Problem sending e-mails

[gpsguy]

I gave him a link to a page with screenshots showing that information and telling him he needed an "app password" since he's using 2FA, but still hasn't tried that. Maybe he'll listen to you, since you're a moderator. ;-)

I send mail to "smtp.gmail.com" port 465 with SSL enabled using SMTP auth.
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[survive]

Heh...I figured it out because gmail spit back an error pointing to a link with instructions detailing exactly what to do.

It's cheap & easy to try!

-Will

 

[Al Slitter]

Here is what I tried to set up, when I tried to send the e-mail nothing happened no error and n e-mail received.

Console messages:
Root E-mail: me@gmail.com
From email: root@freenas.local
Outgoing mail server: smtp.gmail.com
Port to connect to: 465
TLS/SSL: SSL
Use SMTP Authentication:
Username: me@gmail.com
Password: (Generated Password)
Password confirmation: (Generated Password)

Do you see a problem ?

I just noticed something it seems like I have lost my Internet connection.

 

[gpsguy]

For the from email address, use your me@gmail.com

this is really hard to follow, since this discussion is going on in two parallel threads.

 

[pirateghost]

this is really hard to follow, since this discussion is going on in two parallel threads.

Not any more. ;)

 

[gpsguy]

Thank you.

Not any more. ;)

 

[Al Slitter]

I apologize again for the other thread and have tried to link it back to this one.
I am not sure what I can do, I do not believe that I can cancel or terminate the other thread.
If you have an idea please let me know, and thank you for your assistance.

 

[gpsguy]

Did you change the "From email: root@freenas.local" to me@gmail.com (substituting your prefix) in the gmail account.

Did your Internet connection come back up? If not, wait until it's up, before you test it again.

 

[pirateghost]

I apologize again for the other thread and have tried to link it back to this one.
I am not sure what I can do, I do not believe that I can cancel or terminate the other thread.
If you have an idea please let me know, and thank you for your assistance.

Did you not get the notice that I MERGED your other thread into this one? They are one in the same now.

 

[Al Slitter]

Hello gpsguy;
Yes I have tried that and here is the servers response.

Your test email could not be sent: timed out

 

[joeschmuck]

Did you not get the notice that I MERGED your other thread into this one? They are one in the same now.

You are going to need to show me how that is done. I'll drop a message in the Staff forum section later.

 

[diedrichg]

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[diedrichg]

I have been working on this again without success.
My ISP has SMTP servers however based on memory I do not use them. What I did was sign of for a Gmail account and went from there.
Just a note I have now changed my account back to a POP3 account on Gmail as per an earlier ewcommendation.
With Gmail I am set up for the 2step verification.
Here is some results that I saved when trying several of my ISP's SMTP servers.

Your test email could not be sent: (452, '4.5.2 Could not resolve sender domain.', u'root@freenas.local')
From email: root@freenas.local
Outgoing mail server: relay2.cat.net.th
Port to connect to: 25
TLS/SSL: Plain
Use SMTP Authentication:
Username:
Password:
Password confirmation:

Follow my steps here for 2-step authentication. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?posts/134290

 

[Al Slitter]

I have set up the two stage verification process how ever still have the issue.
Thanks

 

[Al Slitter]

Hello All;
I finally was able to get the e-mail service to run and send a test e-mail to my Gmail account !
For anyone having a problem like me here is what you can use to get it to work:

From email: root@freenas.local
Outgoing mail server: smtp.gmail.com
Port to connect to: 465
TLS/SSL: SSL
Use SMTP Authentication: (Tick Box)
Username: Just name of e-mail account no @gmail.com
Password: Use the two step verification code given by Gmail
Password confirmation: Use the two step verification code given by Gmail

That is what is needed for a Gmail account, I hope that this will help others as it was a very painful experience for me.