the Documentation:
http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_network.html

Question, should I reinstall FreeNas 9.3 from scratch or can we make the changes inside of my existing NAS server.

There is absolutely no reason to reinstall FreeNAS for such a mundane task as changing the configuration options from the Web GUI

Oh yes there might be an issue that I discovered yesterday and am working on it. The issue is that I had set up originally m ADSL modem
to an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and it worked fine. About a year ago this router failed and my ISP came by and replaced the modem and everything worked fine.
However I found out yesterday that the IP address for the router will not work. This might be an issue if you want me to access the router to insert a fixed IP address.
I have placed a support call to my ISP to get this resolved however they provide very poor support.

You do NOT need your ISP to find out what your router IP is.
On windows, open a cmd prompt, and type

Code:

ipconfig /all

This will show you what your DEFAULT GATEWAY is, and also what DNS servers your client machine uses. You can use those DNS servers in your nameservers fields on FreeNAS or you can use Google's public ones (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)

A network is not really that complicated when it comes to the basics.
Basics include:
IP
Gateway
DNS/Name Server(s)
Subnet/Netmask
NAT

There is some math that takes place when it comes to subnetting but usually none you have to worry about, as most home routers are configured for a /24 subnet, or a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
Your gateway is the gateway from your internal network to another network (usually just the internet). This is almost always the LAN (LOCAL AREA NETWORK) IP address of your router (if in a residential situation, enterprises and complicated networks need not apply).

A DNS/Name Server is an IP address that replies to hostname requests. When you try to browse to https://google.com, google.com is translated to an IP address (you don't have to know the IP though), so there are servers that respond to these requests for what IP address google.com translates to. Without DNS/Name Server configured, you would have to know the IP address of every website you visit

 

[Al Slitter]

OK, contrary to what has been said I was forced to reformat my memory stick, reload FreeNas then install it back into the server.
On boot up there was no IP address give as a result from the console I selected item #1 and ended up with 192.168.1.100 . This the
IP address that I used in my Windows 7 GUI to connect to the server.
I have several manuals that I have opened up on my system that provide step by step set up however the one I used is wrong or incorrect
as it missed some steps when selling up users paths.
So lost again and feel like a mushroom!

I have check the system:
My present IP address for the server is: 192.168.1.100
IP4V address is: 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask is: 255.255.255.0
Gateway is: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server is: 192.168.1.1
DNS/Name Server(s): 192.168.1.1

One last point when I did the ipconfig/ all I noticed that it indicated that DHCP was not enabled.

 

[pirateghost]

You didn't have to reinstall anything for network changes....if you couldn't get to the web GUI, all you had to do was plug in a keyboard and monitor and reset the network settings....

 

[Al Slitter]

Yes I understood that, however I ended up doing a shot gun approach to trying to get things working and shot myself in the foot.
AKA I could not boot into the server because I ended up with a login IP address of 192.168.1.1

 

[Mirfster]

So where are you at now? In the console, does it tell you an IP Address you can connect to to Administer FreeNas?

 

[Al Slitter]

Thank you for caring about my situation.
I do not want to be seen as a person who is not willing to try and learn on there own how to resolve the problems
but when one hits a wall an alternative must be used and that is of course the users of this site.

OK, I now have the server being able to see the Internet and was able to bring into my server Plex Server. So that is a positive,
however the e-mail issue is not working. I have spent hours reading and researching what parameters I might have not used or used incorrectly
but without any results.
I use G-Mail for my e-mails but will use any other product if it means getting this working.

I do not want to stop this project as I know it works and I have invested a fare amount of money into building the server.

 

[joeschmuck]

Did your ISP give you an email account? You can always use that one vice GMAIL. I know Gmail can be used in POP3 or IMAP but not both so maybe you have it setup as IMAP. This may or may not be your problem but that is what I suspect. I'm not certain I'd change to POP3 just for FreeNAS reporting so I'd use the POP3 account your ISP gave you for FreeNAS.

 

[Al Slitter]

My ISP did not give me an e-mail account!
I have never heard of " one vice GMAIL "
Regarding POP3 and IMAP here again I am not sure as I rarely access my e-mails on a secondary device.
I can check that out to day and report back!

Thank You!

 

[pirateghost]

I have never heard of " one vice GMAIL "

'instead of GMAIL' or 'versus GMAIL' or 'in lieu of GMAIL'

Regarding POP3 and IMAP here again I am not sure as I rarely access my e-mails on a secondary device.

This is a setting in your gmail account available from the settings button on gmail.com

 

[Al Slitter]

OK, I changed my G Mail settings to IMAP, still nothing

 

[Al Slitter]

I have installed FreeNas 9.3 on a computer that I built for it, I managed to get the server up and running easily.
However I have several problem that I have not been able to solve. Checking documentation on the web to assist me as a guide seem to be related to earlier versions and there are differences.
My question is am I able to download an earlier version of FreeNas so I can get documentation that will assist with the issues I have.
I say this in an attempt to stay with FreeNas but if it will not work I have to look for another solution.

 

[DrKK]

First of all, it would be nice to know what problems you are having with the new version, so that either a) we can fix it, or b) confirm that it is indeed a problem, and then there is a record for the next user.

Second of all, you can install whatever version you like by downloading the appropriate ISO from the repo.

 

[Al Slitter]

Thank you for the quick reply and the link to repo.

My first choice is staying with FreeNas and version 9.3
The issues that I am having is simple but have me and others guessing and the lack of easy to follow
instructions has proven problematic.

OK, let me cover the first and most critical issue and that is my inability to send an e-mail to my Gmail account.
Using the Wizard bombs out here as no e-mail can be sent with the configuration I have set up.
If you would like the configurations and or have another idea I am all ears.

 

[Al Slitter]

Hello Doctor KK;
Well I blew away my testing FreeNas server as I had only 1 2-TB hard drive installed.
Received two addition 2-TB hard drives today so decided to start again with a new install running ZFS1.
Have it up and running but still have an issue with the e-mails can you slowly walk me through what I need to do?
I can copy pages from FreeNas is there is some sort of issue.

Thanks again
Yoda

 

[gpsguy]

I don't use gmail, but are you using 2 factor authentication? If so, see this thread - https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/setting-up-gmail.38523/#post-233873

 

[gpsguy]

You asked this same question in another thread that I just replied to.

Please don't crosspost.

Have it up and running but still have an issue with the e-mails can you slowly walk me through what I need to do?