Re: [SLE] Re: configuring kmail for gmail (particularly outgoing)

Oops...that tom.reagan@xxxxxxxxx should read wmeler@xxxxxxxxx, accidentally
screwed up my email and when I tried to fix it, cut/pasted the wrong email
address for my friend...sorry...fixed below

On 4/7/06, wmeler <wmeler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Different ports give me different errors. By that, I mean that according
to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13287 says to use
either port 587 or 465. However I get different error messages for 465 vs.
587. I can't even tell which is closer to working, though it looks like 465
is better. Thoughts?

587's immediate error message:
Sending failed:
Your SMTP server does not support PLAIN. Choose a different authentication
method. The server responded: "5.7.1 Credentials Rejected i20sm807304wxd"

The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the
problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox'
folder.
The following transport protocol was used: wmeler@xxxxxxxxx

465's message (after literally minutes of working):

Sending failed:
Timeout on server smtp.gmail.com
The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the
problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox'
folder.
The following transport protocol was used: wmeler@xxxxxxxxx

In deciding to check port 465 vs. port 587, I tried the telnet trick Arun
told me earlier. Alas, both seem to be okay from what I see in telnet:

wmeler@linux:~> telnet smtp.gmail.com 587

Trying 64.233.185.109...
Connected to smtp.gmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.gmail.com ESMTP 9sm616161wrl
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
wmeler@linux:~> telnet smtp.gmail.com 465

Trying 64.233.185.109...
Connected to smtp.gmail.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.

Thoughts? (I am going to put together an email with all of my outgoing
mail settings in a moment). Just hoping somebody knows something about one
of those two error messages.

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Cheers,
wmeler




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Cheers,
wmeler

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